The Council of the PBS of Montenegro, dismissed Mrs. Andrijana Kadija today as the director general of the national media company (RTCG). Six members of the RTCG Council voted to dismiss Kadija, and two were against.
After the decision on the dismissal of Kadija was announced, she said she was happy that it ended this way.
“Thank you. I’m happy to finish things this way”, she said.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Director of RTCG, Mr. Vladan Mićunović, requested that the session be transmitted live, but that proposal was rejected.
A member of the RTCG Council, Mimo Drašković, who submitted the initiative for Kadija’s dismissal, said he is against “turning the meeting into reality TV”.
Mrs. Kadija claims that the contract with CCE, for which she is being dismissed, did not cost RTCG a cent, and that therefore, she felt she was not obliged to inform the Council about its precise contents.
“My only sin is that I am apolitical.. I wanted a professional public service for all citizens, and while I was running it, our public service was truly independent. You are not dismissing me as incompetent, but as politically unsuitable”, she said.
She added that RTCG ratings improved vastly under her leadership, and that the people started believing the PBS more and more.
“My dismissal was expected, because I dot have anyone backing mr. But I have a strong backbone, I have my attitude and my opinion, and God will judge me the way I served”.
According to unofficial information, the names mentioned as possible new Director General of the PBS are Radojka Rutovic and Bozidar Sundic.
Protesters called RTCG Council members to resign
Media Center invited representatives of non-governmental organizations and independent media to protest against the “illegal and politically motivated dismissal of Kadija”. Protests called for Council members to resign and show that they do not serve parties but citizens.
The Association of Professional Journalists of Montenegro invited journalists to join the protest in front of the RTCG building in solidarity with colleagues from the Public Service, who, they claim, work under tremendous political pressure.
