Public figures and intellectuals of Serbia appealed to the holders of public offices in the country to stop hate speech as a matter of urgency.
"After the terrible events at the Vladisav Ribnikar school and in Mladenovac, which deeply wounded all the citizens of this country, we appeal to the holders of public office to urgently stop hate speech and polarization, in order to responsibly and unequivocally show their willingness to reduce the conflict and resolve the serious crisis that shakes our society.
The peaceful and dignified protests of citizens in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other cities of Serbia showed that there is potential for decent and dignified communication in the country.
We demand that those in power clear their speech of aggression, hatred, permanent insults, disparagement, stigmatization and targeting of opponents. Such daily, entrenched practices create an atmosphere of intolerance, tension and confusion in which a significant part of citizens feel beheaded, disenfranchised, rejected. At the same time, it completely prevents the creation of a social consensus around pressing social issues, as well as overcoming the trauma we are currently going through as a society.
Convinced that all fundamental, civilizational values of free thought, free expression, right to truthful information, culture of dialogue, respect for diversity, rule of law are completely threatened by aggressive and disparaging behavior, we are obliged to raise our voice.
The citizens of Serbia deserve better than what this kind of government offers them.
We remind you that in order to achieve the necessary dialogue, we should respect the fact that the majority and the minority have the same right to represent and publicly express their views, that the opinion of every citizen of this country has importance and weight; that those who protest or criticize are neither "traitors, haters", nor "enemies", but full citizens of this country that they wish well.
We demand that the presentation of terrible details of crimes and unargued darkest forecasts be stopped, because in this way panic spreads and an atmosphere of apprehension and fear is created, which in no way contributes to the mental health of citizens.
We demand that the opinions of experts be respected and respected even when they do not belong to a group of political like-minded people, and that expertise and professionalism are valued above the criteria of "ours and theirs". Blames for failure should be sought among those who worked on something, and not among critics of their practice.
We demand that the media take responsibility and participate in building a better society and constructive dialogue, and that the holders of power stop dividing the media into suitable and unsuitable, into tycoons and others, because this only deepens the gap and contributes to the inciting atmosphere that leads to mistrust, aggression and deep social crisis.
We believe that at this moment it is necessary to support all forms of resistance to the regime that abuses the tools of government and deepens social differences, endangering the social security of all citizens. We see the current protests as an expression of civil disobedience whose goal is to structurally change the government system and restore the missing democratic principles and the rule of law.
We join the already stated demands and request:
The removal of all REM Council members and the impartial and transparent selection of new people of personal and professional integrity who will perform their work professionally, conscientiously and in the public interest;
Taking away the national frequencies of TV PINK and TV Happy, canceling the reality programs Zadruga and Parovi and sanctioning all other print and TV media that promote violence, crime, immorality and have a disastrous effect on the behavior of citizens in our deeply wounded society.
That the Public Service of Serbia (RTS) urgently revises its editorial policy, to stop manipulation and to start informing the citizens of Serbia in a timely and truthful manner, which is the basic and most important role of any public service.
