The function of a member of parliament is not incompatible with the function of a deputy.
This was announced today by the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK).
They stated that this limitation is not prescribed by Article 14 paragraph 3 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, bearing in mind that, as they say, the councilor is a member of the municipal assembly as a representative body of citizens, and in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Local Self-Government, he does not perform work in local bodies, but performs the function as an elected representative of citizens who participates in decision-making.
"The Assembly is made up of councilors elected by citizens on the basis of free, general, equal and direct suffrage, in accordance with the law governing the election of councilors and deputies", the ASK clarified.
KAS stated that the functions of the president and vice president of the municipality are incompatible with the function of deputies, as well as that the functions of the president and vice president of the municipal assembly are incompatible with the function of deputies.
"In support of the above, the provisions also state that the local official, that is, the state employee, performs his duties politically neutrally and impartially, in accordance with the public interest, and is obliged to refrain from publicly expressing his political beliefs, as well as that the councilor cannot be held accountable for the expressed opinion, the way of voting or the spoken word in the performance of the committee function", announced from ASK.
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