The proposal for the Law on Electronic Communications received the green light from the Committee for Economy, Finance and Budget, so the deputies will decide on it soon in the plenum.
The Government approved the proposal of this Law at a telephone session on September 16, and the Minister of Economic Development Nick Djelosaj explained to "Vijesta" that they have agreed with the European Commission (EC) that the law will be processed, while the recommendations of the EC will be included in the Law as amendments of the Government that were determined yesterday at the telephone session. It is about 63 amendments. Due to the amendments of the Government, the debate in the plenum on this bill was postponed yesterday.
This regulation regulates the electronic communications sector, and the goal is to achieve compliance with EU legislation. It also changes the method of election of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Communication and Postal Activities (EKIP).
President of the state Jakov Milatovic at the beginning of the year of the amendment of this regulation, it was returned to the parliament for re-decision, because it was not harmonized with the EU acquis. Then on January 19, the amendments did not receive the support of deputies in the Assembly, as 38 of them abstained and four were against.
Chairman of the Board Boris Mugoša emphasized at the session yesterday that the proposed election of the EKIP Council is hybrid, because the Assembly will receive ready-made proposals for candidates, without the possibility of selection and conducting interviews.
"The government announces a public invitation and forms a commission, in which there is no representative of the Assembly. In the commission, we also have a representative of EKIP, who chooses the members of the Council, that is problematic. I don't want us to take responsibility for something we didn't participate in," he said.
Đeljošaj stated that the Council will be elected by public invitation, that the conditions for the election are stricter, and that the EC also required that the applicants know a foreign language and have published professional works. Mugoša added that it was not specified who determines which foreign languages are relevant.
MP of the New Serbian Democracy Jelena Božović stated that the election of the Council should remain in the Assembly, and that amendment 58, which would abolish the financial allowance and violate the financial independence of EKIP, is also disputed.
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