The Freedom Festival organized by CIVIL, on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, starts with two panel discussions “Electoral Reforms: Desires vs. Reality”, today, starting at 12 o’clock, and “Pandemic and Infodemic”, starting at 15 o’clock , in Hotel Park Residence, Skopje.
Electoral reforms are a topic that has been discussed for a long time and which, despite the changes that are introduced from one electoral process to another, are still far from reforms that will contribute to full democratization of the processes themselves, and will be in the best interest of citizens voters.
Speakers at the panel will be Oliver Derkoski, President of the SEC, Katica Nikolovska, member of the SCPC, Radmila Lazareska Gerovska from the Ministry of Justice and Blagica Dimitrovska, President of the Inclusive Association. Representatives of CIVIL will be Petrit Saracini and Xhabir Deralla. The panel discussion will be moderated by Biljana Jordanovska.
The discussion will be organized through the Zoom platform, part of which will be with physical presence and will last for a maximum of 1 hour and 20 minutes. The panel will be broadcast live on the CBIL Facebook page, and contents of the discussion will be published later through other media platforms of CIVIL Media.
The topic of the panel “Pandemic and Infodemic” is the coronavirus COVID-19, which has been described as a global pandemic, causing tension around the world. The possibility of creating and distributing false news and misinformation in this period remains great. Some news in some cases are maliciously placed, to create confusion among citizens.
The panel will be addressed by Jasna Bachovska, University Professor, Elida Zulbeari, Editor of Portalb, Filip Stojanovski from Metamorphosis, Flaka Polozani, Special Advisor for Media and Broadcasting at MISA and Petrit Saracini, Media Expert and a member of CIVIL. The panel discussion will be moderated by Dehran Muratov.
The discussion will be organized through the Zoom platform, part of which will be with physical presence and will last for a maximum of 1 hour and 20 minutes. The panel will be broadcast live on the Facebook page of CIVIL, and contents of the discussion will be published later through other media platforms of CIVIL Media.
During the discussions, the moderators will follow the reactions and questions on the social networks, will convey them to the participants in the debate and will expect your thoughts and views.
CIVIL communications team
