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