The majority that the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) has in the new composition of the Council of the Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG) is struggling to find a reason for the dismissal of the general director Andrijana Kadije and the director of the Television of Montenegro Vladan Mićunović. This was assessed by the director of the NGO Media Center and former member of the RTCG Council, Goran Đurović.
"With the declared supporter of President Đukanović (Milo) and DPS supporter Mim Drašković, and in cooperation with several other more or less covert supporters of this party, it is a question of the day when Kadija and Mićunović will be released. "The behavior of the DPS officials in the RTCG Council is comical, who, lacking the courage to take the initiative to remove the general director Kadija, are waiting for an order from the headquarters in order to fulfill their role and return the public service under the control of the DPS," said Đurović.
"The situation is such that everyone who is not under the influence of the government is declared by the members of the RTCG Council to be enemies of the state, because it is not enough to be equally distant from all parties and work professionally, but you must show loyalty to the DPS if you do not want to be a 'traitor' and 'anti-state element'", Đurović told "Vijesta".
He said that the results - first place in terms of trust and positive financial performance - defend the management of RTCG and that this annoys party officials in the Council.
He claims that the RTCG has become the first institution that is not under party influence, but that the authorities in Montenegro are allegedly afraid of an independent institution and that as an example it should "be destroyed".
Council member Goran Sekulović, known for writing four books about Đukanović, at the last session accused Kadija and Mićunović of being part of the "anti-state opposition" and of waging a "special war against the state", which is why they announced the lawsuit. Proposed that the election of Council members be transferred to AEM
At the end of last year, Đurović was dismissed from the RTCG Council for violating the Law on Prevention of Corruption, after it was established that he was simultaneously the director of a private company for the production of agricultural products. That is why his newly founded NGO Media Center proposed, through amendments to the law, that the process of appointing members of the RTCG Council be moved from the Parliament of Montenegro to the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM).
"The public should know that the bad law is not "to blame" for the dismissals in the RTCG Council, but the ruling political group in the Assembly", said Đurović.
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