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The Association "Belgrade on the Move" is preparing laws that it will propose to the City Assembly, initiated by a poll according to which 93 percent of Belgraders support the direct election of the mayor.
In a recent survey, 93 percent of Belgraders supported the introduction of direct election of mayors and presidents of city municipalities, as well as strengthening the role of local communities.
"Belgrade on the Move", the organization that conducted the poll, is now preparing a draft law that it will present to the authorities, and on the basis of which the will of the people of Belgrade could be realized not to vote for party lists but for individuals.
"We are convinced that the mayor must be elected by majority vote, u
one or two rounds, just as the president of the country is elected," Nikola Radin, the executive director of this organization, told the "Vremena" portal. "In the same way, municipal presidents should be elected directly by the citizens who live in those municipalities. Candidates would be required to publicly present themselves, their program and the people with whom they plan to manage the city, without party behind-the-scenes deals."
He also states that their proposal "includes a fundamental change in the way the city administration functions. The directly elected mayor must have the right to independently propose his team of 15 people who, instead of the current secretaries, will take over the management of key city areas - from traffic, urban planning and communal affairs, to health, ecology, education,
culture and digitization. Those people would be known to the public before the election, and they would be chosen based on their expertise and experience, and they would answer only to the mayor and the citizens."
He assesses that "with the amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government from 2008, when direct elections were abolished, citizens were deprived of the right to decide for themselves who will lead Belgrade".
"Direct election of the mayor is a standard practice in many European countries, which is a guarantee that such a system is correct," believes Nikola Radin.
Does he expect that the City Assembly, to which "Belgrade on the Move" will hand over the draft law on the mayor, will take their project into consideration?
"We will do everything within our competence, and we expect the same from others," says Nikola Radin.
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