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Meeting with Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the Chapter 24 within the NCEU
The topic of this meeting was reporting and discussion on the results of the implementation of the revised Action Plan for Chapter 24. Additionally, both progresses achieved in Chapter 24 and the work on the Draft Law on Internal Affairs were presented. The continuation of the dialogue of the Working Group for Chapter 24 of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU), which is coordinated by BCSP and the Negotiating Group for Chapter 24, which is coordinated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP), is planned, including regarding the text of the Draft from the point of view of reaching the transitional criteria in this chapter.
Bojan Elek, coordinator of the NCEU Working Group for Chapter 24 and deputy director of BCSP, recalled that the previous meeting of this type was held in November 2021. He stated that in the meantime, a referendum on changing the Constitution had taken place, the war in Ukraine had started, presidential and parliamentary elections had been held, and the formation of a new government was awaited.
“Important things happened in Chapter 24, such as consultations on the Draft Law on Internal Affairs, during which four discussions were held on biometric surveillance. The Working Group for Chapter 24 of the NCEU presented research on right-wing extremism in the context of the development of the new National Strategy for the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism. “We hope that the comments of civil society on these topics will be taken into account,” emphasized Elek.
The President of the Negotiating Group for Chapter 24 and State Secretary of the MUP, Zoran Lazić, highlighted the most significant normative and organizational activities implemented in the previous six months. In connection with the Draft Law on Internal Affairs, he added that an analysis of biometric surveillance has been done and presented to civil society organizations, and that after suggestions and comments, a new meeting will be organized on this matter. As he explained, this analysis regarding measures and methods of application of biometric surveillance is necessary and is a prerequisite for biometric surveillance to become part of the new Law on Internal Affairs.
“When we finish this consultative process that is required for the Law on Internal Affairs, after that we will work on the text of the law and present it to the public, but even then, additional consultations may be needed regarding the text of the Law.” Therefore, it is expected that after the formation of the Government, the text of the Law will be ready, i.e., in the second half of the year,” Lazić concluded.
The introductory presentations were followed by presentations by the coordinators of the subchapters, as well as questions from representatives of civil society regarding the situation in the specific subchapter of Chapter 24.
Tags: NKEU, Poglavlje 24
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