The Network of Academic Solidarity and Engagement (MASA) is aware of the request of the Secretary General of the National Assembly to the Faculty of Philosophy: that the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade distance itself from the political statement of Professor Jov Bakić. The request to the Faculty of Philosophy comes through the Ministry of Education, signed by acting minister without portfolio Đorđe Milićević, who is said to be a graduate economist by profession, but not in which higher education institution he obtained that title. To make the irony even greater, they referred to the statement of the regime deputy Marko Atlagić, known only for the simple things he uttered and slurs in the National Assembly, along with insulting public figures. It was mentioned at the parliamentary rostrum on 08.06.2023. magically transmitted the statement of Jov Bakić "We will chase them in the streets, they will swim in the Sava and Danube", which does not correspond to the tendentiously extended accusation in the letter of the Ministry of Education, where an urgent statement is urgently requested. MASA strongly condemns the brutal attacks on academic citizens and institutions by the authorities, insists on the right to freedom of speech and strongly opposes the name-calling of academic institutions. Has the National Assembly dissociated itself from the statements of the regime's deputies regarding the lies and insults of professors, actors, students and other citizens of this country? We suggest to the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade to disassociate itself from the statements of MP Marko Atlagić, and to give advice to the Secretary General of the National Assembly on how culturally and appropriately MPs in the National Assembly should behave, because they should represent the people of this country, about whom they are sending very ugly image with his arrogant behavior below all limits of decency.
Coordination Board of MASA
