Photo: Tara Radovanović/TanjugProfessional members of the Army and members of the Military Union called on the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, to protect them from long-standing mobbing and the most serious violations of the Constitution of Serbia, international treaties and laws. If he did that, he would admit that his right-hand man, Defense Minister Miloš Vučević, mistreats the soldiers
The President of the Military Union of Serbia, Novica Antić, submitted today a letter to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, with a request to protect professional members of the Army and members of that union from long-term mobbing, obstruction and prevention of trade union association and action, and the most serious violations of the Constitution of Serbia, international treaties and laws.
Antić told journalists, in front of the building of the Presidency of Serbia on Andrićevo venc, that the pressures on that union in recent weeks "come from the leaders of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces".
He pointed out that "in recent weeks, the authorities of the Military Security Agency have started to work intensively on obstructing and preventing the activities of the Military Union of Serbia and discriminating against them."
An inappropriate conflict with the Ministry
Antić said that the Military Union of Serbia informed the Citizens' Protector, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and the Prosecutor's Office.
"Considering the level from which pressure is exerted on us, we believe that the only one who can solve this problem at this moment is the President of the Republic, given his authority over those people who are exerting pressure on us. We would not like our actions in the coming period to turn into more radical measures", he said.
Antić said that they are also asking that Vučić receive the representatives of that union in order to present him with evidence of the pressures on them.
He assessed that it is inappropriate for employees of the Army, professional members of the Army, to have a conflict with their relevant ministry. Antic said that is why they handed the letter to Vučić today and that they expect him to speak with the authorities in the Ministry of Defense.
He reminded that the Military Union of Serbia has been under pressure since 2018 after the protests they organized regarding the rights and position of members of the Army.
The main thing we have been asking for all these years is a collective agreement for employees in the Army, said Antic and added that "all the time they have obstruction from the management of the Ministry of Defense, which is always the same regardless of the ministers who have changed in the meantime".
Basic rights of soldiers violated
The military union has already stated several times last year that they are members of the Serbian Armed Forces exposed to mobbing, that the competent authorities prosecute and punish them.
Union representatives also said that the duration of employment for fixed-term employees in the Serbian Armed Forces depends exclusively on arbitrariness of commanders. That employees complain that their superiors do not give them any explanation if the employment contract is not concluded as stipulated by the law and that many employees leave their jobs due to poor working conditions.
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