The Croatian Journalists Association's (HND) and the Croatian Journalists Trade Union's branches on Croatian Television (HTV) on Wednesday asked the parliamentary Information and Media Committee to urgently discuss the state of affairs on the national broadcaster HRT and to urgently initiate the relieving of duty of the HRT Programmes Council.
The two branches consider the council "directly responsible for the deep crisis" on the HRT, the HND's HTV branch said in a statement, adding the current state of affairs was untenable and that it brought into question the HRT's survival as a public medium.
The statement said the incumbent Programmes Council did not advocate or protect the public's interest. The two branches expressed "bitterness and dissatisfaction" with the current state of affairs on the HRT, which they said was jointly caused by the council and the acting management.
