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Thursday, 9 October 2014
12th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
At the sitting held on 9 October, the members of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality discussed issues relating to the elections for national minority councils.
Ivan Sebek, Deputy Chairperson of the Republic Electoral Commission, informed the Committee members of the activities the REC has performed since the elections were called. He said that the Republic Electoral Commission has, to date, proclaimed 49 electoral lists for 15 national minority councils, adding that the deadline for the submission of lists runs out tomorrow, 10 October 2014, at midnight. Veljko Odalovic, Deputy Secretary of the Republic Electoral Commission, said that the state’s position on the issue is evidenced by the fact that the Republic Electoral Commission as the supreme electoral body has been entrusted with the duty to conduct the direct elections for members of the national minority councils. Odalovic also stressed that the high standards applied to the parliamentary and presidential elections have been applied to the national minority council elections as well.
Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic appealed to the members of national minorities to get registered on the specials electoral rolls and vote on 26 October so that the direct elections for members of the national minority councils might be conducted successfully.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic.
Committees related to this activity
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10.00 - the Head of the PFG with Azerbaijan meets with Azerbaijani Ambassador (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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10.55 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the President of the European Council (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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11.20 - representatives of the opposition parliamentary groups meet with the President of the European Council (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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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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12.20 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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13.00 - visit of the students of Clemson University, South Carolina (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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13.15 - press conference of the SERBIA CENTRE – SRCE Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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13.30 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)