The media union called on the Government, the police and the prosecutor's office to finally show their readiness to investigate the murders of "Dana" editor Duško Jovanović from 2004, which, as they point out, is on the list of the oldest unsolved murders of journalists in Europe, put them in the focus of the work and prove that words are followed by actions.
"Nineteen years after the murder of the editor-in-chief of 'Dan' Duško Jovanović, the state still has not shed light on this biggest crime against journalists in the history of Montenegro. A big stain remains on the face of the state due to the lack of an effective investigation that would lead to the perpetrators and motives for this crime .
"Although it has been repeatedly indicated from the highest addresses that things are moving from a deadlock, the public is deprived of evidence for such claims. Even the Commission for Monitoring Investigations of Attacks on Journalists, in its last report published at the end of last year, noted obvious, serious omissions and recommended the next steps to the competent authorities. Whether and to what extent the authorities have acted in accordance with the recommendations is still unknown," the announcement states.
The Media Union reminds that representatives of the civil sector and the media community have also proposed the engagement of international experts to help solve this murder, but that "nothing concrete has been done" in this regard either.
"We call on the Government, the police and the prosecutor's office to finally show their readiness to put this crime, which is on the list of the oldest unsolved murders of journalists in Europe, into the focus of their work and to prove that behind the words are also the deeds. Without a complete elucidation of this murder, there is not even symbolic satisfaction for the Jovanović family and the media community, and Montenegro remains one of the countries that has ballast in all international reports due to the fact that it did not conduct an effective investigation into the murder of the journalist," the media union concludes.
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