The dignity of the Serbian Parliament should be restored, and the President of the State should be given greater powers in accordance with the legitimacy given to him by the fact that the citizens elect him directly in the elections, judged today the participants of the "President of the Republic and the Constitution of Serbia" meeting held in Belgrade organized by the Foundation Center for democracy.
The President of the Management Board of the Center for Democracy, Dragoljub Mićunović, commenting on the decision to suspend the parliament for a month until the presidential elections, indicated that the parliament, which is a reflection of the will of the people, should be restored to its dignity.
"We live in a virtual reality in which the parliament is humiliated, the citizens who elected the deputies, their representatives are also humiliated. We need to restore the reputation and dignity of the parliament, a key institution for democracy," said Mićunović, former president of the Political Council of the Democratic Party.
Tanasije Marinković, a professor at the Faculty of Law at Union University, assessed that in the current system, the president of Serbia has great legitimacy, but that he is a dwarf compared to the constitutional powers.
"His greatest authority is that he can not approve the adoption of a law," Marinković reminded.
Former judge of the Supreme Court, Zoran Ivošević, assessed that if it is a matter of constitutional powers, the current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić's decision to replace the prime ministership with the presidency falls from a horse to a donkey.
"There are no clean jobs here," Ivošević said and added that the current prime minister will appoint "someone who doesn't ring bells, but tolerates ringing well" as the new man at the head of the government.
Professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences Čedomir Čupić pointed to the responsibility of the former President of Serbia, Boris Tadić, who, in his opinion, strengthened the presidential function by choosing a less influential figure, such as Mirko Cvetković, as prime minister.
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