Anti-African slur "to be investigated"
State Secretary for Justice Slobodan Homen says the authorities "should investigate Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Čedomir Jovanović's statement".
Wednesday, 30.03.2011.
17:53
State Secretary for Justice Slobodan Homen says the authorities "should investigate Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Cedomir Jovanovic's statement". It concerns an incident in parliament last week when Jovanovic said Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic was "traveling to cannibals" when visiting countries in Africa. Anti-African slur "to be investigated" "I think the authorities should check whether that constitutes a criminal act, and I believe they are going to react adequately," Homen told reporters. Jovanovic made the statement in parliament on March 21, when he commented on the situation in Libya, speaking against the country's policy regarding that crisis. A group of African and Arab countries responded with a protest letter, delivered to Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic by Algerian Ambassador Abdelkader Mesdoua. The letter says that Jovanovic's statement was racist and offensive to countries that support Serbia in defending its territorial integrity in Kosovo and maintain friendly relations with Belgrade. The protest note also called on Jovanovic to apologize. Jeremic then issued an apology, claiming that Jovanovic's words did not represent government views, and telling an extraordinary news conference called in Belgrade on Tuesday that "there are extremists in every society, but luckily in Serbia they are a minority". LDP Commissioner for Human Rights Marko Karadzic, meanwhile, made a statement saying that the party leader's controversial remark referred to "certain individuals, and not nations or states". Slobodan Homen (Tanjug, file)
Anti-African slur "to be investigated"
"I think the authorities should check whether that constitutes a criminal act, and I believe they are going to react adequately," Homen told reporters.Jovanović made the statement in parliament on March 21, when he commented on the situation in Libya, speaking against the country's policy regarding that crisis.
A group of African and Arab countries responded with a protest letter, delivered to Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić by Algerian Ambassador Abdelkader Mesdoua.
The letter says that Jovanović's statement was racist and offensive to countries that support Serbia in defending its territorial integrity in Kosovo and maintain friendly relations with Belgrade.
The protest note also called on Jovanović to apologize.
Jeremić then issued an apology, claiming that Jovanovic's words did not represent government views, and telling an extraordinary news conference called in Belgrade on Tuesday that "there are extremists in every society, but luckily in Serbia they are a minority".
LDP Commissioner for Human Rights Marko Karadžić, meanwhile, made a statement saying that the party leader's controversial remark referred to "certain individuals, and not nations or states".
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