BELGRADE, 30.07.2019. – Serbia’s newly-appointed Commissioner for Public Information and Personal Data Protection Milan Marinovic told TV Prva that he will not tolerate pressure from anyone and added that he did not agree to the post to implement anyone’s political will.
He said that his independence was not in question because he was appointed at the proposal of the ruling coalition. He expressed hope that he was chosen as objective, expert and independent.
He said the Law on free access to information of public significance should be changed. Marinovic said he is sure that he will bring a new quality to the Office of the Commissioner and would have a wider insight into the implementation of the law and its interpretations.
Speaking about his predecessor Rodoljub Sabic, Marinovic said that he had done a good job, improved the work of the Office of the Commissioner. Sabic was fiercely criticized by the ruling coalition before he left office.