The independence in the work and the safety of the members of the Council, as well as all employees, are seriously threatened, the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media announced this evening, stressing that these pressures increased after their decision not to assign the national frequency to the N1 and NovaS televisions.
The Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) made a decision to suspend the work of that independent institution, stating that "the independence in work and the safety of the members of the Council, as well as all employees, are seriously threatened."
The reasons for this decision, as stated in the announcement, are "numerous, but they culminated in the fact that in recent days the independence in work and the safety of the members of the Council, as well as all REM employees, have been seriously threatened."
It was pointed out that REM "has been exposed to pressure from opposition political parties, independent media and civil sector organizations" for years, and that after "N1 and Nova S televisions did not receive permission for the competition, the pressure REM is exposed to can be compared to by directly calling for the lynching of the entire institution and the individuals in its composition."
"By announcing the competition for the so-called the fifth permit, the pressures turned into open threats," claims the REM statement.
"A swastika, with the acronym REM, was drawn today at the entrance to the building of the deputy president of the REM Council. The same Nazi symbolism was drawn in the same place a few months ago. It is clear what kind of message these symbols send," the statement said.
The regulatory body for electronic media states that "ostensibly disguised by the fight for media freedom, black screens and black swastikas written on the facades, these quasi-journalistic, quasi-political and quasi-democratic scourges summon the ghosts of the past, totalitarianism, single-mindedness, lynching and persecution". .
"Such pressures are in direct opposition to basic democratic principles, which are based on the assumption of tolerance of different opinions and the independence of institutions," states REM.
At the same time, the REM Council appeals in a statement that all political actors "for whom the betterment of Serbia is more important than their personal interests stand up for the independence of the Regulatory Body and enable it to work smoothly in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Serbia."
The president of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), Dragan Đilas, told Newsnight on N1 that the strike by the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is reminiscent of the "Top List of Surrealists and a skit when politicians strike against workers."
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