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On occasion of the media news that a large number of citizens have been listed in special electoral rolls unbeknownst to them, even against their will, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Rodoljub Sabic, has estimated that this will represent a severe form of violation of human rights. Highlighting that all complaints lodged with the Commissioner, based on their substance, will be treated as priority, insofar as may be possible, the Commissioner has called the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the competent authorities of the local self – governments to immediately take all necessary measures within their power regarding this. The Commissioner has called the MoIA and the Prosecutor’s Office to take all measures in order to determine the facts relevant for possible criminal responsibility of certain individuals.

In connection to this, the Commissioner, Rodoljub Sabic, has stated the following:

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Radoljub Sabic talked today with the  Prime Minister of Serbia Mirko Cvetkovic and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan about open issues with regard to the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Interest and the Law on Personal Data Protection, particularly the Government’s attitude towards its obligations in creating prerequisites for the consistent implementation of both laws.

Evaluating what was agreed that it could be a far the greatest contribution to solving  issues recognized long ago, the Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic said the following:

Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Rodoljub Sabic submitted to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia the Report on Implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance and the Law on Personal Data Protection in 2009. The Commissioner submitted the same Report to the President of Serbia, the Government and the Ombudsman. The Report is also posted on the Commissioner’s official website in the “Documents” folder under the headline “Reports”; it can also be accessed via the following link: Report for 2009.

In that regard, Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic said the following:

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Rodoljub Sabic and Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, the Head of the OSCE Mission in the Republic of Serbia met in Belgrade today. The main topic of their conversation was the current and future cooperation between the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection and the OSCE Mission which is already at an excellent level. Also, a separate topic of conversation was the question of selection of judicial office holders in Serbia from the perspective of the Commissioner.

In this regard, the Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic stated the following: