Source: "Blic"

Which information are inaccessible to the public

The Commissioner wrote a letter in which he complains to the Prime Minister. Inglorious leader the Ministry of Finance – in 20 cases it failed to adhere to the binding decision of the Commissioner

The Government of Serbia, despite the warrant issued by Rodoljub Sabic, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance, is still hiding the information about the five biggest investments in Serbia. The Government also keeps secret the information as to who the biggest state debtors are, in what manner „Duvanska industrija Nis“ was sold, but also data on the criminal proceedings related to the death of the journalist Dada Vujasinovic.

Source: "Politika"

The news of offence charges that the State Auditor Institution filed against a group of former and current ministers has been, during the past few days, with a good reason, attracting a lot of attention. However, for a larger share of the public, the ‘parallel’ news was disappointing – there is a possibility that a great number of reports, if not all, would have no effect, as they would become obsolete. Disappointing, more so because this possibility is very probable. Not even statements of certain ministers (e.g.: … there is no way that the charges filed by the State Auditor Institution would be dropped due to obsolescence. I insist on finding out the truth. Now it will appear as if someone is trying to hide something…) can change much. It is absolutely irrelevant whether these statements are an expression of a sincere belief in one’s own innocence or a routine political demagogy. Simply, obsolescence is a legal entity of a mandatory, imperative character, the state institutions are obliged to pay attention to obsolescence ex officio (according to their scope of work, officially). When a case becomes obsolete in terms of passage of time, the offender cannot be prosecuted, regardless of whether he might be ready to undergo the proceedings.

Source: "Pregled"

Memorandum of Cooperation in the fight against corruption signed

Belgrade

Source: "Blic"

Guest commentator

Rodoljub Sabic, Commissioner for Information

Infringement reports filed by the State Audit Institution (SAI) against the group of former and current officials, have reminded us once more of the possibility of omissions to penalize the perpetrators of certain criminal offences, due to the statute of limitation.

Source: "Blic"

Rodoljub Šabić, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, believes that the forthcoming law on electronic communications has to regulate the question of electronic communication privacy limitations, even though the cabinet of the Minister of Telecommunications claims that the law will not encompass such measures.

Source: "Blic"

Secret service has been left too wide space for possible manipulation.

According to the Law on Security Intelligence Agency, collection of data on performed telephone communication, without insight into its contents shall not be deemed as infringing privacy of citizens, and therefore it necessitates only the Agency Manager’s decision.

T. N. Đaković