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REM (Regulatory Body for Electronic Media) is an independent and autonomous organization that exercises public authority in the field of electronic media in the Republic of Serbia. Its goal is to enhance the quality and diversity of media services, as well as to contribute to the preservation and development of freedom of thought and expression. REM is functionally and financially independent, and its main bodies are the Council (which consists of nine members) and the Director. The organization's headquarters is located in Belgrade, at Nikola Pašić Square No. 5.
Known names of candidates for members of the REM Council
On the last day of the deadline for submitting proposals for candidates for members of the REM Council, some names that will be in the running are already known.
Saša Mirković on the REM Council: Either we all work together or we’re wasting our efforts.
At least six independent and professional (out of a total of nine) members of the REM Council could bring hope that something fundamentally will change regarding the justifiably criticized regulatory body, stated media consultant Saša Mirković.
REM and the request for calling elections: We are facing a campaign that will be dirtier than ever; the government will do everything to keep REM under control.
The new REM Council could be elected as early as mid-June, but our sources believe that this will not affect the campaign, even if the government calls for elections – in the past, REM has not interfered in its work or influenced the media to be fair during the campaign.
Civic Initiatives: The executive authority is exerting unacceptable pressure on the process of selecting the new Council of REM.
Civil initiatives are warning about the direct interference of the executive authority in the process of electing a new Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).
Formation of the new REM Council – doomed to failure or a step towards an independent body
The deadline for proposing candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is until May 23. The Council's task is to monitor the quality and diversity of content in electronic media, impose measures if television stations do not comply with regulations, and issue operating licenses.
Kovač: A set of media and electoral laws and the election of the REM may occur by mid-June.
The President of the Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for European Integrations, Elvira Kovač, stated today that a new set of media and electoral laws, as well as the election of a new Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), which she referred to as the "condition of all conditions" for the opening of Cluster 3 in Serbia's negotiations for accession to the European Union, could be adopted by mid-June.
Selection of Members for the REM Council: "Our 'mirror' will be reflected in the regulatory body in the coming years."
For two weeks in April, there was a student blockade of Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) with a specific demand – the announcement of a competition for the selection of members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).
Hubač: The new process for selecting members of the REM Council will not be better than the previous one.
"I believe that the new process for selecting members of the REM Council will not be any better than the previous one. We have already had a situation where, at the first meeting of the Culture and Information Committee, a conclusion was reached to terminate the previous process and start a new one, with the statement in the conclusion— that seven candidates withdrew their candidacies, but it does not specify why," said Željko Hubač, a former candidate for a member of the REM Council, to N1.
Žiofre welcomed the announcement of the call for proposals for candidates for the REM Council.
The Ambassador of the European Union in Serbia, Emanuel Žiofre, welcomed the announcement of a new call for the nomination of candidates for members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).
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