MPs won't discuss initiative to dismiss president
Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic has announced that she cannot include an initiative to dismiss President Tomislav Nikolic to parliament's agenda.
Thursday, 19.02.2015.
11:23
MPs won't discuss initiative to dismiss president
Earlier, presidential adviser Stanislava Pak-Stankovic reacted to the initiative to say that during the mandate of the previous president, Boris Tadic, "Serbia was robbed and humiliated."Pak-Stankovic, who advises Tomislav Nikolic on media issues, told the Belgrade-based daily Danas that now "the consequences of this devastating policy are being eliminated with great effort." At the same time "those who brought us to the brink of collapse have an initiative to go back to the old ways."
"They will not watch that sequel," she told the paper, commenting on the initiative to dismiss Nikolic launched by the parliamentary group the opposition SDS party - led by Boris Tadic.
Stressing that "the responsibility of Tadic is unquestionable," Pak-Stankovic said that even the reasons given for the petition to remove Nikolic from office are seen as "part of synchronized attacks on the state and its institutions."
"Tadic had the opportunity, which lasted more than a decade, to make Serbia a proud and prosperous country, to improve the image of Serbia, to be an honest and respected collocutor in the world, to combat corruption, ensure fair and successful privatization of state enterprises," said the adviser.
The SDS, along with Together for Serbia and the Greens of Serbia, filed the request to initiate proceedings for the dismissal of Nikolic from office, because he, they claim, violated the Constitution when he commented on the war crimes accusations leveled at the Serbian army chief, and on the reaction of the War Crimes Prosecution.
The daily noted in its report that the petition was signed by 12 deputies and will be supported by the opposition DS and Nova Stranka (New Party) MPs.
The Law on President states that in order to initiate the procedure, a simple majority - at least 126 MPs - must vote in favor. The Constitutional Court must then within 45 days decide whether the head of state had violated the Constitution.
If the court finds this had been the case, the president is removed from office if two thirds of MPs vote in favor.
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