The Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin announced that the executive power supports the work of the Commission for Investigating Attacks on Journalists and is ready to accept its recommendations, which are in its confidence.
He announced this after a conversation with the President of the Commission, Nikola Marković.
Most of the Commission's recommendations concern the actions of prosecutors and the police. In its reports, the commission recommended that investigations into attacks on journalists and media property be more effective.
She published three reports last year, and in the last one, it is suggested that "competent state bodies perform an analysis based on the Commission's report and determine whether there are any omissions in the investigations and possible responsibilities".
They ask for feedback on the fulfillment of recommendations.
And in the previous report, the Commission asked for more effective investigations and information on the implementation of its recommendations.
Marković, as announced by the government on the website, informed the vice president about the problems the Commission is facing, one of them being the fact that the police submit reports where part of the data is blacked out.
"The President of the Media Commission also brought up the issue of compensation for work in the Commission," reports the Government. The commission was formed to help investigate attacks on journalists, and its work was unpaid from the start.
Pažin said yesterday, as reported, that "the executive power is determined to protect the integrity and safety of journalists and expressed the expectation that the recommendations of the Media Commission will make a significant contribution to the activities of competent institutions."
The Commission's reports from last year were only published before the New Year's holidays, and the Government previously only noted them. Pažin promised yesterday, as reported, that in order to improve communication and more effectively monitor the implementation of the Commission's recommendations, the report will be additionally considered by the Council for the Rule of Law.
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