8 hours agoAGK reacts to RTK Director: Stop Deignive Language Towards Nine Journalists
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The Kosovo Journalists' Association has reacted to statements by Kosovo Radio Television director who had said journalists have entered a political scenario and their goal is to destabilise RTK58 on the eve of the election campaign. In this reaction, it is said that these journalists are unilaterally being asked [...]
The Kosovo Journalists' association with concern is conveying the latest developments to RTK, with the fact that nine News Chamber journalists, according to their information provided by the AGK, are being asked unilaterally to system in other units of Kosovo Television, as a result of dissatisfaction with the illegal advances in the public medium”, reported in the report.
In fact, the AGK considers it disturbing that journalists are being labeled as political <x0-gazers” and requires RTK's distance for these qualities.
“The AGK is highly concerned with the claims of disgruntled journalists like <x1) political journalists” and requires the RTK management to distance itself immediately from such provisions” is written in the statement.
AGK has warned that in case of non-conform action, RTK will face the law.
The close-up Kosovo Journalists' association will follow these developments in Kosovo's public media and, in case of non-conform action of regulations and laws in effect, all conform mandate steps will be taken in order for the created situation to be resolved based on the legal right of our members” says AGKURja in response.
On Saturday, nine RTK journalists had decided to seek their rights by writing letters and requests towards management. They have opposed the appointment of a news editor who they said had a degree when she was hired at RTK.
They're accepting it as editor Besart Galica. Also announced have been the director General of RTKde, Intervention Kastract, who is still opposed by some of RTK's workers. According to journalists, Galica has been raised to the editor's position on the basis of discrimination, legal violations.
On the other hand, RTK's general director, on Saturday, had accused nine public television journalists of trying to destabilise him. RTKine, who according to him are part of a political scenario, not to mention certain political parties.
“This shows that these colleagues have entered a political scenario and their goal is neither adulation nor resystemation, but RTK destabilising, right now on the eve of the” election campaign, Kastrati said in a response.
