
Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said on Monday that parliament could not meet because of the ban on gatherings of more than 50 people which the government ordered as part of efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
A group of opposition MPs filed a written request on March 23 for parliament to meet. Gojkovic refused the request, saying that the state of emergency was called by the state president, prime minister and parliament speaker because she couldn’t call a session of parliament and recalling that measures which limit human and minority rights can be taken by the government with the approval of the president when parliament can’t meet.
She said that under the constitution, a decision on a state of emergency is confirmed 48 hours after it is taken if parliament can’t confirm it. If parliament does not confirm the decision, it becomes invalid once parliament meets, the constitution states.
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