Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, most strongly condemned the comparison that Miloš Jovanović, member of Parliament from the NADA coalition, uttered in response to a journalist’s question about the price of Serbia’s abandonment of the European path. He used an extremely disgusting, inappropriate, misogynistic, and sexist comparison, the Commissioner pointed out.

Despite all the disclaimers offered, what was said was an insult to women and discrimination based on gender. Such a comparison would not have been made if the question had been asked by a man, while the subtle way and the stated disassociation from the question do not diminish the weight of what was said, the Commissioner emphasized.

All participants in public and political life have an additional obligation to refrain from statements that insult, humiliate or harass women, bearing in mind that women in Serbia face discrimination and violence every day, Commissioner Janković concluded.