21.09.2022.
Minister Stefanović on blatant lies, threats and attacks
Statement by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Nebojša Stefanović, PhD:
“You can expect nothing else from the media owned by Dragan Šolak and their paid commentators, but lies and political attacks on the government of Serbia, especially on President Aleksandar Vučić, and this deserves no reaction, but rather contempt. But I cannot remain silent when their usual "experts" on all possible issues, such as Boban Stojanović, calmly and without any arguments, let alone evidence, threaten me with prison and the most severe sentence.
I am not interested in the opinions or views of those people, but how dares a TV station that seeks to get a national frequency broadcast blatant lies, threats and attacks? I have no intention of making excuses to anyone, let alone N1 television and its favourite "experts", I just want to ask them – who gave you the right to broadcast, with no restrictions or warning, the lies and accusations that have been dismissed countless times, even before our judicial authorities? Not to mention the standards of morality and code of professional ethics that do not allow publishing unfounded rumours and lies. Neither N1 nor their political analysts know what the words morality and professional ethics mean.There is not a grain of truth in anything Boban Stojanović has said on N1, and I am not the only one who says that, reality has proved him wrong countless times. Unfortunately, they do not see a problem in this, because they have only one goal - to slander Serbia, its president and all his associates as maliciously and as often as possible. Their goal is political, and they are not interested in the truth. That is why I will not allow them to present themselves as something they are not and say and broadcast monstrous lies and threats without any response."
