HIBAPRESS-PRESS RELEASE
Channel 2, 2M, has decided to suspend journalist Wadih Dada from presenting news programs and relieve him of his duties as editor-in-chief, effective October 21.
The National Union of the Moroccan Press rallied to the line after publishing a very firm statement, in which it expressed its absolute solidarity with Wadih Dada and considered that targeting him constitutes a target of union work within the chain .
The union denounced what it called an “unjust and arbitrary decision” and stressed that the aim of these practices is to intimidate journalists and prevent them from joining the union.
The union’s press release adds that the timing of Dada’s arrest has no other explanation than the attempted intimidation of more than a hundred journalists, men and women, within the channel, in an act described as reckless, and calls on those responsible for the channel to assume their responsibilities. and open an urgent investigation.
The union also confirmed in its report that it was ready to wage an open battle against corruption within the chain, and called on the general director and boss of the national company to intervene immediately and put an end to these practices that harm the reputation of the channel internally and externally. .
The union continues: “These events open the door to serious questions about what is happening within 2M and the limits of accountability and control over the practices of certain managers who appear to be exploiting their position to settle personal scores. »
The decision to suspend journalist Wadih Dada comes shortly after the creation of the coordination of the National Union of the Moroccan Press at Channel 2, which described this decision as “retaliation”.
