Before the beginning of the extraordinary session of the Croatian Parliament, CJA representatives, president Hrvoje Zovko, general secretary Melisa Skender and program manager Iva Borković, shared with the deputies CJA’s comments on the working version of the future Media Act.
“After yesterday’s press conference where we warned of the dangers hidden in the working version of the future Media Act, this morning before the extraordinary session of the Parliament we wanted to introduce the problem to the members of Parliament. They reacted positively and we can see that they are familiar with the problem”, said CJA General Secretary Melisa Skender.
The Croatian Journalists’ Association will continue to fight for a quality Media Act, the only one that regulates relations within the newsroom, and we remain in the working group of the Ministry of Culture and Media where we will fight for the interests of the journalism profession, she announced.
According to them, the former Minister of Culture Zlatko Hasanbegović, known for ‘suffocating’ non-profit media, told the CJA representatives, Hrvoje Zovko, Skender and program manager Iva Borković, who were handing out materials to the representatives: “Even I wouldn’t do that to you.”
The Croatian Journalists’ Association strongly condemned on Thursday the working version of the Law on Media, saying that it represents an unprecedented state interference in journalistic freedoms, a violation of the division between publishers, editors and journalists, and state interference in journalistic self-regulation.