On November 30 this year, the first sitting of the Committee for selecting members of the Press Council from Republic of Moldova took place.

The attendance to the sitting was secured by all Committee members  – Liliana Viţu-Eşanu (delegated by Press Council founders), Corina Fusu (delegated by the Parliamentary Committee for education, research, culture, sport and mass-media), Sergiu Neicovcen and Antoniţa Fonari (delegated by NGOs’ National Council) and Sorina Susanu (delegated by the Center for Human Rights). Members of the Committee unaniously voted Mrs. Liliana Viţu-Eşanu as Chairwoman of the Selection Committee.

The main issue on the Committee’s agenda constituted the selection of Press Council members. Six representatives of the journalistic environment and ten representatives of press consumers enrolled in the competition for obtaining Press Council membership. Due to the small number of applicants, the Selection Committee unanimously voted for the extension of the deadline for submitting folders to the open contest for electing Press Council members tillDecember 10, 2009of Chisinau municipality media consumers. The next sitting of the Selection Committee was convened for December 14, 2009.