PRISTINA, 20.06.2018 – The Association of Journalists of Kosovo opposes the closure of the parliamentary commission for Public Administration, Local Government and Media meeting in which the draft law and funding scheme for Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) was being reviewed without giving any reasoning of closure for media and public.
The Rules of Procedure of the Kosovo Assembly, respectively Article 65 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Assembly Commissions, foresees the closure of meetings in certain cases, but today’s closed-door discussion on the draft law of RTK, we consider that there was no reasons to be held without the presence of media and public, knowing the particular importance that this draft law has for the citizens of the country.
The AJK considers that such practice does not serve the transparency of the work of the Kosovo’s Assembly and at the same time constitutes a violation of the civic rights to be informed.
The Association of Journalists of Kosovo calls on the parliamentary commission for Public Administration, Local Government and Media, and on the chairman of this commission, Nait Hasani, to show a good example of accountability and transparency so that such meetings, such as today’s draft law of RTK, be accessible to the media and the public.
