PM to broadcaster: Don't punish reporters on my behalf

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has described as "disgraceful" the decision of the RTV director to punish a journalist over a question she posed to him.

Izvor: Beta

Wednesday, 13.04.2016.

16:54

PM to broadcaster: Don't punish reporters on my behalf
(Tanjug)

PM to broadcaster: Don't punish reporters on my behalf

"Do not be punishing anyone on my behalf and do it deliberately ten days before elections, to make it look as if I ordered it," Vucic said on Wednesday.

"Do not be punishing Svetlana Bozic-Kraincanic for my sake, I love her questions, I enjoy her questions and I answer them, as other journalists can pose questions to me," he added.

He called on the RTV director, Srdjan Mihajlovic, "to let the journalist do her job and ask whatever questions she wants," and had this message for him:

"Shame on you."

Earlier in the day, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) and the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina (NDNV) reacted to Mihajlovic's decision to reduce the reporters salary by 20 percent by saying that she did not violate any legal, ethical or professional standard when she posed the question during a news conference.

Bozic-Kraincanic asked Vucic "the question of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, who were protesting in front of the government before the news conference." The prime minister was asked "what he thought about the political project of 'Greater Serbia' and whether he was renouncing the policy he conducted during the 1990s."

The two associations said they "expect the leadership of RTV to solve the internal resulting problem and let the reporter continue to do her job without any pressure or consequences, and withdraw the decision on the punishment."

They also warned that the media "must not succumb to pressures and a climate of fear created by the government and must protect the reputation and professional integrity of journalists," and invited Mihajlovic to publicly apologize to Bozic-Kraincanic and all other RTV journalists.

The initiative "Journalists Do Not Kneel" also voiced its protest over the decision to fine Bozic-Kraincanic.

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