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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Conclusions for further improvement of election process adopted

Belgrade, 26 September 2019

The Serbian government adopted today ten new conclusions of the Working Group on Cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, which further improve the election process in the Republic of Serbia.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government is instructed to introduce a special page on the website where all information on the electoral roll will be available, first of all its update, changes in the electoral roll data, as well as the way of making changes in the electoral roll.

The information on contact persons, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses in the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, who are in charge of the Unified Voters Register, will also be made available.

The government also adopted the Conclusion ordering the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government to supervise, through the Administrative Inspectorate, the updating of the electoral roll, including measures of extraordinary supervision.

The same ministry is required to organize the training of authorized registrars and deputy registrars in charge of submitting any data that affect the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of keeping the electoral roll to the authority competent for making the decision on which the changes in the electoral roll are based.

It was also ordered that training of authorized persons for keeping or updating the Unified Voters Register be carried out and that the line ministry draw up a manual for the implementation of the Law on Unified Voters List for the needs of authorized persons for keeping or updating the Voter List.

The government also adopted the Conclusion recommending the Republic Electoral Commission that the Instruction on the conduct of elections for deputies should lay down provisions that would regulate public access to the minutes of the work of polling station committees.

Among the recommendations of the Working Group for Cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, adopted by the Serbian government, is the recommendation to the Republic Electoral Commission to organize the training of all potential members of the election committees before the elections are announced, in a permanent and extended composition, and in connection with the affairs performed by the election committees in accordance with the Law on the Election of Deputies.

The government also recommended to the Republic Election Commission to pass the Instruction on the Election of Members of Parliament and there prescribe provisions that would more closely regulate the monitoring of the work of electoral bodies by domestic and foreign observers, as well as provisions on allowing citizens to request the insight into the excerpts from the electoral roll after voting.