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On the occasion of the open convocation of the deputy to the National Assembly Aleksandar Martinović for physical violence, a group of non-governmental organizations requested the reaction of the President of Parliament Ivica Dačić and the removal of Martinović from the post of chairman of the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs and Immunity to Mandates.
Civil society organizations gathered in the Working Groups of Chapters 23 and 24 and the Intersectoral Groups of Political Criteria and Freedom of Expression and Media of the National Convention on the European Union recalled in a statement that Aleksandar Martinović threatened in a session ordinary on March 11 that anyone who criticizes the government is beaten in a sack, “which they consider an open call for violence.
Expressing support and solidarity with all the other organizations and individuals whom Martinović accused of participating in the “coup”, the members of the Commission on Administrative, Budgetary and Mandate and Immunity Questions were asked to urgently remove Martonović from the position of President of the Commission, and the President of the Assembly, Ivica Dacic, to sanction a drastic violation of the Code of Conduct for deputies.
They ask MP Aleksandar Martinović to publicly apologize to the CRTA organization.
“The National Assembly rostrum must not be abused for the purpose of making primitive and inappropriate accounts with dissidents who cannot answer the accusations. With the threats made, the parliamentarian Martinović once again demonstrated that he is not worthy to perform. function of chairman of the Assembly Committee, which must decide on cases of violation of the Code of Conduct of parliamentarians, “said the group of civil society organizations. in a sentence.
It is also noted that “Martinović, as well as his colleagues from the same parliamentary group, demonstrate that they do not intend to improve the work of the legislative body” and that, despite warnings from relevant national and international institutions and organizations, criminalization of civil society, the media and political opponents, no longer stands still.
Verbal attacks by representatives of the Executive and Legislature are repeated daily, pointing to civil society organizations as “enemies of the State”, questioning their integrity and professional reputation and directly endangering activists and employees, and any indication of the connection between State and organized crime or the flagrant violation of the law, provokes increasingly brutal reactions from the holders of the highest state functions, instead of causing positive changes and improving the environment in which we live, is emphasized in the statement.
The NGOs note that “such behavior distances Serbia and its citizens from meeting the basic criteria for EU membership, which is a declarative strategic objective of the Government.”
