SAY NO TO GUNS PROJECT IS FINISHED, THE BROADCASTING COUNCIL OWES MONEY TO THE PRODUCTION

The President of the Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Trajchevski stated that “Shortcut owes around 26 thousand euro, and the money is received for the Say No to Guns project” – according to the daily Dnevnik (Friday, Nov. 2, 2012). In the article “Neither television projects, nor money returned” (pg. 5) the newspaper publishes information received from the President of the Broadcasting Council, which imply that the Shotcut Production has taken money, but didn’t deliver a project.
This information is not correct! The President of the Broadcasting Council can easily learn this from a simple check in the Council’s documentation and make sure that the project Say No to Guns (Say Yes to Life) is finished and that all remarks and corrections required from the Council are implemented.
The Say No to Guns (Say Yes to Life) project consists of 30 episodes about arms control issues and represents an important contribution to the efforts to overcome gun culture in the country. It is sad that a project of this kind remains closed in the documentation of the Broadcasting Council in times when the country is suffering from highly spread gun culture and the armed violence is filling the crime sections of the press.
The Broadcasting Council is the one that owes money. The Shortcut Production sues the Broadcasting Council to pay the remaining amount, according to the contract.

Xhabir Deralla
Producer

Dnevnik, November 2, 2012, pg. 5