{"id":447368,"date":"2023-05-23T10:18:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=447368"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:18:20","slug":"mahibere-kidusan-calls-on-ethiopia-media-authority-to-reinstate-tv-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/447368","title":{"rendered":"Mahibere Kidusan calls on Ethiopia Media authority to reinstate TV channel\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahibere Kidusan, a religious association affiliated with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewhado Church (EOTC) called on Monday for Ethiopian government media regulatory board, the Ethiopia Media Authority (EMA) to reinstate its TV Channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EMA in a letter issued on Sunday said Mahibere Kidusan TV channel license has been temporarily suspended after publishing an \u201cinflammatory message\u201d designed to disturb the meeting of the EOTC Holy Synod which was concluded a day later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a two-page public letter it issued, Mahibere Kidusan said it doesn\u2019t believe a program which it aired on Sunday violates Ethiopia\u2019s 2021 Media proclamation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahibere Kidusan TV channel had on Sunday morning published an information reportedly about efforts to ordain new bishops with a majority vote from EOTC Synod members in violation of the church\u2019s canonical rule that prescribes that appointment of new bishops happen through consensus from all EOTC Synod members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information published by Mahbere Kidusan media outlet indicated that EOTC church leaders are also being pressured to appoint new bishops based on ethnicity and political affiliation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahibere Kidusan letter 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