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Draft law on political parties presented
Belgrade,
26 March 2008
Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan Markovic said today that from now on according to the draft law on political parties, 5,000 attested signatures will be required to found a political organisation.
Speaking at a press conference, at which the draft law was presented, Markovic said that political organisations will be obliged to submit signatures of at least 5,000 members every eight years otherwise they will lose their registration.
According to Markovic, after the deadline from six months to one year, a time period specified for the re-registration of existing political parties, the number of parties will be cut down from 556 to nearly 20, and following two cycles of elections only five or six parties active on the political scene will emerge.
He said that a public debate on the draft law on political parties will be held, which sharpens criteria for engaging in politics and reduces funds for election campaigns.
Markovic said that many parties collect 10,000 signatures during the election campaign, but get much fewer votes at the elections. He reiterated that according to the draft law a minimum of 5,000 capable adults who hold Serbian citizenship are required to found a party, unlike the existing law according to which only 100 adults are required.
If the law on political parties is adopted at the next session of the parliament, then all political parties in Serbia will have to go through re-registration within six months of the enforcement of the law, said Markovic.
He said that 612 parties were registered by the ministry, of which 556 are active, while the rest have lost their registration.
Regarding ethnic minorities, the law envisages that if an ethnic minority has less than 50,000 members, 500 adult citizens belonging to that minority are required to found a party, and if the number is more than that than 1,000 adults.
Similarly, according to the draft law the name of the political party can also be in the language of an ethnic minority, besides the Serbian language and the Cyrillic script.
The text of the draft law on political parties will be presented at a roundtable discussion to be held on April 18 in Belgrade.
According to Markovic, after the deadline from six months to one year, a time period specified for the re-registration of existing political parties, the number of parties will be cut down from 556 to nearly 20, and following two cycles of elections only five or six parties active on the political scene will emerge.
He said that a public debate on the draft law on political parties will be held, which sharpens criteria for engaging in politics and reduces funds for election campaigns.
Markovic said that many parties collect 10,000 signatures during the election campaign, but get much fewer votes at the elections. He reiterated that according to the draft law a minimum of 5,000 capable adults who hold Serbian citizenship are required to found a party, unlike the existing law according to which only 100 adults are required.
If the law on political parties is adopted at the next session of the parliament, then all political parties in Serbia will have to go through re-registration within six months of the enforcement of the law, said Markovic.
He said that 612 parties were registered by the ministry, of which 556 are active, while the rest have lost their registration.
Regarding ethnic minorities, the law envisages that if an ethnic minority has less than 50,000 members, 500 adult citizens belonging to that minority are required to found a party, and if the number is more than that than 1,000 adults.
Similarly, according to the draft law the name of the political party can also be in the language of an ethnic minority, besides the Serbian language and the Cyrillic script.
The text of the draft law on political parties will be presented at a roundtable discussion to be held on April 18 in Belgrade.
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