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Agreement reached on amending law to prevent voter migration
Serbian MP caucuses reached an agreement regarding amendments to the Law on the Unified Voters’ Register, which will be tabled in the Parliament on Friday, opposition MP and Green-Left Front co-president Biljana Djordjevic told N1.
Under the proposal, any registered voter who after July 3, 2023 registered their place of permanent residence to a local self-government unit or city municipality in which local elections are scheduled for June 2, 2024, will be listed in the voters' register according to the place of permanent residence they had on July 3, 2023.
“The decision that was controversial in the public, allowing voting in local elections at the place of temporary residence, is being abolished,” Djordjevic told N1.
She said amendments to the Law on the Unified Voters' Register will be tabled in the Parliament in an emergency procedure on Friday, to ensure that the changes can apply to the June 2 elections.
“The process will be supervised by the already established working group tasked with implementing the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations, which includes civil society representatives (CRTA, Transparency Serbia, and CESID),” said Djordjevic.
The opposition described this as a victory, while journalist Radomir Markovic told N1 that many things can be labeled as victory.
“I don't believe it was just given like that. I expect the SNS (ruling Serbian Progressive Party) to have something up its sleeve to nullify this if it actually happens,” he said.
“I think it’s too late, at least for these elections. It definitely won't be ready for these elections, and we'll see if it will have any effect on future elections. We're used to institutions not reacting, period. Regardless of this or any other initiative,” added Markovic.
Serbian Parliament sitting scheduled for Friday
Serbian Parliament speaker Ana Brnabic convened the second sitting of the 2024 first regular Parliament session for Friday, May 10.
In addition to the aforementioned proposal, also on the agenda is the Proposal of the Decision on the Election of Members and Deputy Members of the Serbian Parliament Committees, Proposal of the Decision amending the Decision on the Composition of the Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee, Proposal of the Decision amending the Decision on the Composition of the Serbian Parliament’s Standing Delegations to International Parliamentary Institutions.
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