Serbian Assembly adopted amendments to the Law on Local Elections

165 MPs voted "in favor of" the amendment to the Law on Local Elections, and 26 voted against.

The amendments to the Law on Local Elections were adopted in their entirety. MPs of the Serbian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on Local Elections, which extend the deadlines for announcing and voting in local elections.

165 voted for amendments to the Law on Local Elections, 26 were against, two abstained, and 11 did not vote out of 204 MPs.

The Assembly accepted that this law, due to particularly justified reasons, enters into force within eight days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Amendments to the Law on Local Elections enable the Belgrade and local elections, which were not held in December, to be held on the same day - June 2, which was one of the demands of the opposition in the talks on improving election conditions.

The law stipulates that the decision to call local elections is made no earlier than 150 days, no later than 45 days before the end of the councilor's mandate, and that no less than 30 and no more than 60 days can pass from the day local elections are called to the day of voting.

Amendments to the Law on Local Elections were included in the parliamentary procedure thanks to the signatures of 184 MPs of the ruling majority, as well as MPs of the Green-Left Front, the National Movement of Serbia - New Face of Serbia, the Ecological Uprising, independent MPs of the Movement of Free Citizens, as well as the deputy of SDA Sandžak and Shaip Kamberi's Party for Democratic Action.