Iako je Brisel u više navrata hvalio nove medijske zakone
u Srbiji, primena ne ide tako dobro i u delu izveštaja Evropske komisije o
napretku Srbije na putu ka EU koji se odnosi na slobodu izražavanja i medije
konstatuje se da u poslednjih godinu dana u toj oblasti nije bilo nikakvog
napretka. Dokaz za to je i Tanjug, državna novinska agencija koja je, nakon što
se za nju u procesu privatizacije nije našao kupac, ugašena po zakonu ali i
dalje radi, što se pravda činjenicom da nije izbrisana iz registra Agencije za
privredne registre. Novinarska udruženja i medijske asocijacije ukazuju na rad
Tanjuga u "sivoj" zoni i neravnopravnu tržišnu utakmicu, kao i na
malverzacije kod raspodele novca iz lokalnih budžeta za medije, i zalažu se za
suzbijanje uticaja na uređivačku politiku kroz državnu pomoć.
Izveštaj EU pokazuje da paket medijskih zakona tek treba
da bude primenjen u punoj meri, kao i da privatizacija državnih medija nije
donela veću transparentnost vlasništva i finansiranja medija.
Najbolji primer nepoštovanja zakona jeste ugašena državna
novinska agencija Tanjug čiji pravni status, kao i finansiranje, tek treba da
se razjasni i uskladi sa propisima.
Tako Tanjug, koji je ugašen u novembru 2015, i dalje
nesmetano radi. Pre formalnog gašenja pokušana je privatizacija ali je uspeh
izostao i poslednjeg dana oktobra 2015. Zakon o Tanjugu je, po Zakonu o javnom
informisanju, prestao da važi. Nakon toga je 3. novembra vlada donela Odluku o
pravnim posledicama prestanka rada JP Novinska agencija Tanjug, koja je
zvanično stupila na snagu 4. novembra.
Tanjug je pak uz izdašnu državnu pomoć i bez zakonskog
osnova nastavio da emituje vesti a nastavak rada pravdan je činjenicom da
novinska agencija nije izbrisana iz registra Agencije za privredne registre jer
uprava Tanjuga, uprkos odluci srpske vlade, nije podnela zahtev za brisanje.
Nadležni su o slučaju Tanjug dugo govorili manje-više
neodređeno, jedni da se to pitanje mora rešiti a drugi "da ne znaju kako
agencija funkcioniše, ali funkcioniše" dok su novinarska udruženja i
medijske asocijacije tražila ravnopravne uslove na tržištu i transparentno
trošenje novca za javno informisanje.
Ministar informisanja Vladan Vukosavljević izjavio 14.
novembra da ne postoje evropski propisi po kojima država ne može da bude
vlasnik novinske agencije i da je na Srbiji da proceni da li je u njenom
interesu da ima agenciju.
Vukosavljević je rekao da očekuje konačan stav o sudbini
ugašene Novinske agencije Tanjug za oko mesec dana objašnjavajući da ugašena
agencija ne može da bude brisana iz registra medija dok ne izmiri obaveze prema
zaposlenima i trećim licima.
Ministar je rekao i da od odluke o gašenju Tanjuga ta
agencija nije finansirana iz budžeta. Takođe je kazao da su predstavnici
ministarstva od predstavnika međunarodnih institucija tražili načelnu
informaciju kako je status državnih agencija rešen u zemljama EU.
Međutim, podsećajući da i u članicama EU postoje novinske
agencije sa državnim vlasništvo, predstavnici vlade nisu govorili o načinu na
koji se u tim zemljama sprovodi kontrola državne pomoći, kako su te agencije
ustrojene, niti o mehanizmima koji obezbeđuju nezavisnost uređivačke politike.
Država bi, da bi Tanjug nastavio da radi, morala ponovo
da ga osnuje ali bi to zahtevalo izmene Zakona o javnom informisanju i medijima
koji zabranjuje vlasništvo države u medijima.
U novinarskim udruženjima za slučaj Tanjuga kažu da je
neka vrsta metafore za opšte stanje na medijskoj sceni. Država, kako navode,
nastoji da na različite načine pomogne medijima na čiju uređivačku politiku ima
snažan uticaj, ne obazirući se na to da li je sve u potpunom skladu sa zakonom.
Država u slučaju Tanjuga zapravo podstiče
"sivo" poslovanje i time remeti poziciju na tržištu dve privatne
agencije, Bete i Foneta.
U međuvremenu iz novinarskih udruženja ukazuju na
malverzacije kod raspodele novca iz lokalnih budžeta za medije po javnim
konkursima navodeći da lokalne vlasti daju prednost medijima pod njihovim
neposrednim uticajem, odnosno onim koje su u privatizaciji preuzeli biznismeni
bliski vlastima.
