4 March 2016 The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic and the Speaker of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina Istvan Pasztor

4 March 2016 The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic and the Speaker of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina Istvan Pasztor

Friday, 4 March 2016

Gojkovic and Pasztor Agree to Have Provincial and Local Elections on Same Day as Parliamentary

The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic met with the Speaker of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina Istvan Pasztor today and on the occasion the officials agreed to have the provincial and local elections on the same day as the parliamentary elections – 24 April.


Gojkovic and Pasztor agreed that this was the most rational choice politically, economically and socially speaking.

The National Assembly Speaker, who has the authority to call the local elections, stated that she would call the elections for local self-governments in accordance with regulations, when the dissolution of the municipal assemblies of Zemun and Vozdovac is completed. Gojkovic added that 14 municipalities in Serbia would not have local elections at this time.

“I will call the local elections after the weekend, when the deadlines expire. I call them like Mr Pasztor, for the sake of economy and practicality, for the same day as the provincial and parliamentary elections”, said Gojkovic.

Pasztor said that he will call the elections for deputies of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina on 22 March, since the provincial elections should be called 90 days before the expiry of the term of office, and have to be held between 30 and 60 days since the day they were called.

Pasztor said that, in view of this, the elections in the Province need to be held between 22 April and 22 May, adding that when he calls them he will make sure that they coincide with the parliamentary elections because it is rational from a political, economic and functional aspect.

Gojkovic and Pasztor opined that the cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Assembly of AP Vojvodina had been quite successful in the previous period.

Gojkovic stressed that she and Pasztor showed that the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Assembly of AP Vojvodina can successfully cooperate on issues of importance for the functioning of the parliaments and for the good of all the citizens of Serbia, which is a practice that should be continued in the future.

Pasztor said that he had an open and true colleague in Speaker Gojkovic which made it possible for all the initiatives submitted by the Assembly of AP Vojvodina, as an authorised submitter, to the National Assembly be discussed in a normal atmosphere.



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