Otvorenost parlamenta Republike Srbije
Openness of the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia

Summary/Abstract: The study on the openess of the Serbian Parliament is based on the assessment of the relevant legal framework, analysis of the parliamentary practices in communication with the public, and the input from the eight structured interviews conducted with the relevant stakeholders particularly interested in the transparency of the Parliament. If the citizens do not have true, complete and timely information, they can not exercise their judgment when it comes the time for the political choices. Without sufficient information, a citizen can not hold public officials accountable, and corruption would prosper. Serbian Parliament is relatively open, while the deputies are relatively closed towards the public, unless they are guests in some TV show campaigning for the forthcoming elections, which are taking place in Serbia much more often than the regular political cycle is. That is why deputies always have to run campaigns, while remaining distant from the voters who could ask them for past promises and concrete measures taken.

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