The Committee of the Serbian Parliament for Culture and Information invalidated the Decision on initiating the procedure for proposing candidates for choice four members Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) which are resigned on December 19, 2025.
The President of the Committee and MP of the Serbian Progressive Party, Nevena Đurić, said that the invitation was announced on January 3, and that no application had been received until January 18, and that the committee had received objections regarding the inappropriateness of the moment for the election of new members.
"I believe that the number of objections expressed as well as their argumentation deserve to be seriously considered in terms of determining whether the current procedure, although legal, really meets the conditions to be considered open, accessible and inclusive", stated Đurić.
The authorized proposers for the four members are associations of journalists in Serbia, associations of film, stage and drama artists and associations of composers, associations whose goals are to achieve freedom of expression and associations whose goals are to protect children.
The session was attended by 14 members of that committee, but MPs Radomir Lazović (ZLF) and Ivana Rokvić (People's Movement of Serbia) left the session after their presentations.
The Saga Around the REM Council
More than a year since the end of the mandate of the previous convocation, On November 12, 2025, a new but truncated REM Council was elected.
The ruling coalition then refused to vote for the Bosniak and Albanian National Council candidates Muhedin Fijuljanin and Ljumturija Ametija, so instead of nine members, eight were elected - four independent and the same number of government candidates.
Two days later, elected REM Council members Rodoljub Šabić, Ira Prodanov Krajišnik, Mileva Malešić and Dubravka Valić Nedeljković announced that they would resign from those positions, because they do not agree to be elected in a process that puts politics above the law.
They submitted their resignations on December 19.
They previously addressed a public letter to the Committee for Culture and Information of the National Assembly of Serbia, regarding the decision to reject the objection which, as they stated, would enable the legal and legitimate conclusion of the elections in the ninth area - the area of the proposers from among the national councils - and thus the election of the remaining member who will ensure the legal condition of independence of the REM Council.
Source: FoNet/Vreme
