Brnabic: Unlike former gov'ts, we have implemented 54 ODIHR recommendations

BELGRADE - Between 2019 and 2023, Serbia implemented 54 ODIHR recommendations and formed a unified electoral roll connected to the central population register, while governments before that period - made up by the current opposition - did not implement a single recommendation, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Monday.

At a press conference in the Serbian parliament, Brnabic thanked the opposition for finally honouring an invitation to attend a Collegium meeting on ODIHR recommendations and improvement of electoral conditions.

She noted that the ODIHR had been monitoring Serbian elections since 1997 and giving recommendations for improvement of electoral conditions.

"During their ten-year rule, most of the people we sat down with were receiving ODIHR recommendations, and they did not care in the least about them or about improving the electoral conditions in any way while they were in power," Brnabic said, adding that the previous governments had not even formed a unified electoral roll.

She also said the opposition's decision to attend the Collegium meeting was a "proof of maturity and responsibility."