Nebojsa Stefanovic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister
Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, who is at the helm of the government’s working group for improving the election conditions, said on Sept. 23 that the implementation of a set of measures designed by the group would take between seven days and three months.
“We did not wish to make only a suggestion, but an offer to amend the Law on Financing Political Activities and the Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency,” Stefanovic said in a program on public broadcaster RTS.
He said that the government wished to demonstrate readiness to discuss any matter on what could be done by the government in relation to regulations and conclusions, what could be done by the State Election Commission any what could be done by the Anti-Corruption Agency.
Stefanovic further said that the issue of campaigning by public officials was being addressed towards introducing stricter penal provisions and specifying the definition of public resources.
According to him, the Anti-Corruption Agency would have five days to act upon any breach of regulations.
“It will be prohibited to engage in any political activity during working time, use public premises for political agitation and discuss any political matter in relation to the elections at any gathering promoting the achievements of public officials or institutions,” Stefanovic specified.
He added that denunciation or promotion of any election ticket or political party would also be prohibited.
Commenting on Serbian Movement Dveri leader Bosko Obradovic’s statement that regular parliamentary elections should be pushed back till next autumn to ensure enough time for the implementation of changes to the election conditions, Stefanovic said that such an option was not provided for in the Serbian Constitution.
He further said that voters who would not to go the polls and suspected voting under their name, would be able to inspect the election material after the election day.
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