RTV Slovenija: Programming Council and Supervisory Board Appointed
The parliament appointed the majority of members of the RTV Slovenija's governing and supervisory bodies after the new law on the public broadcaster passed the test of a referendum in September and entered into force in November.
MPs appointed five members of the 29-strong Programing Council as nominated by political parties and 16 members who were put forward by various NGOs and other independent institutions. It was then determined in a draw who of the 16 will serve two and who four years.
The remaining Council members were appointed directly by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Italian minority, the Hungarian minority, and two by the president of Slovenia upon proposal of religious communities. RTV employees meanwhile elected their three representatives.
MPs moreover appointed five members of the new 11-strong supervisory board, to which the government also appointed its four representatives and RTV employees elected two.
While the fact that parliament would appoint the majority of the Council was in the centre of controversy about the new RTV act last year, its lineup was severely criticised last week. The severest criticism came from a forum of left-leaning academics which claimed that the ruling coalition manipulated the election of Council members so that the majority is pro-government. The Liberal Academy therefore urged the 16 members representing viewers and listeners to step down.
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