The representatives of Serbia's 11 opposition parties and organisations submitted on Monday to the country's parliament a joint platform for negotiations on improving the election's conditions with the ruling coalition under the European Parliament (EP) auspices. Pročitaj više

Konstatin Samofalov of the Social-democrats told reporters the 11 were not a coalition but a group that worked on the platform, which had already been sent to the EP.

„We will take part in the negotiations with goodwill, but we are not optimists; we don’t have an illusion that the elections (due in spring next year) will be truly free,“ Samofalov said.

Speaking about the joint platform, he listed media freedom, abuse of public finances, functionary campaign and pressure on voters as its part. He added that the NGOs such as CRTA, CeSID and BIRODI suggestions were also included in the text.

The head of the New Party Aris Movsesijan added that the common platform was „a framework for negotiations,“ saying the problem was not in the elections law that much but in lack of implementation.