REM Council nominees warn process outside legal framework

An open letter warned that the ongoing process to appoint a REM Council has deviated from the law and the report by the parliamentary Culture and Information Committee.

The nominees said the expect the authorities to bring the process back to the legal framework and added that the REM Council has to defend the legality and integrity of the media scene.

This is the letter as published on the NUNS portal:

“As candidates participating in the process of electing members of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), we believe that responsibility toward the law and the public interest is an inseparable part of our future role.

“That responsibility does not begin on the day of election but with the way we are chosen.

“The ongoing process deviates from the legal framework and from the report of the Committee on Culture and Information of the National Assembly, which was adopted as the basis for conducting the harmonization procedure. The addition of new proposers in the category of national minority councils is contrary to that report, as well as to the letter and spirit of the law, and such a practice undermines trust in the procedure itself and in the institutions conducting it.

“We expect the competent authorities to return the process within the boundaries of the law. Attached is an analysis of the relevant legal provisions related to the election of REM Council members and the authorized proposers in the category of national minority councils. This analysis establishes that the addition of new proposers has no legal basis.

“The REM Council is a body that must defend the legality and integrity of the media landscape. Therefore, as candidates aspiring to participate in its work, we cannot remain silent in the face of clear violations of the law in the very process of its election.

“Respect for the law is not a formality — it is the foundation of citizens’ trust in institutions,” the open letter said.

The letter is accompanied by a Legal Analysis of the Legitimacy of the Proposals by Three National Minority Councils and the Illegality of the Vote Held on October 21, 2025.