Reactions to possible higher election threshold
Ideas voiced by some that the five percent election threshold in Serbia should be raised to seven or ten percent have caused different reactions.
Wednesday, 18.01.2012.
16:03
Ideas voiced by some that the five percent election threshold in Serbia should be raised to seven or ten percent have caused different reactions. Currently, a party must win at least five percent of cast votes in an election in order to gain seats in the country's parliament. Reactions to possible higher election threshold If this were to change by increasing the threshold, "one in three citizens would go unrepresented", said Parliament Speaker and SPS party official Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, who opposes the idea. But United Regions of Serbia (URS) leader Mladjan Dinkic stated that he was in favor of such a move: "Whoever submits it, we will vote in favor. If precedent is being made in an election year by changing election laws, then direct election of mayors should also be introduced." Dinkic added that "most citizens would say it was undemocratic and unfair for parties to appoint mayors, instead of the citizens choosing them in elections". As for the ruling Democrats, they believe that the idea is "not realistic in an election year", as its implementation would mean changes to the election law. CESID Program Director Marko Blagojevic considers the possibility of a threshold increase to be "utterly unacceptable". "There are two parties that would benefit, and one that would most likely benefit. They are the SNS and the DS, and the SPS - that is, the coalition gathered around it," he said. According to Blagojevic, a reduction of the fragmentation of the political scene "is already taking place as a natural result of its evolution". He spoke against "forced interventions" to achieve this goal, and noted that "two parties have considerable advantage over all others, and will between them share almost 60 percent of votes in the next election". Blagojevic added that there was "a very simple way" to reduce the fragmentation - and that it was to introduce the majority election system, instead of the current proportional representation. "That would sweep clean the political scene overnight, leaving just two political parties," concluded Blagojevic. B92
Reactions to possible higher election threshold
If this were to change by increasing the threshold, "one in three citizens would go unrepresented", said Parliament Speaker and SPS party official Slavica Đukić-Dejanović, who opposes the idea.But United Regions of Serbia (URS) leader Mlađan Dinkić stated that he was in favor of such a move:
"Whoever submits it, we will vote in favor. If precedent is being made in an election year by changing election laws, then direct election of mayors should also be introduced."
Dinkić added that "most citizens would say it was undemocratic and unfair for parties to appoint mayors, instead of the citizens choosing them in elections".
As for the ruling Democrats, they believe that the idea is "not realistic in an election year", as its implementation would mean changes to the election law.
CESID Program Director Marko Blagojević considers the possibility of a threshold increase to be "utterly unacceptable".
"There are two parties that would benefit, and one that would most likely benefit. They are the SNS and the DS, and the SPS - that is, the coalition gathered around it," he said.
According to Blagojević, a reduction of the fragmentation of the political scene "is already taking place as a natural result of its evolution".
He spoke against "forced interventions" to achieve this goal, and noted that "two parties have considerable advantage over all others, and will between them share almost 60 percent of votes in the next election".
Blagojević added that there was "a very simple way" to reduce the fragmentation - and that it was to introduce the majority election system, instead of the current proportional representation.
"That would sweep clean the political scene overnight, leaving just two political parties," concluded Blagojević.
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