National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Fifteenth Sitting of the Local Self-Government Committee
At the fifteenth sitting, the Local Self-Government Committee considered the Information on the Activities of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Local Self-Government Sector, in the period January-May 2011.
Informing the Committee members on the Ministry’s work in the period January-May 2011, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan Markovic said that the Ministry experienced no difficulties in its operation while performing its regular duties – providing expert interpretations and opinions to local self-government units, establishing communal police forces in local self-governments, preparing responses to the questions contained in the European Union questionnaire, and it is still working on establishing central voter registers. The Minister stated that the planned legal changes regarding the electoral system and amendments to the Law on Local Elections did not take place.
A debate followed in which position and status of local community offices within local self-governments and the amendments to the Law on Local Elections proved to be the most important topics. The Minister and Committee members agreed that it was not easy to come up with a single solution to the status of local community offices as they are very important in rural areas, while in town municipalities they remain invisible and are not recognised as important. They agreed that it would be useful to consider the issue of the position of local community offices at a special sitting, and even hold said sitting outside of the headquarters in one of the local community offices. Regarding the amendments to the Law on Local Elections the Minister opined that the current electoral system is depersonalised and that the best system for the election of councilmen would be a personalised proportional system so that the citizens could choose their representatives in the local assemblies directly.
Committees related to this activity
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)