Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office: MPs are not protected by immunity for criminal acts

On the riots in Assembly of Serbia the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office also sounded the alarm with a call for "immediate calming down of the situation" and condemnation of behavior that "leads to endangering the physical safety of members of parliament, their injury or endangering their lives, regardless of who such behavior comes from".

"The Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office reminds that, although MPs enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution for expressing an opinion or voting in the exercise of their parliamentary function, it does not protect them from prosecution for committed criminal acts in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Serbia," the VJT press release states.

VJT called for the suspension of actions "which may endanger the safety, body or life of anyone working in the premises of the National Assembly, and especially members of parliament".

The stormy first spring session of the parliament is underway. There are 62 items on the agenda, among them amendments to the Law on Higher Education, after which the resignation of the president of Vkada, Miloš Vučević, should be announced.

The members of the opposition activated smoke bombs, lit torches, fists were thrown and hard objects were thrown. The MP of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, Jasmina Obradović, was hit by a shock bomb, said the President of the Assembly, Ana Brnabić, after which she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in the Clinical Center of Serbia.

During the incidents, MPs Sonja Ilić and Jasmina Karanac were also injured.

Read more about the events in the Assembly in a separate text