Student List 'Students Win' demands RTS leadership resignations and REM transparency
They ask for immediate resignations, a temporary board proposed with unions, and publication of REM voting records; they expect a reply within seven days.
The Student List "Students Win" sent an open letter to the management and supervisory board of Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), to the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) and to the National Assembly demanding accountability for the public interest in news coverage.
In the letter, the candidates call for immediate resignations from RTS leadership — naming General Director Manja Grčić, her deputy, the chief and responsible editors in charge of news programming, and all editors working in that department — arguing that editorial choices and failures to uphold professional standards have seriously eroded trust in the public broadcaster.
Allegations and proposed interim management
The signatories accuse RTS of selective, delayed or muted reporting of events of public importance, of privileging government officials and of not providing adequate space to critical voices, independent experts and various social groups. They also say the broadcaster has failed to properly scrutinize messages from office-holders, instead relaying them without sufficient fact-checking or context.
After the resignations, the Student List asks that RTS be run by a temporary management team proposed by the Student List together with representative RTS trade unions. They say this interim board should be appointed and empowered in accordance with the law, and should guarantee operational continuity, editorial independence and the professional dignity of journalists until a new leadership is chosen through a lawful and transparent process.
On the regulatory side, the letter demands that REM act professionally, independently and without delay, and that it stop any unjustified obstruction of its work. The candidates ask four REM council members to publicly explain why they voted against including the tabloid Informer in election monitoring after previously supporting that initiative, and they request publication of relevant documentation and individual voting records.
The Student List set a deadline of seven days for a written response to their demands, specifying measures already taken or planned and the deadlines for implementation; they add that this reply deadline does not replace legal timelines for formal proceedings. They also say they will urge the incoming parliament to treat filling all nine REM seats as a priority and to ensure candidates are chosen through a transparent, merit-based process.
The letter is signed by the candidates of the Student List "Students Win". Preliminary election results cited in the letter show the Student List with 52.71 percent of the vote (2,267,615 votes) and 140 parliamentary seats, while the Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia list received 39.17 percent (1,685,022 votes) and 104 seats; four minority lists won a total of six seats.
Photo: press material from the event
