More than 3.000 researchers, teachers, associates and other members academic community signed a letter of support Student list, stating that they support the students in advocating for a fairer, freer and more orderly Serbia.
According to data published by the Mašina portal, more than 3.200 members of the academic community have so far expressed their support by signing.
The signing of the letter was initiated by various initiatives and organizations from the academic community, including the Academic Plenum, the Network of Academic Solidarity and Engagement, Proaktiv of the University of Pristina with temporary headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica, the Free University of Novi Sad, the Free State University of Novi Pazar, the Free University of Kragujevac, the Free University of Nis, Bununjeni University and the Forum of the University of Arts in Belgrade.
The signatories stated that with their signature they want to express their belief that knowledge, responsibility, freedom of opinion, the rule of law and institutions that work in the public interest are the necessary foundations for the recovery of society.
In the letter, they emphasized that they believe in a corruption-free Serbia, in which citizens do not have to seek the truth on the street, but the institutions establish it and communicate it to the public. As an example, they cited the fall of the canopy at the train station in Novi Sad, assessing that in the event of such a tragedy, the state should not protect the powerful, but determine what happened, who made the decisions and who is responsible for their consequences.
According to their position, there is no justice without establishing responsibility, and without justice there is no state that belongs to all citizens.
In the end, the signatories said that they support the students in their fight for Serbia, which they see as fairer, freer and more orderly.
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