Mubarak issues decree on formation of Supreme Press Council

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak issued yesterday a presidential decree on the formation of the Supreme Press Council. Under the decree, the Council is chaired by Shura Council Speaker Safwat El-Sherif.

Members of the Council are the chairmen and editors-in-chief of the Egyptian press institutions, the current head and three former chairmen of the Syndicate of Journalists, two mass communication professors, two law professors and a host of notables.

The Council will hold a session July 19 for the members to be sworn in and members of committees to be elected.