Signatories:
Aleksandra Glowacki Velikić, Zoran Hamović, Slobodan Cvejić, Ivan Lalić, Maja Lalić, Bojan Pajtic, Slobodan Tišma, Vesna Rakić Vodinelić, Tamara Džamonja Ignjatović, Marko Oljacham Aleksandar Baucal, Dijana Mitrović, Dubravka Stojanović, Vida Petrović Škero, Dragoslav Popović, Branislava Kostić , Jelena Đorđević, Oliver Tošković, Nenad Kulačin, Janko Baljak, Dragan Velikić, Peca Popović, Gojko Božović, Anita Mančić, Dušanka Stojanović Glid, Jasminka Petrović, Aleksandra Davidov, Neda Todorović, Zdravko Šotra, Dragana Varagić, Cedomir Čupić, Nebojša Milenković, Boris Varga, Lana Đukić, Dušan Lucić, Marija Bogdanović, Dragan Dulić, Vladimir Petričević, Ljiljana Mijatović, Dušan Teodorović, Dalibor Petrović, Galjina Ognjanov, Bojana Bodroža, Kokan Mladenović, Nadežda Underpants, Patriot Šabić, Božo Prelević, Vladan Čokić, Svetlana Stanarević, Nikola Cvetanović, Jelena Jovićić Petrović, Goran Marković, Ljiljana Jocić Marković, Biljana Vilimon, Vladislava Gordić Petković, Radoslav Vava Petković, Dragana Arsić, Đorđe Bugarin, Obren Markov, Milica Ilić, Dušan Ilić , Svjetlana Knežević, Miloš Petričić, Vesna Čipčić, Ana Sofrenović, Nenad Marić, Aleksandra Hristov, Dejan Sredojević, Goran Knežević, Biljana Romić, Goran Tomka, Višnja Kisić, Marija Stefanović, Marija Simić Lazarević, Mikloš Biro, Zoran Radovanović, Slavica Plavšić, Sanja Petrović Teodosijević, Jelena Vranješević, Vera Spasenović, Milan Stančić, Aleksandar Tadić, Dragana Lacmanović, Lidija Radulović, Jelisaveta Tatić Čuturilo, Irena Petričić Dimitrijević, Vladeta Milin, Igor Brakus, Dragan Popadić, Zorica Šaljić, Brankica Drašković, Slobodan Savović, Ivana V. Jovanović, Emina Milošević, Lela Ilić, Irena Ristic, Đokica Jovanović, Miloš Džajić, Siniša Tucić, Vera Kopicl, Vladimir Kopicl, Ivana Prokić, Miodrag Zupanc, Vladimir Petrović, Svetlana Bojković, Dijana Milošević, Jadranka Anđelić, Ljubiša Jovanović, Nebojša Romčević, Marija Babović, Danilo Vuković, Slobodan Divjak, Zlatoje Martinov, Branislava Liješević, Ljubomir Erić, Jelena Mitrović, Đorđe Vukotić, Milena Dragićević Šešić, Miodrag Tabački, Tamara Spaić, Milorad Roganović, Zvonimir Đorđević, Petar Janjatović, Zoran Eric, Tomislav Longinović, Biljana Maletin, Tanja Mandić Rigonat, Ana Manojlović Stakić, Kaja Damnjanović, Aida Ćorović, Srdan Golubović, Jelena Kleut, Vladica Cvetković, Ivana Stefanović, Dušan Spasojević, Jelena Lončar, Dragan Popović, Danica Popović, Adriana Zaharijevic, Svetlana Lukić, Svetlana Vuković, Dejan Ubović, Maja Stojanović, Radina Vucetić, Nenad Šebek, Nenad Makiljević, Radmila Resanović, Milovan Pisari, Aleksandra Đurić Bosnić, Igor Mihaljević, Fuada Stanković, Branka Dragović Savić, Mirjana Vladisavljev, Lazar Lazić, Danica Stefanović, Olivera Radovanović, Milenko Vujić, Lidija Stevanović, Radmila Gikić, Pavel Domonji, Izabela Kisić, Dragomir Jankov, Zorana Šobot, Rade Radovanović, Aleksandar R. Miletić, Dušan Šaponja, Dušan Čavić, Vesna Pešić, Jelena Vasiljević, Ivana Krstić, Marko Davinić, Jelena Jerinić, Vladimir Vodinelić, LJubodrag Stojadinović, Jelena Guga, Milivoj Bešlin, Petar Žarković, Jelena Ćeriman, Zona Zarić, Ljiljana Pantović, Irena Molnar, Mia David, Dragor Hiber, Predrag Cvetičanin, Srđan Prodanović, Irena Fiket, Katarina Lončarević, Biljana Đorđević, Ana Milojević, Tanja Grga, Dženeta Agović, Marina Lučić, Aleksandra Grujović, Branislava Opranović, Natalija Mićunović, Lina Vukšović, Sonja Cuić, Brankica Cuić, Stefan Ignjatović, Vladeta Milin, Ksenija Krstić, Stefan Janjićijević, Marija Subašić, Ivana Jakšić, Irena Rogan Ilić, Tatjana Conev, Desanka Damijanović, Ivana Stanišić, Milica Simić, Maja Nikolić, Nikola Strugar, Ružica Vrhovec, Slavica Vasić Mitrović, Marijana Pajvančić, Rada Grujaničić, Nebojša Turković, Zora Ðorđević, Nenad Kostić, Marko Božić, Srđan Milošević, Aleksandra Vujošević, Mirjana Đurđević, Stefan Bundalo, Svetlana Tomić, Milan Čučilović, Slobodan Maldini, Isidora Kovačević, Mina Petrović, Smilja Milinkov, Boris Popov, Anđelka Simić, Bojana Cvejić, Ivana Milenović Popović, Daša