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Law on People’s Initiative – public discussion |
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16 July 2010
Law on People’s
Initiative – public discussion
(with an on-going study supported by the Visegrad fund)
A round table about
people’s initiative was organized on 9 June 2010 in Novi Sad in the
Assembly of AP Vojvodina. This round table is a part of a wider
public discussion initiated regarding the Model of the law on
people’s initiative by the following organizations: People’s
Parliament from Leskovac, Center for Advancement of Legal Studies
(CUPS), Sretenje and Resource Center Negotin. Assistant to the
project Political parties and engaged public Snežana Ilić
joined the work of the round table.
The introductory part was
given by legal experts, authors of the Model of the law on people’s
initiative, Professors Dr Vladimir Vodinelić and Dr Saša Gajin as
well as the vice-president of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina Branimir
Mitrović and Ivan Grujić from People’s Parliament. In the
introductory part it was said that in the past ten years (2000 –
2010) there were nine draft laws in the National Assembly of Serbia
whose proposers were citizens in a form of a people’s (civil)
initiative. The National Assembly discussed only one draft law
although there is a legal and constitutional obligation to discuss
all draft law proposed in a form of people’s initiative.
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Regarding the repeated anti-Croatian incident |
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9 July 2010
Regarding the repeated anti-croatian incident
shortly before the meeting between Tadić and Josipović
The Center for
Development of Civil Society (CDCS) warns about the anti-Croatian
incidents which took place for the second time in a short period in
the north of Backa, once again shortly before the meeting between the
President of the Republic, Mr. Tadić and the President of the
Republic of Croatia, Mr. Josipović.
The northern Bačka is
the part of our country where the most ethnic Croats in Serbia live.
The first incident happened before the meeting in Bački Monoštor on
16 April 2010 when chauvinist graffiti were found written on the
building where the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV)
had its main office. Last night this sad story continued with the
broken windows on the building of the Cultural Office of Vojvodina
Croats in Subotica. It happened ten days before the meeting between
Tadić and Josipović who confirmed they would attend the celebration
of the twentieth anniversary of DSHV on 18 July 2010 in Subotica.
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Engaged public in Serbia as a corrective of partocracy |
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17
June 2010
Engaged
public in Serbia as a corrective of partocracy
(with an on-going study
supported by the Visegrad fund)
The main structural
problem of Serbia in the EU integration process is the presence of
disproportionately great influence of political parties (i.e.
executive power) in comparison with legislative and judicial power.
The
European Commission's 2008
Progress Report on Serbia
saw the question of party control over deputies’ mandates and the
role of the Assembly of Serbia in election of judges as the biggest
problem in fulfilling political requirements for admission to the EU.
The widespread practice of adoption of laws using an urgent procedure
without a prior public discussion was also pinpointed.
(SEC (2008) 2698 final, 5.11.2008)
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Regarding mass anti–Roma racism in Jabuka |
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14
June 2010
Regarding mass anti-Roma incidents in the village of Jabuka
The
Center for Development of Civil Society (CDCS) has
received the news about mass anti-Roma riots in the village of Jabuka
near Pancevo with great concern, as well as the information about
recent attacks on Methodist Church in this village in connection with
the riots and the initial passive reaction to the attacks which the
police demonstrated.
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Regarding addoption of The Law on Double Citizenship for Hungarians |
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26 May
2010
REGARDING ADDOPTION
OF THE LAW ON
DOUBLE CITIZENSHIP FOR HUNGARIANS
Center for Development of
Civic Society (CDCS) invites public to pay attention to promising
possibilities that today’s adoption of The Law on Double
Citizenship for Hungarians from Surrounding Countries in Hungarian
Parliament provides for Serbia on her way towards European
integration.
CDCS respects each single
sovereign state right to adopt its own stand on measures related to
its citizens. Bearing that it mind, CDCS fully respects negative
attitude expressed by Republic of Slovakia regarding the mentioned
law.
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Regarding news on the abolishing two ministries |
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8 March 2010
REGARDING NEWS ON THE
ABOLISHING
THE MINISTRY FOR HUMAN
AND MINORITY RIGHTS
AND THE MINISTRY OF
RELIGION
The Center for
Development of Civil Society (CDCS) has received with serious concern
the news that Serbian government discusses on the abolishing Ministry
for human and minority rights and Ministry of Religion such as
separate ministries.
The intention to put the
affairs regarding human and minority rights under jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Justice is damaging in many aspects.
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