The Network of Academic Solidarity and Engagement - MASA is a non-partisan association formed with the aim of bringing together all members of the academic community who are ready to engage in strengthening the voice of the profession by advocating for the consistent application of the basic principles of academic work and their defense when threatened.
In its action, the Mass is directed to negotiations and cooperation with all relevant actors on the public scene of Serbia in order to improve the overall situation in the academic community of Serbia, as well as in the wider community. We base our work on critical but constructive action towards decision makers.
Massa supports every single engagement of representatives of the academic community, as long as it is aimed at protecting the public interest. The question of the members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media does not fall directly within the scope of work of the Mass. Bearing in mind that the ruling party is the most responsible for the situation in the media, which is the subject of a series of negative evaluations by experts and the international public, as well as that its MPs insult members of the academic community using media whose control should be carried out by REM, we understand the suspicion on the occasion of proposing members in front of the "Aleksandar Vučić - Serbia wins" list. In the future, the masses will carefully monitor such abuses of the media and independent institutions and react to them.
Bearing in mind the importance of REM for monitoring the media and improving their reporting in the interest of citizens, we expect Slobodan Cvejić, as a member of Masa, to be an independent and strong voice in defense of the public interest if he is elected as a member of REM. Any other action would directly violate the principle of social responsibility, which is the basic principle of Massa.
