MPs oblivious to power of internet

Only two out of Serbia's 250 MPs have their personal websites, while several dozens have profiles on Facebook, Belgrade daily Danas writes.

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Monday, 24.05.2010.

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Only two out of Serbia's 250 MPs have their personal websites, while several dozens have profiles on Facebook, Belgrade daily Danas writes. Balint Pastor and Zeljko Ivanji are the only MPs who have their own personal internet presentations. MPs oblivious to power of internet And while internet campaigns played a prominent role in the recent British, and during the U.S. presidential elections, when millions of dollars were saved by using free promotion opportunities on video and social networking websites, politicians in Serbia seem oblivious to such approach, writes the newspaper. However, MPs, who apparently do not care to set up their own websites, can be found in greater numbers on Facebook, where several dozens of them have profiles, but, Danas says, most are not active. Most up-to-date account is that of Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, who has announced that she will soon launch a website as well. The speaker claims to have established “good communication with the citizens” via Facebook. The inquiries she receives from the electorate, however, are not political: “Football fans have increasingly been asking whether parliament sessions will interfere with live broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup matches in South Africa (in June). My answer is that neither MPs nor the government have so far asked for extraordinary sittings, but even if there were such requests, I’m convinced that parliament and RTS (state broadcaster) would make an agreement in the interest of all,” Djukic-Dejanovic reassured her profile's visitors. Some other Serbian MPs who can be found on Facebook are Milos Aligrudic of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Velimir Ilic of New Serbia (NS), Gordana Comic of the Democratic Party (DS) and Cedomir Jovanovic of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

MPs oblivious to power of internet

And while internet campaigns played a prominent role in the recent British, and during the U.S. presidential elections, when millions of dollars were saved by using free promotion opportunities on video and social networking websites, politicians in Serbia seem oblivious to such approach, writes the newspaper.

However, MPs, who apparently do not care to set up their own websites, can be found in greater numbers on Facebook, where several dozens of them have profiles, but, Danas says, most are not active.

Most up-to-date account is that of Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović, who has announced that she will soon launch a website as well. The speaker claims to have established “good communication with the citizens” via Facebook.

The inquiries she receives from the electorate, however, are not political:

“Football fans have increasingly been asking whether parliament sessions will interfere with live broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup matches in South Africa (in June). My answer is that neither MPs nor the government have so far asked for extraordinary sittings, but even if there were such requests, I’m convinced that parliament and RTS (state broadcaster) would make an agreement in the interest of all,” Đukić-Dejanović reassured her profile's visitors.

Some other Serbian MPs who can be found on Facebook are Miloš Aligrudić of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Velimir Ilić of New Serbia (NS), Gordana Čomić of the Democratic Party (DS) and Čedomir Jovanović of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

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