Parliament
The Serbian parliament, which was suspended on March 15 by a decree on the declaration of a state of emergency signed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Speaker Maja Gojkovic, convened early this week and retroactively verified that decision, as well as the regulations the government had enacted in the meantime. The parliament is also debating a budget rebalance that envisages close to five billion euros for remedying the effects of the pandemic. In both cases the parliament was nothing more than a “voting machine,” given that the state of emergency has been in force for more than a month and Vucic had earlier announced the earmarking of funds for dealing with the consequences of the pandemic (which is otherwise under the jurisdiction of the government).
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