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i c a r a g u a 22. LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT WOULD AFFECT
THE PRESS As mentioned earlier, there are two bills seeking the creation
of the journalists colegio. The first was drafted in 1994 by the
Nicaraguan Journalists Union and the second, with amended wording,
was submitted to the National Assembly?s Committee on Education,
Social Communication Media, Culture and Sports in March 1996. Article 5 of this latter bill would require that only persons
who meet certain criteria and are accredited by the journalists?
colegio may work as journalists. The criteria include being a full-time
journalist, a university graduate and be working in a news medium,
among other things. This initiative has been strongly opposed as
restricting the practice of journalism to only those meeting these
requirements.
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