Ana Brnabić schedules constitutive session of Serbia's National Assembly for 17 November

Ana Brnabić, who serves as both Speaker of the National Assembly and acting President of Serbia, announced at a press conference that she has scheduled the new parliament's constitutive session for Tuesday, 17 November at 10:00.

She said the meeting will be the first session of the newly elected assembly following recent elections. "The session will begin on Tuesday, 17 November, at 10 o'clock. I will remind you that on 5 November, RIK adopted the final report on the election results, and on 6 November the report on mandates, which was delivered to the Assembly, thereby fulfilling the conditions for holding the session," Brnabić said.

Agenda and organisation

Brnabić outlined six items that will appear on the constitutive session's agenda, covering confirmation of deputies' mandates and the initial staffing of parliamentary bodies.

• confirmation of deputies' mandates,
• election of the President and Vice-President of the National Assembly,
• appointment of the general secretary,
• selection of members of parliamentary working bodies,
• formation of standing parliamentary delegations to international institutions,
• other organisational matters necessary to launch the new term.

Until the Assembly elects a new speaker, the session will be chaired by the oldest member of parliament. "Until the election of a new president, the session will be led by the oldest deputy, Professor Stojan Radenović," Brnabić said.

She added that she hopes the fifteenth parliamentary convocation will be a forum for mutual respect, serious debate and responsible decision-making as it starts its work.

Photo: press material from the event