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The European Commission said on Wednesday that it expects Serbia to transparently investigate all complaints of irregularities during the elections held on December 17 last year.
This is what European Commissioner Didier Reynders said, who represented the European Commission in the debate on the elections in Serbia, which took place in the European Parliament.
According to him, the examination of irregularities also applies to local sources, both in Belgrade and in other municipalities.
Reynders has said that he expects Serbia to immediately implement all the recommendations of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
" We are ready to support Serbia in the implementation of these recommendations. We are closely following the protests in Serbia, after the elections. Let me underline the importance and right of holding peaceful demonstrations. At the same time, violence is not a solution and it is not acceptable ", he said.
The debate on Serbia has been included in the agenda of the plenary session of the European Parliament after a group of political parties requested to hold an extraordinary debate.
The request was made by social democrats, liberals, greens and leftists.
During the January 17 debate, the submitter of the request, Andreas Schider, said that instead of asking for transparency, "the president and prime minister of Serbia criticize international election observers in the harshest and worst way."
Among the irregularities in the elections, he mentioned "phantom voters, vote buying and biased media reporting".
The European Parliament has had an observation mission for the elections in Serbia. The European representative, Klemen Groshell, was at the head of the mission.
During the debate, he repeated that the irregularities in the election process were confirmed, which, according to him, prove that the country has a serious problem in fulfilling basic democratic standards and in conducting free and fair elections.
European populists have tried to obstruct the debate on Serbia, referring to the non-publication of the final report of international observers.
Extraordinary parliamentary, local and provincial elections were held in Serbia on January 17.
The opposition coalition, "Serbia against violence", does not accept the results and demands a repeat of the elections, stating that the ruling party, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won by electoral fraud.
This party and the ruling leaders deny the allegations.
Since the elections have been held, a part of the opposition has organized protests every evening with the request for the annulment of the results.
The elections in Serbia will be discussed again in the European Parliament next week.
The debate will be held in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on January 23.
After the discussion held on Wednesday, January 17, the European Parliament is expected to adopt a resolution on this issue, in a plenary session that will be held in February./ REL
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