The municipal election commission in Veliko Gradište rejected the list of the coalition Serbia against violence, and in Medveđa the list of the citizen group "Medveđa has better - Miloš Drašković" was rejected.
The Freedom and Justice Party stated that they submitted the list for the local elections in Veliko Gradište on Saturday, November 25, and that it was rejected on Sunday.
"The municipal election commission objected to the coalition agreement, which is a matter that can be resolved by supplementing, that is, by annexing the agreement, which we did on Sunday," the statement of the SSP reads, as well as that during the repeated attempt to submit the list, members of the Municipal Election Commission left the room.
The SSP says that, following the recommendation of experts from the Municipal Election Commission, they withdrew the list and submitted it again with an annex as an amendment, but "they did not want to hold a meeting and make a decision on the withdrawal of the list on Sunday evening until the deadline for submitting the list and if they were obliged by law", stated the SSP and assessed that such behavior "negates the electoral will of citizens and the constitutional right to vote and be elected".
In Medveđa, the lists of only two parties were received - the Serbian Progressive Party and the Democratic Party for Medveđa - Fejmija Bejić, leaving the citizens to choose between two ethnic communities.
The opposition list of the Citizens' Group "Medveđa ima bolje - Miloš Drašković" was rejected with the explanation that it contains flaws that are legally an obstacle to the announcement of the list, and the President of the MEC Ivan Kostić also said that gender equality was not respected and referred them to appeal to the High Court in Leskovac .
The lack of political diversity in the elections has caused concern in the local community, and some citizens express dissatisfaction with the absence of a wider political spectrum.
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