The CRTA Election Observation Mission assesses that the course of the election campaign thus far has been marked by pronounced advantages which the ruling parties have gained through the abuse of institutions and manipulations of the electoral calendar. In less than two years, the second extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections were announced. Extraordinary provincial elections…
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…
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…
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…
The findings of research conducted by Crta on the eve of the 2022 elections suggest that political pressures on citizens are constant and are not only represented in the pre-election period. Employees in the public sector and citizens from the most vulnerable categories of society are especially exposed to political pressures. The research conducted by…
The final report of the ODIHR Election Observation Mission on the April 2022 elections contains 26 recommendations for improving the electoral process in Serbia, nine of which are considered to be a priority. None of the recommendations from that report, which can be evaluated at this moment, are considered by CRTA as completely fulfilled. We…
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