Both the Association of Dramatic Artists and the Srbija Center Party demand the resignation of Culture Minister Nikola Selaković. Before them, the same request was made by six cinematographic associations, the National Theatre...
Today (October 29) Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković two more requests were made for him to resign. They were referred by the Association of Dramatic Artists of Serbia (UDUS) and the Srbija Center Party (SRCE).
Minister Selaković was asked to resign two days ago six cinema associations, and before them, the majority of employees in National Theatre in Belgrade.
When you add it all up, that's a large number of people - just one association, UDUS, has 1500 members.
UDUS requests Selaković's resignation in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister of Serbia, Đura Matsut. They say that "the minister of culture does not show interest and willingness to solve existing problems, but participates in the creation of new ones", and that is why they are asking for his replacement.
National Theatre, Sabačko...
The enumeration of problems began with the National Theater, which arose "after the appointment of Dragoslav Bokan as the President of the Board of Directors of the National Theater, despite the clearly stated opposition of the artists of this theater." They continued with the adoption of the Rulebook on Labor Discipline and the closing of the Theater building, which has been going on "for 27 days and it is not known when it will start working".
Matsuta is then informed that "there are no proposals, nor reactions, in relation to the problems in the Šabac Theater, which did not have a single premiere this year. The employees of the theater informed the city and state institutions, as well as the Association and the public, that the director Aleksandra Delić canceled the festival "Theatrical Spring" as well as cooperation with top directors, and that she lost the trust of the majority of the collective as well as all relevant collaborators by adopting acts that are against the Constitution, the Law and the Collective contract.
Nine months have passed since the actors of the Šabac Theater first addressed the public, asking for help and a solution to the crisis in their theater."
Without a dinar
They say that this year the funds for the work of representative associations were reduced by a quarter, that at the end of July 25 representative associations in culture wrote to the Ministry with a request to pay the remaining funds for this year.
"The fourth quarter of the entrusted work began on October 1, and the representative associations received neither a response nor financial resources from the Ministry.
The attitude of the Ministry of Culture towards art and artists is also evidenced by the ignorant treatment of the problems of independent artists in Serbia in connection with exercising their rights in the field of health care and pension disability insurance."
"Not a single letter sent to the Ministry of Culture with a request to inform us at which stage is the resolution of the problem of independent artists, we have not received a response."
Then: "The Ministry of Culture has still not announced the results of the Competition for financing or co-financing projects in the field of theater art (creation, production and interpretation) that contribute to the realization of general interest in the field of culture. Because of this, the implementation of many programs in the field of theater creation is called into question, and the existence and continuity of numerous institutions and festivals are threatened."
"More than eight months after the deadline for submitting applications, the Ministry of Culture has not announced the results of the competition."
They also reminded the Prime Minister that the results of the proposal for the national pension have been awaited since the end of May. "It is not known whether the minister has proposed to the government an act on the awarding of recognition and when the government will pass that act."
"The Ministry of Culture has been ignoring our appeals for a long time, to the extent that we do not even receive a formal confirmation of receipt of the letters we send.
We are waiting for your answer", he writes at the end of the letter to the headmaster Macut, which was signed by Pavle Pekić, the president of UDUS.
Only 0,3 percent was invested in culture
The Serbia Center Party (SRCE) called on the Minister of Culture, Nikola Selaković, to resign due to "incompetence and the systematic and conscious destruction of culture in Serbia."
"Until October 1, only 0,3 percent of Serbia's budget was invested in cultural institutions and events throughout our country. The percentage of implementation of cultural subsidies from the beginning of the year to the end of September was 33,6 percent, while the total percentage of implementation by the Ministry of Culture was only 43,3 percent for the first nine months of the budget year."
It is stated that the largest number of theaters "are run by loyal political cadres, without knowledge, education and qualifications".
"At the moment, the Šabac Theatre, the National Theater is not working, the theater in Užice is run by the assistant director, otherwise a member of the City Council, in Leskovac the actors take unpaid leave so as not to get into a conflict with the director, the Čačak National Theater does not have a main stage, but performs in the library. The Youth Theater in Novi Sad does not have a large stage for 'security' reasons".
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