17/12/2010 Monitoring
"Undoubtedly, Serbia has made significant progress in many areas and is heading towards the full completion of its commitments. However, some key issues remain unsolved or incomplete such as the reform of the justice system, the revision of the electoral law, the elimination of the party-administered system and blank resignations, as well as full compliance with the laws on freedom of speech, association etc. in conformity with Council of Europe standards, " the co-rapporteurs on Serbia said today at a meeting of the PACE Monitoring Committee in Paris.
In their information note on a fact-finding visit to Belgrade and Novi Pazar (28 November-2 December), Davit Harutyunyan (Armenia, EDG) and Sinikka Hurskainen (Finland, SOC) stressed that in order to measure the achievements made and progress yet to be accomplished, the Serbian delegation should submit a roadmap for the completion of commitments and implementation of statutory obligations. This roadmap, they said, was meant to be a strategic policy document, which represented the authorities' vision of key reform processes as well as the criteria and benchmarks these reforms must comply with, in the view of the Assembly.