Kusari: I'm shocked by what VV has done today with KPM members

The deputies of the Vetevendosje Movement, Nijazi Isaac and Besim Muzaqi, have called for the dismissal of the Independent Commission's Media Board, as, according to them, “The KPM risked national security with Serbian channels”.

Media jurist Butter Kosari says what the Vetevendosje Movement in the country has done today with members of the Independent Commission for the Media is the same as inviting judges and taking account for their decisions.

According to her, this is a brutal attack on the independence of an institution that under the Constitution is independent.

What Vetevendosje has done today with the members of the Independent Commission for Media is the same as telling the judges and calling them accounts for their decisions. It is a brutal attack on the independence of an institution that under the Constitution is independent. Shocked by the rapid deterioration of media freedom in Kosovo. But my main concern is the physical security of KPM members. The language used by the MPs last week and today (while the softest language today) is to promote violence against members. I hope nothing happens to you”, she wrote on Facebook.

Initially, MP Isaac said KPM has jeopardised national security when it has decided to suspend the decision to stop “Arenas” channels.

Citing the KPM decision, Isaac said the ban on Serbian programmes had been made in order not to violate national security.

“is really affected by national security and the general interest of the Republic of Kosovo. Because the whole world knows, this whole place knows it's a national security attack on October 3rd. You too are strongly convinced that overall security and interest in the country are attuned. What changed?

And Vetevendosje's other deputy, Besim Muzaqi, said there are still doubts about how it happened at the KPM meeting, the suspension of the decision on the “Arenes” was in order. He said the agenda was smuggled and the removal of Serbian channels from the platforms of the Republic of Kosovo was suspended.

Muzaqi said the KPM should also be independent of embassies and civil society.

It's good to be independent of the embassies when they write to you, both from civil society and from people who have certain interests. The whole course of this event is leading to you independent of us, but... the case is a serious one because we're talking about a decision that will give the possibility of an operator of channels that have made a degreification of terrorists”, Muzaqi said.

While the chairman of the Independent Media Commission Board, Jeton Mehmeti, said messages published in Serbian channels on Kosovo platforms have violated general security and damaged national interest.

He said the abolition of the decision was taken after four months after they had also received a letter from “Arena”.

We've finally faced direct requests from Arena. In the prayer émaman reconsider the decision that a community's right appointed by sporting events is being violated. We have new mechanisms guarantee that such political messages in sports channels will never be repeated again. I provide assurance that full respect for KPM regulations. This letter was also sent to embassies in Kosovo”, Mehmeti said during reporting to the Commission for Public Administration, Local Powers, Media and Regional Development. / EO