The Network of Academic Solidarity and Engagement (MASA) sends its public support to prosecutors Bojana Savović and Jasmina Paunović from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, who were removed from the case of corruption in the EPS, as well as to all their colleagues who in the past period due to the arbitrariness of the higher public prosecutor Nenad Stefanović were disparaged and/or persecuted in any way.
The events in the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office represent a brutal manifestation of everything that our organization stands against, namely the fight against incompetence, partiality, lack of independence and unethicality. Removing the prosecutors from the case, who with their knowledge, experience and courage brought it to the very end, is like removing the doctor before the most important part of the operation with the expectation that another, although he does not know anything about the course of the operation, nor is he an expert in its performance, will successfully replace him.
MASA stands for a society in which the best, not the worst, students will occupy key positions in our state institutions and in which teams will be led by individuals of unquestionable expertise, knowledge and experience. Superiors should build their authority on expertise and trust in the knowledge of employees, and not cover up their inexperience by intimidating and belittling them. MASA advocates and will advocate with all its might so that our fate is no longer decided by those who are clearly alien to virtues such as independence, integrity and ethics and who resort to abuse of position, intimidation, demonstration of power, arrogant behavior and breaking the law. Through its activities, MASA strives to create a better society in which trust in the judiciary, healthcare, education, and professionalism of all kinds will be re-established. We see Serbia as a society in which there will no longer be a degradation of the authority of the profession due to the inactivity of politically eligible and professionally insufficiently qualified individuals and individuals, and in which the personal integrity, freedom and independence of each employee in performing professional activities will be valued. Therefore, we demand that the competent authorities do everything in order to prevent the transfer of plaintiffs Savović and Paunović from arbitrariness by individuals, and to enable them to professionally and impartially finish the work they started in connection with the case of corruption in the EPS that was previously entrusted to them. .
