Printer Friendly Version Ambassador Djurović participated in the exchange of views with the Vice-President of the Venice Commission @ 9 September 2021 09:50 AM

 

 

At 1410th CM Meeting, which was held on 8th September 2021, Ms. Claire Bazy Malaurie, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, presented the Annual report of activities 2020.

At the same meeting Ambassador Đurović shared relevant information about the intensive and rewarding cooperation between Serbia and the Venice Commission. She informed that around a month ago the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of Serbia had requested an opinion on the Draft Law on Referendum and Civil Initiative, that in that framework a series of online meetings had been organized on 3rd September with the representatives of the mentioned Ministry, the Ministry of Justice, the Republic Electoral Commission and the National Assembly, among others.

She also informed that a meeting with the relevant Serbian authorities had been organized in July in the framework of the preparation of the Draft Urgent Opinion on the Constitutional Reform. She stated that at the end of September a delegation of Venice Commission would visit Belgrade with the same aim. She reminded that an Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Constitutional Provisions on the Judiciary had been adopted by the Venice Commission at its 115th Plenary Session in June 2018. She called the Venice Commission to give a positive opinion on the Draft Amendments on the Constitutional Provisions during its next Plenary Meeting.