Member of the Council of Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG), Marijana Camović Veličković, submitted an initiative to amend the Statute of RTCG in the part related to the method of election of the general director of RTCG.
She stated in the "Initiative to Amend the RTCG Statute" that she proposes to add Article 26 after Article 26, which would read "For the election of the General Director, the support of the majority of the total number of Council members is required, i.e. at least five votes for a certain candidate or candidate".
Camović Veličković stated in the Explanation of the initiative that "given that Article 26 of the RTCG Statute does not specify the number of votes that should be received by a candidate for the position of general director, and bearing in mind that at the beginning of the mandate of this convocation of the Council, we stated that the problem is that that only three members are needed to elect the general director (which results from the interpretation of Article 26 and what we agreed on in July 2021), I think it is time for the Council to declare and formalize what we said we would do in 2021. years".
"I remind you that at that time it was concluded by consensus that the Statute should be changed, but not while the competition lasts, that is, until the election of the general director. Since then, three years have passed, and apart from the fact that I once again verbally raised the issue, no one responded and the problem remained unresolved." , said Camović Veličković.
She stated that she is submitting this initiative now due to the entry into force of the new Law on the National Public Broadcaster - Public Media Service of Montenegro and the provisions related to the election of the general director.
"I believe that it is necessary to react in a timely manner so that the Council is ready for the next competition to choose the general director, because that competition is certainly coming up in the near future. There are two reasons why this is certain, the only question is which one will come true first: whether the High Court will decide on one of the two appeals against the first-instance verdicts, which state that Boris Raonic was illegally appointed to the position of general director on June 01, 06, and confirm them, or whether Raonic himself will resign from the position he usurped in order to apply in the competition, which will prescribe criteria that are adapted to his modest experience. In any case, the Council must react urgently and amend the Statute," said Camović Veličković.
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