At the twenty-first sitting held on 29 March, the members of the Committee on Defense and Security considered the initiative of a group of deputies to initiate proceedings to depose the Committee Chairman and, following a discussion, deposed Dragan Todorovic as Committee Chairman, by a majority of votes.

The agenda also contained the analysis of the state authorities’ activities in the fight against organised crime. On the occasion, Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic, Chief of Police Milorad Veljovic, Security Information Agency Director Sasa Vukadinovic and State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Gordana Pualic took part in the Committee sitting, and Minister of Justice Snezana Malovic also attended the beginning of the sitting.

Following the address of the representatives of state authorities and the debate in which the Committee members asked numerous questions, the Committee concluded the discussion by noting that the state is prepared to deal decisively with all types of organised crime.

Starting from the fact that organised crime is a serious threat to the stability of the economic system and the security of any state and society, and with the intention to contribute to the state’s decisive fight against organised crime, the Committee fully supports the competent state authorities’ employment of appropriate legal measures and activities in detecting and suppressing organised crime.

The Committee requests that the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office i.e. Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime investigate the claims on organised crime voiced during the discussions at the Committee sitting.

The Committee also decided to forward the minutes of the sitting to the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The Committee sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Dragan Todorovic and Committee Deputy Chairman Dusan Bajatovic.