IVR Serbia: Press release on statement by the president of the Republic of Serbia against former president of IVR Serbia

The Serbian section of the IVR wishes to share with the members of IVR the following press release:

Press release on the public statements of the President of the Republic Aleksandar Vučić addressed to Professor Dr. Miodrag A. Jovanović

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We, the members of the Serbian Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, express our deep concern regarding the statements of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, delivered on June 12, 2023, on one of the televisions with a national frequency, which were directed to Professor Miodrag A. Jovanović, a member and the former President of our Association. Words of disparagement, insults, and an attempt to discredit Professor Jovanović came shortly after Prof. Jovanović read the proclamation of the academic community, which directed support for civil protests against violence, signed by more than a thousand members of the academic community. With baseless and disparaging statements, the President of the Republic insulted Professor Jovanović and damaged his reputation, the Serbian Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, and the entire academic community. We condemn the baseless and insulting claims publicly addressed to Professor Jovanović. Verbal violence from the highest instance of government not only hurts the individual dignity of a university teacher and the reputation of academic institutions but also violates freedom of speech, the culture of dialogue and morality in Serbia, without which it is not possible to re-establish a decent and normal society. 

Serbian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy 
Prof. Dr. Bojan Spaić 
Prof. Dr. Duška Franeta 
Prof. Dr. Radmila Vasić 
Prof. Dr. Dragica Vujadinović 
Prof. Dr. Jasminka Hasanbegović 
Prof. Dr. Violeta Beširević 
Dr. Adrijana Zaharijević 
Prof. Dr. Nataša Jovanović-Ajzenhamer 
Prof. Dr. Miloš Hrnjaz 
Prof. Dr. Nikola Beljinac 
Prof. Dr. Danilo Vuković 
Prof. Dr. Tanasije Marinković 
Prof. Dr. Marija Karanikić-Mirić 
Prof. Dr. Goran Dajović 
Doc. Dr. Dejan Pavlović  
Doc. Dr. Miloš Zdravković 
Doc. Dr. Biljana Đorđević 
Dr. Marija Bulatović 
Dr. Mihajlo Vučić 
Dr. Srđan Milošević 
LLM Ana Zdravković 
LLM Teodora Miljojković 
LLM Mila Đorđević 
LLM Valerija Dabetić 
LLM Sava Vojnović  
Petar Mitrović