Irregularities were most frequently recorded at polling stations in Palilula and Vozdovac, followed by Cukarica, Zvezdara, Zemun and Novi Beograd.
The percentage of polling stations where polling board members keep parallel records of voters who voted, outside the official records, slightly increased as well, from four to five percent. In addition, parallel records of voters were observed in the vicinity of several polling stations, as well as organized transportation of voters.
CRTA's Election Observation Mission has reported another case to the police on suspicion of vote buying in front of a polling station in Palilula. CRTA observers recorded the organized transportation of voters to the polling station and the distribution of money. CRTA has so far submitted a total of seven complaints of criminal offenses related to the elections on election day.
We demand that the authorities stop the repression against citizens, activists, and opposition figures who are seeking criminal accountability for the deaths of 15 citizens following the collapse of the roof at the railway station in Novi Sad. Repression against the people is growing increasingly brutal, and the highest state officials justify and encourage it….
During the conference, several expert groups led discussions on areas essential for implementing the electoral process: enhancing electoral administration, revising the voter registry, the role of prosecutors in protecting voter rights, and the work of media and public broadcasting services. Here we present the conclusions from these discussions, including working documents used as starting points…
The roundtable discussion titled “Ensuring Voter Registry integrity” focused on potential solutions for conducting a full review of the voter register in the Republic of Serbia, following the latest ODIHR recommendations. The discussion was closed to the public.
The roundtable discussion titled “Media in the public interest: Strengthening Public Service for citizens” focused on how public media should serve citizens and what obstacles hinder this goal. The discussion aimed to generate recommendations to address issues related to political bias, censorship, self-censorship, factual reporting, and the conservative approach in content presentation, especially reflected in…
As a basis for the discussion, participants were provided with CRTA’s research on the work of the prosecution in cases related to electoral irregularities from the electoral process in December 2023. The research showed the performance of prosecutor’s offices across Serbia in cases formed from complaints during the 2023 and 2024 elections. It revealed that…
The roundtable discussion titled “Ensuring media pluralism: The role of regulators in safeguarding diversity” focused on media pluralism and the role of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM). Participants had the opportunity to exchange views on potential solutions, proposals, and necessary steps for ensuring media pluralism, as well as improving REM’s role in this…
At the roundtable on electoral administration titled “Building Trust; Efficient election administration and safeguarding against manipulation”, participants discussed the following topics: the organization of electoral commissions’ work, the composition of electoral administration bodies, problems of political influence on the electoral administration, citizens’ (lack of) trust in electoral administration, and the work of election bodies abroad….
Half-measures are insufficient and, given the state of institutions in Serbia, can only prolong the agony. The REM and the Public Service Broadcaster are two bodies that need a “reset”, to be rebuilt from the ground up. Integrity, knowledge, capacity and independence are the key elements needed to improve election administration, revise the voter registry,…
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Democratic culture
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Free and fair elections
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