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The Legislation and Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Serbian Assembly has elected Brankica Janković as a candidate for Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, who has so far fulfilled that role. The Committee also voted to send the draft decision to the Assembly in an emergency procedure, so that the candidate could be discussed in one of the next sessions. Brankica Janković was proposed by the parliamentary group “Aleksandar Vučić – for our children”.
The Chairperson of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Legislation, Jelena Žarić Kovačević, noted that the Committee was convened in accordance with procedure, responding to what she said were “malicious claims” and noted that only one parliamentary group submitted a candidate proposal .
Jankovic pointed out that her tasks are set by law, that if she is commissioned again, she will attend to complaints of violations of the Prohibition of Discrimination Law, organize debates with civil society organizations and the media, because without the media it is not possible change cultural patterns.
She said she would dedicate herself to improving cooperation with the Serbian Assembly, the competent committees and the Women’s Parliamentary Network, to present annual reports, but also special reports, such as the one presented in early 2019 on discrimination in the labor market.
The deputy of the group “Aleksandar Vučić – For our children”, Vuk Mirčetić, said that he is affected when people speak of the older citizens of Serbia as if they are “second class voters” and asked Janković if it was discrimination.
Jankovic said that whether or not something is discrimination is being considered on the basis of a complaint, and that the commissioner, if it were a public statement, would warn that it is discrimination.
Serbian Socialist Party deputy Dubravka Kralj asked if there is a tendency to equalize wages, and therefore pensions, for men and women, and the commissioner said that the wage gap is a little lower in Serbia and that the law applies to them. prohibits paying for the same job. different.
The deputy of the group “Aleksandar Vučić – For our children” Uglješa Mrdić said that Janković always reacted because of the hate speech against the president of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and women in positions of responsibility and asked what was the most difficult for her as trustees and if they were, the opposition attacks it after condemning hate speech.
Jankovic said they pointed to a severe and typical form of discrimination and that it was not a question of whether they were members of the government or the opposition, but rather that they reacted to hate speech.
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