"The authorities have shown that they are not able to form REM according to normality and democratic principles, so let them play alone now," journalist Antonella Riha, who resigned from the election process for the REM Council, told Vreme.
The repeated election of the REM Council and the debate of the proponents to reduce the 47 candidates to 18 are in progress, it was said at the session of the Assembly of Serbia
While the roar of the rebellious people was heard from the street, the arrogance and insolence of the progressive representatives disappeared, and when the noise passed - they continued as before. Our threats to withdraw from the process, nor our appeals to the domestic public and international observers, do not have much influence on the progressive machinery to falter in lies and fraud, and that is why the solution to return the repeated process to the legal framework is self-imposed: for students and rebellious citizens to return to where they will be heard by the government and Europe
The Committee of the Serbian Parliament for Culture and Information adopted on Friday (May 30), without opposition MPs, a report on the list of candidates and proposers for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).
The election for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) entered a new phase. The Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Media is discussing them on Friday (May 30), and Citizen Initiatives found numerous irregularities among the proposers and candidates.
The Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) should play a key role in the control of electronic media. The president of NUNS, Željko Bodrožić, says, however, that during the election of members of the SNS Council, he implements complete lawlessness because he wants to secure a majority at any cost.
All the members of this body have never been changed. The election of Council members has never taken place in such a heated socio-political atmosphere. Brussels has never been so interested in the course and outcome of this process. Hence so much nervousness, passion and established illegalities for which no one has yet been held accountable
The blockade of Radio and Television of Serbia has ended, but some of the employees have written an open letter asking the management for answers to a series of questions about biased reporting.
The entrances to RTS buildings in Takovska, Aberdareva and Kosutnjak are still blocked. The students say that they will not stop the blockade until a new competition for REM Council members is announced
The Bureau of Social Research (Birodi) proposed eight measures that should ensure the highest possible level of quality of candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media
On the tenth day of the blockade of Radio and Television of Serbia, the President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, announced a session of the Committee for Culture and Information, where they will discuss the election of REM Council members. The European Commission notes that the election should be conducted in a transparent and comprehensive manner
The fifth day of the blockade of the Radio and Television of Serbia buildings in Takovska Street in Belgrade and in Košutnjak is underway. The public service was forced to change the program scheme, and as they state, they are working in the most difficult conditions so far. A criminal complaint was also filed against the students blocking RTS buildings
In the midst of student protests, European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos announces a visit to Serbia at the end of April. He says that the European Union demands from Serbia almost the same as the protesters
Public discussions with candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) are underway, and the profession indicates that the proposed candidates are not competent
Among the candidates are media expert Saša Mirković, political analyst Dejan Vuk Stanković and playwright Željko Hubač
Members of the Committee of the Serbian Parliament for Culture and Information adopted the list of proposed candidates with 11 votes in favor and four votes against
The Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) illegally granted the Belgrade broadcasting license to TV Informer. The decision was made without a public discussion, which REM was obliged to do, and which Olivera Zekić had promised
The application was submitted because Nevena Đurić did not initiate the initiative for the election of new members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) within the legal deadline.
In addition to REM, MPs will also discuss the Proposal for a Decision on the Formation of the Inquiry Committee to Determine the Circumstances that Led to the Two Tragedies in Serbia on May 3 and 4, while the opposition will once again initiate a motion of no confidence in the Minister of the Interior, Bratislav Gašić.
The session of the Serbian Parliament discussing the report of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media on the work of the media from October 2022 to the end of March 2023, with special reference to reporting on violence, has once again shown that institutionalized dialogue is not possible. During that time, the president of "all citizens" Aleksandar Vučić invited the leaders of the opposition to a dialogue, as he ultimatum announced what he would not discuss
For years, the mentioned media have not fulfilled their obligations from the report on the basis of which they received the license because they did not have a children's, scientific-educational and cultural-artistic program. In the period from January to the end of March this year, Pink, believe it or not, devoted as much as 18 minutes to the children's program, and he included one morning and the presentation of the book.
The representatives of the opposition offered the REM Council members to sign their resignations. The resignations of the members are being demanded because of the generation and promotion of violence on televisions that have national coverage, and whose work is controlled by REM
With their strike, REM employees did more for the working world than all the unions in Serbia have ever done: they organized and held a strike without any consequences, despite the violation of legally prescribed procedures, probably won some of their rights established among the strike demands and showed that you can do it when you want. Now the question is for all workers in Serbia whose employer is the state: can you, will you?
As always when it comes to REM, things are completely clear these days, and the actions are expected. The regulatory body for electronic media continues to live and work according to the idea of raising tension wherever and whenever it can, politically abusing and in the end making absolutely senseless everything it touches.
