Parliament suspends immunity for problematic deputies

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PARLIAMENTARY BOARD TO MAKE DECISION FINALLY

Ž. Jevtić

29. 06. 2011. - 00:02h
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Administration Board of Serbian Parliament shall debate tomorrow over court requests for suspension of immunity to parliamentary deputies. The courts have sent immunity suspension requests for seven deputies. As ‘Blic’ learns among them there are Momir Markovic, Momcilo Duvnjak and Gordana Paunovic Milosavljevic. For the first time in history the Administration Board shall debate about suspension of immunity to parliamentary deputies. The deputies on agenda have been suspected of criminal offences....more...
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http://english.blic.rs/News/7790/Parliament-suspends-immunity-for-problematic-deputies

Serbia Mulls Curbing Parliamentarians' Immunity

balkan insight
22 JUN 2011 / 09:56

Justice ministry officials says ministers and parliamentarians should have the same status as ordinary citizens when it comes to liability for crimes.

Bojana Barlovac Belgrade

After the European Commission urged Belgrade to reconsider its immunity laws for officials, as part of the country's fight against corruption, the government has rushed to start working on ways to limit abuses....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-govt-to-limit-officials-immunity

Serbia tackles campaign finance

se times
15/06/2011

Serbia's parliament passed the law on funding political parties, which is one of the conditions for obtaining EU candidate status.
By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade – 15/06/11
Sparked by Serbs' feelings that political parties are one of the biggest generators of corruption in the country, the EU has demanded that the country set the manner for financing political activities.
As the result, on Tuesday (June 14th), the Serbian parliament adopted a law on financing political parties, which will make the activities and financing transparent and allow the public a look into their financial sources.....more....
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/06/15/feature-03

Loyalty to political party brings mandate after mandate despite results

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Some deputies for 7th time in Parliament

Marija Maleš

24. 05. 2011. - 00:02h
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BELGRADE – From total 250 deputies in Serbian Parliament even 85 of them are in parliamentary seats for more than two mandates. Eight of them have been performing this duty in continuity for almost two decades. The absolute record holders are Tomislav Nikolic (SNS leader), Dragan Todorovic (SRS deputy president) and less known Milovan Radovanovic (SRS). This is their seventh mandate in the Parliament of Serbia. Voters, of course, have never been given an opportunity to say what they think about their work and individual contribution to the parliamentary life....more...

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http://english.blic.rs/News/7671/Loyalty-to-political-party-brings-mandate-after-mandate-despite-results