The ZNM association of journalists joins in the criticism of the decision by state prosecutors to go after Aleksandar Mitovski, editor of the Infomax news site. Mitovski is being charged with revealing a state secret after he published an excerpt from a testimony relevant to the racketeering scandal, which reveals that Government officials were at the very least informed that businessman are being extorted out of millions of euros.
The prosecutors should not go after those who published the documents, but the person who had access to the confidential document and gave it to the journalist. Additionally, the case in question is a high profile one which should be added impetus to the prosecutors to investigate how the document was leaked. If the prosecutors persist in their case against Mitovski, we will call on the court to reject it because such cases can lead to self-censorship, especially in cases when public officials are charged with corruption, ZNM said in its press release.
Earlier, the MAN association of journalists strongly condemned the attempt to silence Mitovski, who did some of the most crucial reporting in the racketeering scandal that has shaken the Zaev regime.
ZNM is seen as close to the Government, recently appointing an editor from a strongly pro-Zaev TV station as its President, and it leavens its criticism of the prosecutors with condemnations of Infomax for its alleged violations of journalism ethics. Infomax, on the other hand, has been active in revealing corruption scandals involving the Zaev regime.
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