Savo Manojlović's list had three major shortcomings.
The first is non-compliance with legal provisions on gender representation on the electoral list. The second is that, according to data obtained from the Ministry of Interior, two candidates for councilor changed their residences after July 3, 2023. And the third, biggest shortcoming, is the fact that Savo Manojlović's electoral list received only 370 signatures for submission of the list in the municipality, where 600 signatures are necessary for that.
The number of registered voters in the municipality of Vracar on April 23, 2024 is 63.673 voters.
Article 43, paragraph 1, point 4 of the Law on Local Elections stipulates that for the announcement of the electoral list, at least 600 voters in the local self-government unit, which has a maximum of 70.000 registered voters on the day of the election announcement, must support it with their signatures.
How then did Savo Manojlović manage to secure the announcement of his list with only 370 signatures of support collected?
The top of the Serbian Progressive Party demanded that the municipal election commission in Vračar not sit and decide on the attached objections, which, if considered, would certainly lead to the overthrow of Savo Manojlović's list.
The last such objection was sent by Vladimir Tupanjac, lawyer of the CRTA association.
We have seen these days that both the government and the opposition participating in the elections are ready for a flexible interpretation of the new Law on Local Elections, but allow one list to participate in the elections without a sufficient number of collected signatures. it is not a flexible interpretation, but a suspension of the law.
How then is the acceptance of Sava Manojlovica's list in Vračar different from the demolition in Savamala, which we all condemned and called the suspension of the state on the night when that demolition took place?
The author is a freelance journalist
