On March 9, the Committee of the Jogorku Kenesh, which deals with issues of science, education, innovative development, culture, sports, and youth affairs, held a meeting where a draft law on amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On Television and Radio Broadcasting" was considered. This information was published by the parliament's press service.
The initiator of these changes was the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Youth Policy Marat Tagaev noted that the main goal of the draft law is to align legislation with the updated version of the Digital Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Law "On Mass Media," adopted on August 6, 2025.
In particular, it is planned to replace the mention of "the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic 'On Electric and Postal Communications'" with "the Digital Code of the Kyrgyz Republic."
During the discussion, deputies such as Seyidbek Atambaev, Gulsharkan Kultaev, and Saltanat Amanova raised numerous questions, emphasizing the importance of the reliability, objectivity, and quality of the information disseminated.
Additionally, Saltanat Amanova brought up the topics of increasing the salaries of employees of state print media and addressing the housing issues of people working in this field.