Medijske asocijacije i novinarska udruženja zalažu se za
suzbijanje uticaja na uređivačku politiku kroz dodelu državne pomoći. Takođe
ukazuju da državni funkcioneri mahom pozitivno govore o tabloidima na čiju
uređivačku politiku imaju uticaja, a kritikuju medije koji nisu pod njihovom
neposrednom kontrolom i kritički pišu o radu vlade i državnih organa.
Evropska komisija konstatujući da se zakoni o javnom
informisanju i medijima, o elektronskim medijima i o javnim servisima ne
primenjuju u punoj meri ocenjuje da Srbija u narednom periodu treba da obezbedi
punu primenu medijskih zakona, da osigura finansiranje javnih servisa i podrži
ih da rade u javnom interesu, kao i da obezbedi sredstva za kofinansiranje
medijskih sadržaja u javnom interesu u skladu sa važećim propisima.
Foto: Beta
logo Association
Posted: 11.15.2016.
Although Brussels has repeatedly praised the new media
laws in Serbia, the implementation does not go so well in the work of the
European Commission on Serbia's progress towards the EU relating to freedom of
expression and media is noted that in the past year in this area was not no
progress.Proof of this is the Tanjug state news agency that, after her in the
privatization process has not found a buyer, extinguished by law or is still
working, which is justified by the fact that it is not removed from the register
of the Agency for Business Registers. Journalistic organizations and media
associations point to Tanjug work in the "gray" zone and unfair
competition, as well as fraud to the distribution of money from local budgets
for media and advocate for the Prevention of influence on the editorial policy
of the state aid.
The report shows that the EU package of media laws has
yet to be implemented fully, as well as privatization of state-run media has
not brought greater transparency of media ownership and financing. The best
example of non-compliance with the law is extinguished state news agency
Tanjug, whose legal status, as well as financing, has yet to clarify and
harmonize the regulations
So Tanjug, which was closed in November 2015 and
continued uninterrupted work. Pre formal extinguishing attempted a
privatization or a lack of success on the last day of October 2015, the Law on
Tanjug, according to the Public Information Act, ceased to exist. Subsequently,
on November 3, the government adopted a decision on the legal consequences of
termination of the JP news agency Tanjug, which officially came into force on 4
November.
Tanjug he enjoyed the generous state aid and without
legal basis continued to broadcast the news a continued operation is justified
by the fact that the news agency is not removed from the register of Business
Registers Agency because the administration Tanjug, despite the decision of the
Serbian government, did not submit a request for deletion.
The authorities have the case Tanjug long talked more or
less indefinitely, one that the issue must be resolved and the other "they
do not know how the agency works, but it works," while journalist
associations and media associations demanded equal conditions on the market and
transparent spending of public money information.
Information Minister Vladan Vukosavljevic said on
November 14 that there are no European rules by which the state can not be the
owner of the news agency that Serbia is to assess whether it is in its interest
to have agency.
Vukosavljevic said he expected final position on the fate
of the defunct News Agency Tanjug in about a month off, explaining that the
agency can not be removed from the register of the media until they fulfill the
obligations to employees and third parties.
The minister said that the decision on putting out the
Tanjug agency is not financed from the budget.He also said that representatives
of the ministry of the representatives of international institutions looking
information as a fundamental status solved state agencies in EU countries.
However, recalling that in the EU member states there are
news agencies with state ownership, government representatives did not speak
about the way in these countries implement state aid control, as well as agencies
established, nor about the mechanisms that ensure its editorial independence.
The state would like to Tanjug continued to work, I had
to re-establish it but this would require amendments to the Law on Public
Information and Media, which prohibits state ownership in the media.
In the case of journalist associations Tanjug say that is
a kind of metaphor for the general situation on the media scene.
The State, as they say, is trying in various ways to help
the media on whose editorial policy has a powerful influence, ignoring the fact
that it is all in full compliance with the law.
States in the case of Tanjug actually encourages
"gray" business and thus disturb the market position two private
agencies Beta and Fonet.
And, although the Beta and Fonet addressed to the
Government and international organizations, nothing has changed in the meantime
a Tanjug continues to enter into contracts with public and other companies
although there is no legal basis and documents necessary for the operation of
the market, except that remains in the registry Business registers agency. In
the meantime, from journalists' associations indicate fraud to the distribution
of money from local budgets to the press after public tenders, stating that
local authorities give priority to the media under their direct influence, ie
those that are taken in the privatization of businessmen close to the
government.
Media associations and journalists' associations advocate
for the Prevention of influence on the editorial policy through granting state
aid. It also suggests that state officials mostly positive talk about the
tabloids, whose editorial policy have an impact, but criticized the media that
are not under their direct control and critical writing about the government
and state bodies.
European Commission stating that the laws on public
information and media, the electronic media and the public services do not
apply fully assessed that Serbia in the following period should ensure the full
implementation of the media law, to ensure the financing of public services and
to support them to work in the public interest as well as to provide funds for
co-financing of media content in the public interest in accordance with the
applicable regulations.
Source: Beta
Photo:Beta
Translated by
Nebojša Vladisavljević
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