The controversial management decisions ERTU service informed Al-Yawm Al-Sabi. According to a decree issued by Safaa Hegazy, director ERTU, some of the most plump presenters news and other programs will not appear on the vision for the next month.
Women have been suspended from active duty because in the opinion of superiors are visible overweight. During the suspension presenters are intended to shed some weight, and diet of the results will depend on the fate of the station and the opportunity to return before the camera.
The decision ERTU aroused many protests, criticism did not hide also affected by restrictions journalist. Khadija Khattab, the hostess of the Egyptian Channel 2 and one of the suspended workers, in an interview said that this audience and not the management station should decide how they should look presenter.
The Egyptian and international women’s organizations stood up behind suspended prezenterkami emphasizing that they are discriminated against, and the operation of stations in conflict with the Constitution. ERTU also criticized for evaluating the presenters based on appearance, not a professional workshop and passed on the vision of content.
Reviews the journalist and the same viewers have a clear polarization. Part believe that punishing women for being overweight is unjust and unfair. On the other hand, some commentators argue that the ladies present a vision should not be too fluffy and ERTU acted courageously deciding to fix the problem.
Regardless of pressures Safaa Hegazy does not intend to revoke its previous decision to suspend temporarily the presenters. She pointed out that during the period of absence from the vision of the workers will receive a salary so far. Egyptian media draw attention to the fact that Hegazy hits in their former friends, because before she was director of ERTU she performed for the camera as a presenter.
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