Battle for the airport

/ 30.07.2019.

The City Council of Niš passed on the deci¬sion to transfer the ownership of the Kon¬stantin Veliki Airport into the hands of the Republic of Serbia on March 31st 2018. The next day, the first spontaneous protest took place. The citizens of Niš gathered in front of the City As¬sembly housing the City Council and the Mayor’s Office. This spontaneous protest was an introducti¬on to the process that would last three months and would be marked by a number of mass protests of citizens of Niš against the decision to “hand over the airport“. It ended on June 22nd at the session of the Assembly of the City of Niš, when the decision of the City Council was adopted.

Parliamentary Insider for April, May and June 2019

/ 24.07.2019.

From the introduction of a life sentence to lawfully bribing and tipping physicians, spring in the Parliament was marked by a set of important laws. The opposition boycotted the Parliament whereby daily arguments outside the agenda and altercations with the dissents still dominated the plenum. The epilogue of the European Commission Report for 2019 is the announcement of a turning point in the work of the National Assembly. Parliamentary Insider for April, May and June 2019 brings analyses of the work of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, including law summaries and key novelties introduced by the adopted laws.

Make use of the selection of commissioners to address key issues

/ 22.07.2019.

Civil society organisations propose to Members of Parliament to make use of the presence of the candidate, Milan Marinović, for the new Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection at the National Assembly session beginning today and therefore help the public determine what are the attitudes of the candidate regarding the resolution of key problems in the areas of his future work.

Recommendations for the improvement of the work of the National Assembly presented at the conference “Parliament – what’s next?”

/ 18.07.2019.

In order to contribute to the initiation of the democratic functioning of the Parliament, the CRTA has made 46 recommendations relating to the process of adopting laws, strengthening parliamentary control over the executive, increasing public involvement and improving cooperation with independent institutions.

CRTA recommendations for improving the work of the National Assembly

/ 18.07.2019.

These recommendations are a result of years of re-search and monitoring the work of the National Assem-bly in the framework of the Open Parliament Initiative, as well as of the activities of Members of the Parliament (MPs), functioning of parliamentary mechanisms and processes, and analyses of comparative practice and the best international standards. The list of recommendations presented in this document is not final nor exhaustive, but rather limited to priority recommendations that CRTA believes could be implemented at the earliest opportunity, with the existence of political will, readiness for dialogue and mutual understanding of all relevant actors.

On the state of democracy and the threats to regional cooperation with the ministers of foreign affairs of the countries of the Western Balkans and the European Union

/ 09.07.2019.

The meeting between six representatives of civil society organizations from the region and the ministers of foreign affairs of the countries of the Western Balkans and the European Union, was held from 3rd to 5th July at the 2019 Western Balkans Summit in Poznan, within the Berlin Process initiative.

The public was deprived of a public hearing about candidates for the Commissioner

/ 02.07.2019.

The process in which the Committee for Culture and Information proposed to the National Assembly Milan Marinović for the new Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Personal Data Protection did not ensure that the choice between the candidates be based on the assessment and comparison of their qualifications, previous specific experience in the fields within the competence of the Commissioner and work plans.

Civil society suggests that Nevena Ružić be the head of the institution of the Commissioner

/ 18.06.2019.

More than 80 civil society organisations, media, business, professional and scientific communities’ representatives are urging MPs to support Nevena Ružić as a candidate for the new Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. We are firmly convinced that Nevena Ružić possesses the expertise, experience and integrity necessary for managing the institution of the Commissioner.

The Assembly should withdraw the questionable criterion for selection of the new Commissioner

/ 15.06.2019.

Civil society organisations urge the Committee for Culture and Information of the National Assembly to withdraw a requirement from calls to the parliamentary groups regarding nominations of candidates for the election of the new Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Personal Data Protection, which forbids that the candidate be employed in another state body at the time of proposing for the function, as that is not stipulated by law.

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