“Parliament sessions should be broadcast live”

Parliamentary sessions should be broadcast because democratic institutions are not yet sufficiently stable, argues BBC journalist Đorđe Vlajić.

Izvor: B92

Tuesday, 10.02.2009.

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Parliamentary sessions should be broadcast because democratic institutions are not yet sufficiently stable, argues BBC journalist Djordje Vlajic. Speaking to B92, the journalist said that citizens and voters had to have an insight into parliament’s work and the adoption of laws, as well as MPs debating. “Parliament sessions should be broadcast live” “Why hasn’t it occurred to anyone to set up cameras, which would be public property, and let every television station that wants to tune into the broadcast. Whoever decides it suits him, whoever wants it 24 hours a day, or however long sessions last—why is it now necessary to make a special channel?” asked Vlajic. “If that’s a solution, if that’s OK for the majority, I believe we should have such an insight because of the fragile democratic institutions in Serbia, and because of parliament, which is extremely ineffective,” he said. President of the Independent Journalists’ Association (NUNS) Nadezda Gace supports the idea that Serbia needs a parliamentary channel and believes that public service programs should not be subject to the parliamentary schedule. “(RTS Director) Mr. (Aleksandar) Tijanic’s suggestion that only he has the right to be specially paid is out of order. The moment that’s going to start moving toward a market economy—for it to go as a special channel, or through cable, or a special program on what happens in parliament—I firmly believe, and that is also the opinion of NUNS, that parliament should call a tender the moment that happens,” said Gace.

“Parliament sessions should be broadcast live”

“Why hasn’t it occurred to anyone to set up cameras, which would be public property, and let every television station that wants to tune into the broadcast. Whoever decides it suits him, whoever wants it 24 hours a day, or however long sessions last—why is it now necessary to make a special channel?” asked Vlajić.

“If that’s a solution, if that’s OK for the majority, I believe we should have such an insight because of the fragile democratic institutions in Serbia, and because of parliament, which is extremely ineffective,” he said.

President of the Independent Journalists’ Association (NUNS) Nadežda Gaće supports the idea that Serbia needs a parliamentary channel and believes that public service programs should not be subject to the parliamentary schedule.

“(RTS Director) Mr. (Aleksandar) Tijanić’s suggestion that only he has the right to be specially paid is out of order. The moment that’s going to start moving toward a market economy—for it to go as a special channel, or through cable, or a special program on what happens in parliament—I firmly believe, and that is also the opinion of NUNS, that parliament should call a tender the moment that happens,” said Gaće.

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