PM Brnabic accuses Schieder of violating ODIHR observers’ Code of Conduct

“In response to repeated accusations, let me, again, point out very concrete examples of questionable conduct of Schieder,” Brnabic said in a post on X.

Recalling Schieder’s media statements on phantom ballots and vote buying, Brnabic said that official records show that the head of the Socialists and Democrats’ group in the European Parliament, who was an observer in the Serbian December 17 elections, visited four polling stations yet did not report any objections or concerns about the election process.

“When was he telling the truth – when he subsequently spoke to the media or when he officially stated that he saw no irregularities,” asked Brrnabic.

She said Schieder is one of the 475 international observers present during the Serbian elections, and that he “is the only one who openly, and continuously, directly violates the Code of Conduct for ODIHR Observers and its explicit request for observers to refrain from making public comments on electoral processes or their observations.”

The Prime Minster did not miss the opportunity to once again mention the N1 and Nova television stations and accuse them of continuously attacking EP Standing Rapporteur on Serbia Vladimir Bilcik. She accused Schieder of lacking principles and values because he never defended his colleague.