Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine highly evaluates Courage of Journalists and expresses for the preserving of the Corporative Solidarity of Representatives of this Profession
Sending his greetings to the representatives of mass media in the course of the celebration in the Parliament on Friday, V. Lytvyn stated that all the politicians "have experienced relations with the journalists in their lives." "The first stage when one is afraid of the journalists, the second one is when we do not like them, the third stage when one tries to ignore them, and the fourth one when we start realize the necessity of their work and appreciate their corporative solidarity", he stated.
Volodymyr Lytvyn declared that the profession of a journalist as usually is "inconvenient" and explained that the mass media representatives are people that "warn the authorities about unreasonable or even inadmissible steps" in public.
"I respect you, as you work under complicated conditions and you have courage which the politicians usually lack", V. Lytvyn stated.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine wished journalists happiness, success and awarded the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decorations to mass media representatives.