Serbia does not need a cult of personality, but free citizens who manage their own relations in their country, it was pointed out at the presentation of the initiative of the group of public figures "ProGlas", whose goal is to encourage citizens to go to the polls.
Academicians Ljubomir Simović, Vladimir Kostić and Vladica Cvetković, prof. Dr. Ivanka Popović, judge Miodrag Majić, prof. Dr. Miodrag Jovanović, actor Dragan Bjelogrlić, actress Svetlana Bojković, writer Gojko Božović, director Srdan Golubović, journalist Biljana Stepanović, Petar Peca Popović, prof. Dr. Philip Eidus and Prof. Dr. Tamara Džamonja Ignjatović.
Serbia has become a country of the humiliated
In "ProGlas", which was read by actress Svetlana Bojković, it is stated that they are calling on all those who in their lives encounter various faces of the same injustice and arrogance to overcome their own fears and mistrust and to unite in the fight for a different Serbia.
As it is pointed out, Serbia has become a country of humiliated and privatized institutions, in the shadow of crime linked to government structures and with corruption becoming a way of life.
"Our intention is to encourage a process in which we will all, in our full capacity, engage in the change that this country needs, the proclamation states and adds that it is necessary to restore the democratic order, legal and political institutions, the spirit of free and critical discussion in which people will participate without fear of consequences.
"Serbia does not need a new class of privileged political oligarchs who will stand above the law, but equal opportunities for everyone and solidarity, without which one cannot go through times of crisis. Serbia does not need a cult of personality, but free citizens who manage relations in their own country," he writes. in the text.
Without political ambitions
Actor Dragan Bjelogrlić said that the signatories of the proclamation have no political ambitions, but that they gathered to offer a "pelzer of activation", to try to wake up the people who have lost faith in the people they live in, and to invite them "to return the stolen state".
He added that the state and society should be led by the best, most honorable and most honest people and that "we all know that the current political elite is anything but that."
Academician Vladimir Kostić said that "ProGlas" is an open text that can be written into and from which something can be removed.
He pointed out that the goals of "ProGlas" are to encourage citizens to understand that going to the polls is a civic duty because the core of every democratic activity is "the duty to be present in your own life."
Kostić said that the goal is for citizens to remove from themselves "all media pressures that teach them that we live in Alice in Wonderland" and to try to test reality with their senses, "which can be painful."
He stated that the goal is also to improve social communication among family members, friends and neighbors so that people can exchange their opinions, "without hiding or turning around at the bar tables to see if someone at the next table is listening in."
Kostić pointed out that Serbia needs a fundamental change that will prevent the repetition of what has already been seen.
"The worst thing will be if in this country the fear that things will not get worse for us overcomes the hope that we can get better," concluded Kostić.
Duty to encourage citizens
Professor Ivanka Popović of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy said that few students are socially engaged, which is why it can be concluded that the students are not interested in the elections, but that she rather believes that the students are convinced that nothing can change in the elections.
Popović pointed out that it is the duty and obligation of those gathered around "ProGlas" to encourage and encourage all citizens, especially young people, to get involved and believe in the power of the electoral process.
"Our only benefit is to move united and act together because we believe in a democratic state based on the rule of law, in free, independent institutions and free media and we believe in the right to live without violence."
Judge Miodrag Majić said that every judge and prosecutor should sign "ProGlas" "because we are witnessing a deep, unprecedented criminalization of society, with daily testimonies of the connection of state structures with the mafia that are not investigated."
He said that the institutions are paralyzed, that the prosecutor's office does not examine claims about the connection between the state and crime, and that the representatives of Serbia have been acting unconstitutionally for a long time, and that all this shows that the society in Serbia is a hijacked state.
Majić emphasized that because of this, he cannot be a judge who is not able to judge himself and his actions in the first place, and that one cannot be a judge in a country without law and courts.
"There is no authority in a vacuum, there is no authority that is always ready to hide and wait from a safe distance to see if the ship will sink, and then continue to be an academic, professor, judge or doctor," concluded Majić.
"ProGlas" will be officially published on November 9, and citizens will be able to sign it on the initiative's website or at public hearings on "ProGlas", the first three of which will be held on November 13 in Zrenjanin, November 15 in Gornji Milanovac and November 17 in Novi Sad.
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