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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.
NUNS submitted objections regarding the selection of members of the REM Council.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) today submitted complaints to the Committee for Culture and Information of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia regarding the process of electing members of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media. The complaints concern the failure to meet the requirements for proposers by the associations of the Journalists' Association of Vojvodina, the Journalists' Association of Niš, and the Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia (PROUNS). NUNS also raised an objection to the inclusion of Nada Vujović on the candidate list, who was proposed by the aforementioned associations.
Selection of Council Members of REM: New Process, Old Farce
No surprises here: the start of the repeated process for the election of members of the REM Council has provided more reasons to assess that the authorities will not allow a loss of control over the media, rather than hope that Serbia, in accordance with the promises made to Western officials, could, even after the legal deadline, obtain a truly independent Regulatory Body for Electronic Media.
Civil and SĆF: The conditions for the Committee to decide on the candidates for members of REM and the proposers have not been met.
Civic initiatives and the "Slavko Ćuruvija" Foundation today addressed the Culture and Information Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia with a request to halt the process of determining the final list of candidates and proposers for members of the REM Council until numerous irregularities are resolved.
Stevanović on the elections for the REM Council: The previous one was terrible, this one is even worse.
The process of selecting members of the REM Council is scandalous – the previous one was terrible, and this one is even worse, says Ivana Stevanović from the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation, adding that it seems to her that we will end up with a REM that is the same or worse than before. She also adds that REM is one of the levers of power and that it was difficult to expect that it would be relinquished.
Students in Blockade: The Committee for Culture and Information to Ensure a Transparent Selection of the REM Council
Students in protest today requested from the parliamentary Committee for Culture and Information to ensure transparency in the process of selecting members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) and to "not repeat the mistakes" from the previous process.
The Assembly Committee for Culture, without opposition representatives, adopted the proposal for candidates for members of the REM Council.
After the debate between the ruling party and the opposition at the meeting of the Culture and Information Committee of the Assembly of Serbia, the report on the list of candidates and nominators for members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) was adopted, without the opposition members. June 5 was set as the deadline for the 11 candidates and seven organizations to complete their documentation.
Civilian: List of candidates for the REM Council who do not meet the requirements.
The director of Citizens' Initiatives, Maja Stojanović, stated today that the new process for selecting members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is more problematic than the previous one, adding that some of the proposed candidates have no work experience in electronic media and have very questionable biographies.
Who is on the list of proposed candidates for members of the REM Council?
A meeting of the Culture and Information Committee is scheduled for today at 2 PM, during which proposals for candidates for members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) Council will be discussed.
Ana Martinoli: We are far from having the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) as stipulated by the law.
The elections for the REM Council are reminiscent of the previous competition, which ended with seven independent candidates withdrawing due to very serious shortcomings in the entire process, says FDU professor Ana Martinoli. She adds that we are still very far from having a REM in practice as envisioned by the law.
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