National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Tuesday, 24 August 2004
Initiative for the dismissal of the chairman of the Leskovac municipal assembly
The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today met political parties’ representatives from Leskovac asking for the dismissal of the chairman of the municipal assembly, Gojko Velickovic.
The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today met political parties’ representatives from Leskovac asking for the dismissal of the chairman of the municipal assembly, Gojko Velickovic. As the Nis Municipal Electoral Commission had declared itself without authority in the matter, the Chairman of the National Assembly and the appropriate ministry were asked for their opinion.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister for State Administration and Local Self-government, Vesna Ilic-Prelic, and the secretary of the Ministry, Djordje Cveticanin. The meeting resulted in a formal letter sent by the Ministry to the Municipal Electoral Commission, informing it of the following:
- the Municipal Electoral Commission was authorised to dismiss the chairman of the municipal assembly;
- that the Local Self-government Act applied in cases of dismissing chairpersons of municipal assemblies;
- that the Ministry recommended posing the following question in a poll: “Are you for or against the dismissal of the chairman of the municipal assembly, Gojko Velickovic?”
Representatives of 11 political parties had collected 18,165 signatures in support of the dismissal initiative. According to the Local Elections Act, signatures of 10% of voters (in this case, 12,800) were needed for the Municipal Electoral Commission, the only body with authority in the matter, to accept the initiative.
Mr Markovic informed party representatives that he was authorised to call new elections for the chairman of the municipal assembly as soon as the dismissal procedure was complete.
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10.30 - the members of the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meet with the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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11.00 - the Head and members of the PFG with the Benelux meet with a delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.50 - the National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the European Integration Committee and the Committee members meet with the delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - press conference of the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - the National Assembly Speaker at the opening ceremony of the Conference of Parliament Speakers of EU Candidate Countries (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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12.15 - the Serbian youth, members of the folklore group “Morava”, Cleveland, Ohio, visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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16.45 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Moldovan Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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17.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Georgian Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)