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Parliament adopts amendments to Law on public information
Belgrade,
31 August 2009
Serbian Parliament today adopted the bill on amendments to the Law on public information with 125 MPs, out of the 225 present, voting in favour of the bill.
Eighty-eight MPs voted against it, 11 abstained from voting and one MP did not vote at all.
Parliament also adopted the bill on culture that will create a framework for improving the position of everyone in this sector through clearly defined rights, obligations and responsibilities of the state, autonomous provinces and local self-government units.
It passed amendments to the Law on the execution of prison sentences, specifying the work of certain services within prisons.
The Parliament also adopted amendments to the Law on the organisation and jurisdiction of state organs in suppressing organised crime in which acts of corruption committed by top state officials are now defined as organised crime.
The law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) was passed, which establishes that a person sentenced by the ICC or a court in Serbia cannot be tried again for the same crime.
Parliament also passed amendments to the Penal Code, according to which a protected witness can be indicted and which also establishes the plea bargaining process.
The bill on the enforcement of penal sanctions for organised crime was also passed, according to which those sentenced for organised crime will serve their sentences in special prison units.
MPs today adopted amendments to the Law on money laundering and financing terrorism, the Law on textbooks and teaching aids, the Law on the bases of the educational system and the Law on planning and construction.
Parliament also adopted the bill on culture that will create a framework for improving the position of everyone in this sector through clearly defined rights, obligations and responsibilities of the state, autonomous provinces and local self-government units.
It passed amendments to the Law on the execution of prison sentences, specifying the work of certain services within prisons.
The Parliament also adopted amendments to the Law on the organisation and jurisdiction of state organs in suppressing organised crime in which acts of corruption committed by top state officials are now defined as organised crime.
The law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) was passed, which establishes that a person sentenced by the ICC or a court in Serbia cannot be tried again for the same crime.
Parliament also passed amendments to the Penal Code, according to which a protected witness can be indicted and which also establishes the plea bargaining process.
The bill on the enforcement of penal sanctions for organised crime was also passed, according to which those sentenced for organised crime will serve their sentences in special prison units.
MPs today adopted amendments to the Law on money laundering and financing terrorism, the Law on textbooks and teaching aids, the Law on the bases of the educational system and the Law on planning and construction.
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