The academic community is demanding the removal of its REM member

On the eve of the 10th "Serbia against violence" protest, representatives of the academic community called on Nemanja Tasić, a member of the REM Regulatory Council who was proposed by them, to resign.

In a letter, the academic community calls on Tasić, who is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, to "urgently resign from that position."

We remind you that one of the demands of the leaders of the "Serbia against violence" protest is the resignation of REM Council members due to ignoring the role of the media in creating an environment in society where violence is ubiquitous.

"We also draw your attention to the fact that more than 2.000 teachers and associates from several Serbian universities joined the citizens' demands with their signatures." Their signatures are a call for your resignation from the REM Council," the letter states.

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Members of the academic community believe that their member, by remaining in that position, gives legitimacy to harmful processes.

"The institution to which you were elected on the proposal of the academic community does not fulfill its social functions, ignores laws and its own regulations, ignores serious problems in the media scene and thus actively collapses society and damages democracy."

At the same time, we remind you that as an academic worker, you are obliged by law to adhere to the basic principles of academic work, such as integrity, openness to the public and citizens, respect for humanistic and democratic values, but also respect for human rights and civil liberties, including the prohibition of all forms of discrimination," the letter reads.

MJ

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