Duhaček, Snežana Milivojević, Ljilja Stanojević, Radosav Dolovački, Dragan Stanojević, Jelena Pešić, Olga Manojlović Pintar, Ivana Spasić, Petar Žarković, Mijat Lakicević, Dinko Gruhonjić, Ildiko Erdei, Igor Štiks, Tomislav Marković, Lidija Đerić, Jelena Čavlin, Dubravka Čavlin, Dragan Zdravković, Aleksandar Marković, Nebojša Marković, Dušica Marković, Dobrinka Kuzmanovic, Žarko Paunović, Danijela Petrović, Milena Avramović Bjelica, Marko Drenča, Jelena Drenča, Zdravko Jankovic, Milovan Ignjatović, Maja Ugrenović, Sanja Rolović, Tatjana Stanković, Milena Mićović Trajković, Biljana Dojčinović, Višnja Bacanović, Biljana Dakić, Mirko Atlas, Žarko Šunderić, Mirjana Tejić, Vladimir Đelić, Miloš Jovanović, Nemanja Krstić, Vladimir Đorđević, Smiljka Tomanović, Dragica Vujadinović, Strahinja Stepanov, Nenad Rukavina, Jelica Minić, Božo Drašković, LJiljana Tomović, Rade Panić, Jelena Stanković, Jelena Kleut, Dijana Mihajlović, Danijela Gavrilović, Sanja Nikolin, Bratislav Srećković, Snežana Todosijević, Jasminka Hasanbegović, LJiljana Stanojević, Tatjana Papić, Jelena Arsić, Svetislav Kostić, Neda Ivanović, Zoran Gvozdenović, Boris Gvozdenović, Emina Ferizović, Aleksandar Gavrilović, Ranko Mastilović, Milica Ilić, Dušan Ilić, Goran Dajović, Radmila Vasić, Miodrag Kostić, Ivan Vukoje, Dragoslava Kljaljić, Naim Leo Beširi, Aleksandra Krstić, Dragan Protić, Zoran Gavrilović, Goran Brajušković, Gordana Nonin, Jovan Komšić, Marija Martinić, Danica Todorov, Marija Bogdanović, Dragana Dulić, Aleksandra Banačević, Aleksandra Galonja, Darko Marković, Vesna Cvetković, Nataša Milosavljević, Suzana Pantović, Zorica Skakun, Danijela Jović, Duška Dimović, Darinka Gortan Premk, Miloš Jovanović, Sever Džigurski, Biljana Stepanov, Tanja Grgić, Marina Lučić, Vladimir Pandurov, Danijel Pantić, Danijela Lalić, Đorđe Vukotić, Gordana Gorunović, Vera Backović, Vojin Nedeljković, Violeta Orlović Lovren, Aleksandra Ilić Rajković, Vesna Dimitrijević, Danka Purić, Isidora Jarić, Staša Babić, Žarko Vujošević, Maja Jovanović, Bojana Radujko, Marija Šarančić, Monika Milosavljević, Zoran Pavlović, Svetlana Sokolović, Danijela Đorović, Marko Porčić, Miroslava Majher, Marko Pišev, Sofija Stefanović, Irena Ćirović, Mirjana Senić Ružić, Danijela Petrović, Nemanja Zvjer, Marijana Radulović, Stefana Janićijević, Maja Nikolić, Marija Stanojević, Tijana Đurić, Vera Petrović, Anja Zagorac, Ognjen Vojinović, Predrag Veličković, Marija Jocić, Ivan Jocić, Ivana Stanišić, Vladimir Lambić, Maja Petrović, Petar Pićurić, Bojana Petrović, Jelena Berlin, Marija Radibratović, Nikola Kovačević, Desanka Damjanović, Jasmina Cvetić, Sonja Džogović Lakić, Rajko Džogović, Jelena Aksentijević, Branka Dikosavljević, Aleksandar Jeremić, Ivana Jakšić, Tatjana Conev, Milica Simić, Ružica Vrhovac, Irena Ilić, Marija Subašić, Sonja Ćujić, Brankica Ćujić, Dragan Protić, Gordana Đorđević, Nenad Perić, Igor Simić, Branka Simić, Vesna Lakić Mitović, Ninoslav Mitrović, Filip Mitrović, Gordana Jevtović, Nikola Kovačević, Dragana Milošević, Stanka Nestorović, Tanja Pejović, Biljana Stojković, Danica Bojović, Branko Bulatović, Kristina Grubač, Nataša Kuzmanov Stanišić, Radmila Kuzmanov, Ivana Kuzmanov, Sandra Marković Muller, Dalibor Gudurić, LJiljana Vujanov, Ljiljana Kričković, Nataša Đukić, Jelena Jovanović, Dejan Jovanović, Romana Madić, Milica Bogićević, Radivoj Ajduković, Vojkan Madić, Ivana Ilić Živković, Anka Majstorović, Aleksandar Lazarević, Bojana Rajević Ubović, Natasa Novaković, Ana Lukić, Srđan Bošnjak, Dragana Milivojević, Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović, Ivica Stjepanović, Milica Lazarević Grujičić, Nenad Grujičić, Stefana Šubarić, Gordana Fleckner, Nina Živnović, Radosav Dolovački, Danilo Stojičević, Gordana Gvozdenović, Petar Pavlović, Marija Veselinović, Milomirka Veselinović, Nevenka Jontulović, Ilija Djurković, Marija Maksimović, Sanja Zornić, Teodora Vlahović, Sanja Mogić, Mileva Mališić, Slavica Vasić Mitrović, Tanja Ignjatović, Mirjana Tejić, Anita Kurtić, Nikola Krstović, Dragana Pavlović Breneselović, Nina Vlahović.
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