CRTA Election Observation Mission submitted another complaint on account of electoral corruption, totaling the number of submitted complaints to eight so far, for cases related to suspected vote buying and circular voting recorded in Novi Beograd, Zvezdara, Palilula, Rakovica and Obrenovac. In comparison, this is a higher number of complaints than in December last year, when CRTA submitted a total of seven complaints regarding this type of electoral corruption for the entire territory of Serbia, including two in Belgrade.
A total of 41,5 percent of citizens voted in elections for the Belgrade City Assembly by 19:00 (margin of error 0,4 percent). In comparison, voter turnout by 19:00 in Belgrade elections in December was 54,8 percent.
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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,…
If we choose education and culture, we’ll be able to choose everything else too – this was the message of the panel titled “Imagine there’s no…” Literary historian, anthropologist, classicist and writer Svetlana Slapšak, board member of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights “Memorial” Aleksandar Cherkasov and CRTA’s Creative Director Radovan Kupres discussed…
There are clear international standards for assessing and improving the electoral process, and key recommendations need to be implemented as quickly as possible, particularly in the period between elections. The topic of EU integration was not particularly visible during the elections in Serbia, previous ODIHR recommendations were not applied while, at the same time, the…
The exchange of services for votes knows no boundaries. Not those of states, nor of laws. At the panel “Political Web Hosting: Mechanisms and consequences of political clientelism in the Western Balkans and Beyond”, participants highlighted that the consequences of clientelist practices are borne by both citizens and institutions. “Clientelism persists because it is more…
How can we prevent those who attempt to stop voters from clearly expressing their will? How can we track down all election manipulations, expose them, and clear the path for citizens to the ballot box? At the panel “Migrations and Other Manipulations: How to Prevent Electoral Engineering?” participants agreed that the problem is significant, but…
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