Nikolić: The session was canceled illegally and unconstitutionally, so that the majority would not have to vote against their own law

The head of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), Andrija Nikolić, said that the parliamentary session, which was supposed to be held today, was canceled illegally and unconstitutionally.

The President of the Assembly Andrija Mandić, at the request of 41 members of the majority, canceled the extraordinary session planned for today, where the draft law on the Development Bank was supposed to be voted on again, after the President Jakov Milatović returned the act to the parliament.

"On the scene is a complete devastation of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly and the Constitution. Today the session had to be started and a break was given until it was held. When the president returns the law, it must be voted on at the next session, not even a comma should be changed," he said. said Nikolić at a press conference in the parliament.

He says that this is a "classic own goal" by the ruling majority.

He said that the majority canceled the session, so that they would not have to vote against their Law on the Development Bank, because the existing text of the law is not good, as pointed out by the Central Bank (CBCG) and Brussels, and it cannot be changed, but about must vote for him.

As he said, that is why they want to move him after September 29, so as not to suffer political damage.

"Bearing in mind that according to the law it is stipulated that the Development Bank receives deposits, the CBCG raised the question of whether this could endanger the principle of non-competition with the banking sector. Because, as they point out, the Development Bank would be performing a key banking business, and would not be subject to all regulatory requirements relating to other banks, primarily the obligation to pay fees for the Deposit Protection Fund and the Rehabilitation Fund," said Nikolić.

Mandić, at the request of the Government, scheduled an extraordinary session for September 26, at which deputies will vote again on three laws that Milatović also returned to the parliament - the Law on Amendments to the Law on Contributions for Mandatory Social Security, the Law on Amendments to the Law on Excise Taxes, as well as the Law on Amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax.

"How politically pathetic do you have to be to explain why you are canceling, to state that the opposition will use the session for campaigning, and then schedule another one for September 26, which is also before the elections," added Nikolić.

It indicates that the parliamentary majority is doing what it accuses the opposition of.

"Today's session, where the Development Bank was supposed to be voted on again, was canceled because the Central Bank, together with Brussels, requested that the European Commission be consulted," he said.

"We don't have political consultations, everything is set by the agreements of Mandić and Spajić, where the Prime Minister's party gives the head of the parliament to behave in this way," added Nikolić.