Source: : Vecernje novosti

Data on SALARIES in public companies ARRIVE

Information  "provided" by  Rodoljub Sabic

Addressed to the Administrative Committee of National Parliament, the data on salaries of public companies' heads, of members of managing and supervising boards, have arrived.. The envelopes have been opened only when the M.P.s have complained to Rodoljub Sabic, the Commissioner for public significance information. Even though the key idea was for parliamentarians to prove that there are those who make significantly more money, while only the members of parliament are put on  "pillar of shame", the data was officially unavailable yesterday.     

Source: : Pregled

Free information access  - media and citizen' right

Free access to public information is the right of media and citizen's and they  should insist on it since this is one of the basic prerequisites of the democratic society, pointed out the Commissioner for information of public importance Rodoljub Sabic participating in  Novi Pazar round table panel dedicated to freedom of the media and freedom to public significance information access.

Source: : Blic

commentaries

Rodoljub Sabic Information Commissioner

All information on public funds spending, in the democratic society are, without a doubt information of public significance. In such society it is unimaginable to withhold such information from the public, not to mention withholding such information among government sectors. This is why it is worrisome and inductive that the Administrative Committee of the National Parliament of Serbia, had to ask the assistance of the Commissioner for the information after not being able to obtain information on salaries for appointed persons in companies, agencies, and directories whose founder is the Republic of Serbia. 

Source: : Danas

Commissioner for information held talks with war time and organized crime prosecutors.

Belgrade - Readiness of the prosecutors, Vladimir Vukčevic and Miljko Radisavljevic to perform their obligations from the Law on free information access  with maximum responsibility is important and their examples are good, but not so frequent. Many examples are of problems attempting to ensure the right to free information access from various prosecutor offices, even significant cases  - Commissioner for public significance information  Rodoljub Sabic assessed after yesterdays talks with war times and organized crimes prosecutors Vukčevic and Radisavljevic.     

Source: : Blic

Commissioner for information of public importance in Serbia is not in the position to often praise our government departments. Not because he does not wish, but because, regrettably so there are not many reasons for that. This is why recognitions for work done  on implementation of the law, are rarely given, for example on celebration of September 28th, official Day of public's right to know. Even then, the recognition is not given by the Commissioner himself, but a special board made of journalists, media associations, NGOs, which should be the guarantee of objectivity. Still, even then there is a fear that the laureate could, with his subsequent actions cast a shadow on his award.