A total of 9,9 percent of citizens voted in elections for the Belgrade City Assembly by 10:00 (margin of error 0,2 percent). In comparison, voter turnout by 10:00 in Belgrade elections in December was 9,6 percent. At one percent of polling stations the bags with voting materials were not sealed with a security seal with a serial number, and the ballot box was not presented to the first voter at one percent of polling stations. Parallel records of voters who voted were observed at two percent of polling stations. At one percent of polling stations the presence of individuals not authorized to be present at the polling station was recorded.
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The priority list for improving electoral conditions in line with the findings of the CRTA Observation Mission and the ODIHR Observation Mission, as well as the proposal on the further steps for implementing recommendations, which were submitted to the President of the National Assembly, Ana Brnabić.
With less than five weeks until the elections, it is deeply concerning that issues regarding the voter register are becoming increasingly complicated, while the procedures of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government are becoming less transparent and harder to understand. In response to the information released by CRTA which states that between December…
Read the full speech of Rasa Nedeljkov, Crta’s Program Director and Chief of the Crta’s Election Observation Mission at the session of the PACE monitoring committee held on the 16 April 2024. In recent months, Serbia has faced significant electoral challenges, casting shadows on the integrity and democratic nature of its elections. Last year, the…
Key issues such as pressure on voters, significant media inequality, compromise of the Voter Registry, and blurring the lines between state and party are, unfortunately, not on the agenda of this meeting – said Rasa Nedeljkov, CRTA’s Program Director, at a meeting held today in the parliament at the invitation of Ana Brnabic, President of…
Read the full speech of Rasa Nedeljkov, Crta’s Program Director and Chief of the Crta’s Election Observation Mission at the session of the European Economic and Social Council in Brussels held on 5 April 2024. Months have passed since the December Elections, and a new election cycle is in sight, but the government keeps denying a…
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued a serious critique of the authorities in Serbia, pointing out that our country has not provided sufficient information about the actions of the prosecution and the Constitutional Court regarding criminal offenses related to last year’s elections, which have been documented, as the Committee assesses, in the credible…
BLURRED LINE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE PARTY Finding: “dominated by the decisive involvement of the President, which, together with the ruling party’s systemic advantages, created unjust conditions” Finding: “pressure on public sector employees, misuse of public resources, and voter inducement schemes raised concerns about voters’ ability to make a choice free from undue…
The extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections were not free and fair. The election outcomes emerged as a result of the unlawful advantages gained by the ruling party, with the complicity of several state institutions and authorities – primarily the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as…
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