Eight candidates applied for the second competition for president and member of the Council of the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information (AZLP).
Among them are four candidates who did not pass the first competition, "Vijesti" learns.
The position of president and member of the AZLP Council remained vacant at the end of December, after the Assembly dismissed Sreten Radonjić and Bojan Obrenović.
The reason for the dismissal of the two is the opinion from March 2020, based on which the names of thousands of people who were in self-isolation were published on the Government's website.
The only one who was against such a position in the AZLP Council was member Muhamed Gjokaj.
He then indicated that the controversial opinion is "legally unsustainable and unfounded" and that it will result in a large number of lawsuits from citizens. In the meantime, that turned out to be true, because last year the Basic Court ruled in favor of a citizen because her name was on the list of people who were in self-isolation.
Gjokaj has now applied for the position of president of the AZLP Council, and Miroslav Zeković has also done so.
Candidates could apply for the positions of president, president or member or only for Council member.
According to "Vijesti", the former assistant minister of culture in charge of media, Željko Rutović, as well as the representatives of AZLP, Biljana Božić and Branka Mišurović, applied for the position of president or member.
The first is the head of the department for access to information, and the second is a legal advisor in the department for cases and complaints in the field of personal data protection.
Controller in the field of personal data protection at AZLP Čedomir Mitrović, Milenko Šušić from the Judiciary Union and journalist and civil activist Milan Sekulović applied to become members.
The Parliamentary Administrative Committee announced the first invitation in mid-February, to which eight candidates applied. Božić, Mišurović, Šušić and Sekulović did not receive the support of that committee at that time. Since none of the candidates received support, a new call was announced.
Candidates for president and member of the Council must have, among other things, five years of work experience in the field of human rights and freedoms.
The invitation also stipulates that a person who is a councilor or deputy, a member of the Government, or who has been appointed by the Government, but also a party official, cannot be appointed to positions in the Council.
The candidate is obliged to submit to the Administrative Board a written statement that there are no obstacles to the appointment, established by the Personal Data Protection Act.
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