Poslaničko pitanje u srpskom parlamentu
Parliamentary Questions in Serbian National Assembly

Author(s): Maja Nastić
Subject(s): Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Governance, Public Law, Government/Political systems
Published by: Fondacija Centar za javno pravo
Keywords: Parliament; political control; Serbia; government; modern state of law; representatives;
Summary/Abstract: The political control that the Parliament exercises over the executive power, above all, over the government, is a traditional prerogative of the parliament, as a representative body in the parliamentary system. Parliamentary questions are one of the instruments of this control. Parliamentary questions have a long tradition and, despite all the changes that take place nowadays, they have kept their actuality they had at the beginning. Moreover, studies on parliamentary questions show that this activity is a significant increase. The parliamentary question in Serbia have been part of our parliamentary system since the 19th century, but they did not take proper place even now in the 21st century. Although in recent years there has been a noticeable shift in the institute, it has not yet been built in a way that corresponds to the contemporary parliamentary system. Therefore, the control that is carried out in this way is not complete and does not realize the goal. Members of Parliament are not able to use this instrument to influence the government’s agenda. Bearing in mind the normative framework, and especially the practice of asking the parliamentary question, it is clearly noted that the Question time in Serbia is very rarely maintained and there is no frequency of maintenance as in other systems. The reasons for the insufficient implementation of this institute are the weak opposition, but also the electoral system, which allows MPs to be completely alienated from thier voters. A modern state of law can be imagined without the political competition of the ruling party and the opposition, and the important instrument of this competition are parliamentary questions. In this sense, if we want to develop parliamentary system, then this instrument of parliamentary control must be also developed.

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