17. 08. 2004

Amendments “will unblock Council”

BELGRADE, August 17, 2004 (Danas) – Culture and Information Minister Dragan Kojadinovic said yesterday that the proposed amendments to the Broadcast Act will unblock the work of the Broadcast Agency Council and clear the way for efficient implementation of the act which was adopted two years ago. Kojadinovic explained the procedure of electing council members at a meeting of the Serbian Parliament’s Culture and Information Committee. Once the amendments are in force, the bodies authorised to propose council members have thirty days to submit their candidates to the authorised committee. The parliament is then required to select the eight council members within eight days of receiving the list of candidates. The minister said that the council will be convened fifteen days after the appointment of the eight council members and the proposal for appointment of the ninth council member will be adopted at the inaugural sitting.