{"id":57942,"date":"2022-04-22T16:25:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/patriotism-is-not-a-forced-matter-everyone-loves-their-country-journalists"},"modified":"2022-04-22T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:36:40","slug":"patriotism-is-not-a-forced-matter-everyone-loves-their-country-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/patriotism-is-not-a-forced-matter-everyone-loves-their-country-journalists","title":{"rendered":"Patriotism Is Not A Forced Matter, Everyone Loves Their Country \u2013 Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Journalists yesterday criticised MDC Alliance legislator Peter Moyo for his claim that the Patriotic Bill, coupled with strict media regulation was necessary to whip journalists into line.<\/p>\n<p>Moyo, who is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT), defended the Bill, saying a number of countries had tough laws against \u201cunpatriotic\u201d citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Moyo made the remarks in his contributions at the ninth edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum meeting in Harare yesterday. He said:<\/p>\n<p>In other countries, if you say something bad against the country, you won\u2019t even be able to return back.<\/p>\n<p>But Zimbabwe National Editors Forum chairperson Dumisani Muleya responded saying patriotism could not be regulated. Muleya said:<\/p>\n<p>If people are governed well, they become patriotic. Patriotism is not a forced matter, everyone loves their country. In fact, those who kill citizens and steal taxpayers money are the least patriotic, not a journalist who writes the truth about the abuses.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was held under the theme Towards a Digitally Inclusive and Rights-Respecting Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Zanu PF government plans to introduce the Patriotic Bill to punish people it deems unpatriotic.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed law has been widely criticised as an attempt to silence human rights and civic groups and political opponents for exposing corruption, misgovernance and human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Journalists yesterday criticised MDC Alliance legislator Peter Moyo for his claim that the Patriotic Bill, coupled with strict media regulation was necessary to whip journalists into line. 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