03.01.2020.
Communication
The Military Trade Union of Serbia and its president keep telling lies, even when they are told that their purely politically motivated attacks on the Ministry of Defence are completely unfounded.
The Military Trade Union of Serbia has no need to wait for Minister Vulin’s lawsuit to present alleged evidence of criminal acts in the Ministry of Defence. They have probably already had the opportunity to do so, given the four criminal complaints filed by the Military Trade Union of Serbia and dismissed as unfounded by the prosecution, which proves the unjustified allegations by the union and its president, Novica Antić.
The constant allegations of criminal acts in the Ministry of Defence without concrete facts and evidence grow into repeating the same general phrases solely for the purpose of collecting political points of the president of the Military Trade Union of Serbia, Novica Antić. By using the resources of the Military Trade Union of Serbia for his political promotion and campaign, Antić causes damage to the interests of all members of the Military Trade Union of Serbia, including the organisation itself. The question is whether the leaders of the Military Trade Union of Serbia, Novica Antić and Ninoslav Svilengaćin, who, according to some media reports, signed the trade union’s communication yesterday, care about the interests of the members at all, since none of them is employed in the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces any longer.
It is not true that, on 11th September 2019, the Commission for establishing the eligibility for representativeness of the trade union stated without any objection that the Military Trade Union of Serbia was representative. On the basis of all the evidence submitted, the Commission found out that out of the five legal requirements the Military Trade Union did not meet the first one - that it has been established and acts according to the principles of freedom of trade union organising. The Decision on ineligibility for representativeness is public and the reasons for its adoption are explained in detail.
Previously, by a letter of 24th September 2019, the Ministry of Defence requested the Military Trade Union of Serbia to supplement the case with proof of compliance with the conditions of representativeness prescribed by Article 218(1)(1) of the Labour Law. The letter was received by the Military Trade Union of Serbia on 2nd October 2019.
It is also not true that the Military Trade Union of Serbia was prevented from gaining access to case files, because at the request of the Military Trade Union of Serbia on 4th December 2019, representatives of the Military Trade Union of Serbia - Master Sergeant Bojan Stanišić and lawyer Miljana Šuković, with the presence of representatives of the Human Resources Sector inspected the case.
The Ministry of Defence works exclusively according to the law, achieving unprecedented results in equipping and strengthening the Serbian Armed Forces and improving the financial situation of all members. The past 2019 is a record year by many indicators, and the public of Serbia knows this well, so the repeated lies of the Military Trade Union of Serbia remain another shameful and fruitless attempt to harm the reputation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces.
