It is a step in the right direction for the president and our democratic society. There is no doubt that the case between the President and the paper was going to be an embarrassing one for this country. We hope that the two will set aside their differences and move forward, for a better future for this country.
But we will not be fair if we fail to state that there seems to be a serious problem with the president's advisors. This lawsuit should never have come up in the first place had the advisors, if he has any, performed their task. The President should have spoken the first time the shooting of John Kalafatis was reported in the media. The silence from both the security minister and the presidency resulted in speculations, which led to negative reports that brought about the lawsuit. This was made worse by the Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi press conference that excluded the private press - a blunder by communications minister who seems so determined to wipe away the private press. She uses every opportunity that arises to attack the private press for doing its job.
