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Acting Director General of Serbian Radio Television (RTS), Dragan Bujosevic, assessed the “very late concern” of Vice President of the Freedom and Justice Party, Marinika Tepic, “for RTS finances” and noted that during his mandate, RTS repaid the debt to the banks and began to pay the debt to the Government of Serbia.
Bujosevic said that “he should have taken over the finances of RTS at a time when the Government of Serbia, headed by the then party of its political leader, was not fulfilling the legal obligation of stable and sufficient financing of RTS.”
In a written statement sent to the media, Bujosevic said that Tepic’s claims “about RTS’s business are as accurate as those that” the Serbian paramilitary unit “Wolves” in Kosovo and Metohija “(turned out to be a video game) , that Rasa Tudej announced that Nebojsa Stefanovic’s father was involved in the arms trade (did not publish), that Serbia was exporting arms to Ukraine (denied by the Ukrainian ambassador), that almost a thousand MUP workers were infected with the virus (There were 42 infected at that time), no European in the world, and the neighboring statesman did not congratulate Vučić on the ‘historic victory’ “(Istinomer evaluated the statement as false).
Bujosevic pointed out that he found RTS with 18 million euros of debt with banks, 23 million euros of debt with the Government of Serbia (spent on the payment of salaries), 24 million euros of debt with various suppliers.
According to him, RTS was over-indebted, it has been trading at a loss since 2007.
Bujosevic said that in his tenure, RTS paid the debt to the banks, began to pay the debt to the Serbian government and paid all its other obligations in less than 60 legal days.
He added that they usually pay all the obligations with the State, about 18 million euros per year for taxes and contributions.
Bujosevic also said that “today the contract with RTS serves the companies cooperating with us as pledge for a new loan. Banks believe in the stability and good finances of RTS, which is probably reason enough for the new ‘concern ‘by Marinika Tepic, this time for the fate of the bank “.
“And finally, after seven years of losses, RTS made a profit in the first year of my tenure, which was so high last year that we paid a tax of 4.5 million euros,” he said.
According to him, RTS has had stable funding since 2016 and sufficient funding since 2018.
Bujosevic said that in the previous five years, for the first time in the history of RTS, among other things, cable channels and radio and television were made, television began to be transmitted digitally (a play-out system was created ), and the Planeta Internet platform was launched. RTS watches and listens all over the world, HD cameras installed in all TV studios, RTS gallery and Club in Svetogorska opens, center for digitization of archives is created.
“I have no doubt that Marinika Tepic is extremely concerned about these successes of RTS. And we will discuss the details of the allegations against me and the leadership of RTS in court,” Bujosevic said.
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