Veran Matic: How did the proposal for amendments to the Criminal Code come about?

He said in a statement that he felt the need to make public some information important for the discussion and public debate on the amendments to the law, which have been problematized in recent days through various texts and interviews.
On that occasion, we are transmitting his statement in its entirety:
With this text, I do not want to enter into topics that go beyond the criminal-legal protection of the safety of journalists, nor do I have pretensions to be someone's lawyer. I notice that in the previous days, in the domain of what is in the sphere of my interest, there is speculation as to whether this is another ploy by the government and the state? Since I have been a direct witness to the emergence of the initiative and its implementation so far, I will try to arrange the facts chronologically in order to better understand the motives for the emergence of this proposal.
A permanent working group on the safety of journalists has existed for more than four years. It was created by the Agreement on Cooperation between the Republic Public Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of the Interior and all relevant journalistic and media associations (NUNS, UNS, ANEM, NDNV, Local press, AOM and the Association of Media). A representative of the OSCE Mission to Serbia has been involved in the work of the Group since its inception.
One of the most important goals of this Group is to "establish a system of measures to ensure more effective criminal protection of journalists." Decisions are made by consensus. Documents on the work of the Permanent Working Group can be found on the portal www.bezbedninovinari.rs
During the work of this Working Group, among other things, a detailed Analysis of the Criminal Code was made and a Conclusion was reached...