Election laws to undergo procedure

Milan Marković says that the laws necessary for calling local elections will undergo government procedure soon.

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Friday, 09.11.2007.

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Milan Markovic says that the laws necessary for calling local elections will undergo government procedure soon. The public administration and local self-government minister said that the laws could enter procedure by next week, and that he would like to hold public discussions on the laws in order for experts to give their opinions. Election laws to undergo procedure Markovic said that the Democratic Party (DS) supported the first-past-the-post election system where citizens vote for an individual, but that most other parties in the government were leaning towards proportional representation. However, he said that a model had been proposed in order to reflect the effects of the first-past-the-post system, meaning that citizens would vote for a single candidate. “When the elections are over, all the votes received by a party go into that party’s register as they would under proportional representation, before seats are dividing according to the first-past-the-post system. However, parties would only be able to appoint those candidates who had achieved the best results in individual constituencies,” Markovic said. He said that such a system would force parties to nominate their best people as candidates, as otherwise, he said, they would not receive enough votes. The government has adopted many proposals that regulate the presidential elections and has sent them on for parliamentary procedure.

Election laws to undergo procedure

Marković said that the Democratic Party (DS) supported the first-past-the-post election system where citizens vote for an individual, but that most other parties in the government were leaning towards proportional representation.

However, he said that a model had been proposed in order to reflect the effects of the first-past-the-post system, meaning that citizens would vote for a single candidate.

“When the elections are over, all the votes received by a party go into that party’s register as they would under proportional representation, before seats are dividing according to the first-past-the-post system. However, parties would only be able to appoint those candidates who had achieved the best results in individual constituencies,” Marković said.

He said that such a system would force parties to nominate their best people as candidates, as otherwise, he said, they would not receive enough votes.

The government has adopted many proposals that regulate the presidential elections and has sent them on for parliamentary procedure.

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