Law on Expropriation Withdrawn from Parliamentary Procedure – Amendments to Law on Referendum and People’s Initiative Also Proposed

The government of the Republic of Serbia has made a decision to withdraw the Law on Expropriation from the parliamentary procedure, which was returned to the Serbian Parliament for reconsideration by President of the Republic Aleksandar Vucic, the Government of Serbia announced last night.

– The government of the Republic of Serbia will make an analysis of whether amendments to the Law on Expropriation are necessary and, if it is determined that the law needs to be changed, it will be done with a broad public debate involving the professional public, professional associations, business and civil society – the announcement says.

At the same session, the government proposed to the National Assembly amendments to the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative, in Articles 7, 20, 43 and 44. The mentioned articles refer to the verification of signatures, the representatives of the authorized proponent in the body for conducting the referendum and the deadline for re-calling the referendum.

– The government by this proposal abolishes the fee for the verification of signatures and clearly enables the representatives of the authorized proponents to be part of the body for conducting the referendum. According to the proposal, it will not be possible to call a referendum on the same issue in less than four years. Also, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia will not be able to make a decision different from the one confirmed in the referendum within four years – the government emphasizes.

Vlada Republike Srbije

Narodna skupština Republike Srbije

Predsedništvo Republike Srbije

Government of Serbia

National Assembly of Serbia

Presidency of Serbia

Aleksandar Vucic

Law on Expropriation

Law on Referendum and People s Initiative

verification of signatures