MOGADISHU (Sunatimes) Chairman of Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) Dahir Abdulle Alasow congratulated the new Somalia’s minister of information Abdirahman Omar Osman known as (Eng. Yarisow) and welcomed his calls for recording all violations against the free press as positive step.

“Your call for documentations on all the abuses subjected at the independent media personals and counting down all the doers are indeed efficient task that all your predecessors could not dare, therefore in my advice, you should give full respect and show wider cooperation to the independent media outlets.” said Alasow.

ASOJ chairman pointed out that former information minister Dahir Mohamud Gelle did many good things like employing journalists who were near to flee the country for their own safety and also helped Somalia’s national Radio Mogadishu to restart operation.

Alasow suggested that the new minister of information should come up with a constructive political plan that can help strength the freedom of speech and offering respect to all Somali journalists.