Without the intention of questioning the independence of the prosecution, the CRTA Election Observation Mission calls on the responsible Public Prosecutor’s Offices to urgently and ex officio investigate cases of forgery of signatures of voter support on several electoral lists in order to establish the facts, to protect the integrity of the electoral process and…
The initial phase of the pre-election campaign has been characterized by the inequalities of participants in the race, particularly in terms of the significant advantages the ruling parties gain by abusing institutions, further continuing to blur the line between themselves and the state. There are also doubts among the public about the integrity of the…
CRTA has activated its observation mission ahead of extraordinary elections scheduled for December 17, 2023. As in previous years, CRTA’s Election Observation Mission will monitor the entire electoral process, including the campaign, Election Day, and the post-election process up until the official declaration of results. A team of long-term observers, deployed across all regions of…
CRTA invites all participants in elections, especially the highest state officials, to stop frightening citizens and encouraging the atmosphere of fear in the election campaign, in order to decrease tensions in the public. The most recent and most drastic example of the lack of accountability is an official announcement of the Ministry of Public Administration…
Electoral corruption and clientelism spare no areas, even those that might seem less lucrative for political parties, such as the social welfare system, in which, despite limited resources, political parties find space for their interests. By coercing and “buying” the votes of the most economically vulnerable citizens, political parties exploit the situation in which half…
Nearly half of the citizens – 47 percent, believe that Serbia is moving in the wrong direction, as opposed to 38 percent who think the country is on the right track – these are the findings of the public opinion survey on the nation’s political opinions in the run-up to the election campaign, conducted by…
In light of the public disclosure of information regarding the implementation of OSCE/ODIHR recommendations for the improvement of the electoral process, the CRTA’s analysis, conducted on the basis of publicly available information, indicates that progress has been achieved only in administrative aspects, while recommendations related to key issues in the electoral process, such as the…
Media, globally, bore witness to a series of unprecedented events in the past year – from developments related to Russia’s continued war in Ukraine to rising tensions between the US and China. Among these and a plethora of other politically-significant events, how did the Serbian media scene manage to position themselves? CRTA media monitoring of…
Almost all Serbian citizens know about the “Serbia against violence” protests. Every second citizen supports the protests, and every third says that he already has or wants to participate in the protest. Among the citizens who support the protests, the majority are those who are not close to either the ruling or the opposition parties,…
