After receiving several citizens' submissions, referring to objections related to the support of certain electoral lists, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection hereby informs the public and warns all participants in the election process that they are obliged to handle the citizens' personal data in accordance with the law.

The citizens' personal data processing, with no basis in law and without their consent, is prohibited and punishable. There were similar occurrences during the previous elections, and the Commissioner warned about them and reacted under his authority.

Since the organizations that monitor the elections and the media mention falsified signatures of citizens on the electoral lists, the Commissioner points out that according to his legal powers, he has no authority or possibility to determine the authenticity of the signatures. Criminal offenses against legal transactions are regulated by the Criminal Code (Art. 355 - 358), and the existence of such a criminal offense is determined in the criminal proceedings, not in the supervision inspection proceedings of the Commissioner.

Any citizen who suspects that his signature has been falsified can file a criminal complaint to the competent Prosecutor's Office, for the Commissioner does not have the authority to file individual criminal complaints on behalf of citizens.

The Law on the Unified Voter Roll stipulates that the Ministry engaged in administrative affairs, through the administrative inspection, supervises the update of the voter list and the conducting of other tasks entrusted to municipal, i.e. city administrations according to this law, so that all interested citizens can refer to this inspection to ensure the legality of actions of all actors in the election process.