The elections on October 25 will be observed by several international missions, and the first evaluations will be announced the day after the elections
Extraordinary parliamentary sessions elections in Serbia, scheduled for October 25, in addition to the domestic ones, more will follow international observation missions.
So far, it has been confirmed that the elections will be observed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and European Parliament (EP).
This Thursday, October 15, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly decided to send about 80 parliamentarians and staff members from 29 countries to Serbia, who will observe the elections on October 25.
Observers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will visit polling stations throughout Serbia to assess voting procedures, vote counting and the overall implementation of the election process.
While ODIHR observers have been following the election campaign for almost a month, other international observation missions will focus on monitoring the election process during the election day itself.
A delegation of five members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is already in Serbia, and the arrival of a delegation of 20 members of the International Election Observation Mission has also been announced.
The European Parliament Ana Brnabic made a last-minute call to send observers. The portal Savremena politika writes that the EP will send a mission of seven MEPs from different political groups to Serbia. Among the MPs who have applied so far are: Andreas Schider from the ranks of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Helmut Brandstetter from the group Renew Europe, as well as Goran Bosanac from the ranks of the Greens.
The ODIHR mission is led by Owen Murphy. It consists of 14 experts based in Belgrade and 30 long-term observers, who have been deployed throughout the country since September 25.
Another 300 short-term observers, who will be deployed throughout Serbia, will be hired to monitor the elections during the election day itself.
Given that the deadline for reporting foreign observation missions to the Republican Election Commission expired on Wednesday, October 14, it is not known for now whether the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Serbia will be monitored by organizations from America that observed the local elections in March this year.
The National Federation of Young Republicans, Republicans for National Renewal, the America First Policy Institute, and the International Family Organization then sent six representatives to observe local elections held in several municipalities. These organizations are known for supporting the President of the USA to Donald Trump.
The portal Savremena politika points out that the aforementioned organizations have not published reports or findings on election day.
ODIHR will present the first conclusions on the parliamentary elections the day after the vote, and the same was announced by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
ODIHR's findings are also relied upon The European Commission, which uses them as a basis for implementing recommendations and assessing progress in improving electoral conditions.
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