Giaufret: We Will Encourage Serbian Government to Fulfill All ODIHR Election Recommendations

Ana Brnabic, Emanuele Giaufret (BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC)

The chief of the EU Delegation in Serbia, Emanuele Giaufret, stated on Feb. 21, in comment of the European Parliament’s resolution that calls for an international investigation of the December elections, that the election observer mission of ODIHR was preparing its final report, after the publishing of which the Serbian government would be encouraged to fulfill all its recommendations.

In a reply to a reporter’s question in Lomnica, Despotovac municipality, during the presentation of a donation in IT equipment to a local school, Giaufret said that the goal was to improve the election process and, after the publication of the ODIHR mission’s report, to encourage the Serbian government to “follow the recommendations” of that body.

“After the elections, we called for a serious examination of all claims about irregularities and pointed out that there had to be a strong election framework and that all the weaknesses recorded by the mission had to be removed. We are eagerly anticipating the ODIHR report, which is to be published soon, and to encourage the government to carry out the recommendations from the report as soon as possible,” Giaufret said, adding that ODIHR was an institution specializing “not only in observing, but also in assessing elections and providing support.”