04. 01. 2005

POLITIKA PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR PROTECTION

BELGRADE, January 4, 2005 – Hadzi Dragan Antic has appealed to Vojislav Kostunica to prevent the disintegration of daily Politika. Antic, who is president of the Politika board of management has addressed the prime minister in an open letter, urging him to take the steps necessary to halt the further decline of the paper. He also warned that senior people in the company had illegally taken over the management, adding that the Belgrade District Prosecution had proof of this. The Milosevic-era CEO of the company expressed concern for the company’s thousands of shareholders, saying that the paper was in a decline and that staff had not been paid for months. “I expect you to take all the steps necessary to prevent this. I am also at the disposal of government bodies,” wrote Antic.