Serbian parliament continues work on Wednesday

BELGRADE The Serbian parliament is returning from its summer recess today with discussion of proposed legal solutions on public notaries and non-contentious matters. The seventh extraordinary session was scheduled by Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic at the request of 93 MPs. Serbian parliament continues work on Wednesday Amendments to the Law on Non-Contentious Proceedings regulate, among other things, the method of registering the adults who do not have necessary IDs and whose parents are unknown or cannot be reached in birth registry books. "The amendments will make it possible for the adults who cannot get personal IDs and citizenship, because they lost them or cannot provide them, not to be left on their own. There are 6,500 such persons in Serbia and this is our obligation in the process of the EU accession. It is terrible that someone who lives in Serbia cannot provide IDs and exercise his rights because of an administrative procedure," Stefanovic told Tanjug earlier. Amendments to the Law on Public Notaries envisage deferment of implementation of this act until March 1, 2013. The act should have taken effect as of September 1. MPs are seen in parliament on Wednesday (Tanjug) MPs to quiz government on Thursday Members of parliament will be able to pose questions to representatives of the government on Thursday, it has been announced. Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic has notified them that the entire cabinet of Prime Minister Ivica Dacic will attend the session. According to the rules of parliament, MPs can pose questions to government officials on the last Thursday of each month. Stefanovic said at the start of the meeting on Wednesday, after opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) MPs protested for not being told earlier which ministers would be in parliament, that Dacic had assured him the entire government would be at the session. "I expect the entire government to be present and that is why there has been no notification. I have received such assurances from the prime minister and I hope MPs will show interest in exercising that right," Stefanovic pointed out. However, in a statement issued later in the day, the government said that ministers Suzana Grubjesic, Jovan Krkobabic and Ivan Mrkic would not be present at tomorrow's session. Tanjug

Serbian parliament continues work on Wednesday

Amendments to the Law on Non-Contentious Proceedings regulate, among other things, the method of registering the adults who do not have necessary IDs and whose parents are unknown or cannot be reached in birth registry books.

"The amendments will make it possible for the adults who cannot get personal IDs and citizenship, because they lost them or cannot provide them, not to be left on their own. There are 6,500 such persons in Serbia and this is our obligation in the process of the EU accession. It is terrible that someone who lives in Serbia cannot provide IDs and exercise his rights because of an administrative procedure," Stefanović told Tanjug earlier.

Amendments to the Law on Public Notaries envisage deferment of implementation of this act until March 1, 2013. The act should have taken effect as of September 1.

MPs to quiz government on Thursday

Members of parliament will be able to pose questions to representatives of the government on Thursday, it has been announced. Parliament Speaker Nebojša Stefanović has notified them that the entire cabinet of Prime Minister Ivica Dačić will attend the session.

According to the rules of parliament, MPs can pose questions to government officials on the last Thursday of each month.

Stefanović said at the start of the meeting on Wednesday, after opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) MPs protested for not being told earlier which ministers would be in parliament, that Dačić had assured him the entire government would be at the session.

"I expect the entire government to be present and that is why there has been no notification. I have received such assurances from the prime minister and I hope MPs will show interest in exercising that right," Stefanović pointed out.

However, in a statement issued later in the day, the government said that ministers Suzana Grubješić, Jovan Krkobabić and Ivan Mrkić would not be present at tomorrow's session.