Source: Blic
Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Sabic stated for Blic that he was prepared to hand his resignation as the Commissioner to the Serbian Assembly if the article which envisages that security agencies can for reasons of state and public safety and as long as such reasons pertain deny access to relevant data, collection of data, and even access to premises to the body which should protect personal data, is not deleted from the Personal Data Protection Bill.Sabic claims that if this is not done and if the provisions he refers to remain unchanged, he is definitely not prepared to support in any way arrangements which, instead of providing effective rights protection, offer ambiguity and dilemmas.
- This attitude, of course, implies I would offer my resignation to the Serbian Assembly - says the Commissioner.
Rodoljub Sabic says that contacts with Minister of Justice Snezana Malovic in connection with this law failed to produce any results.
- Although the Bill envisages that this function is to be performed by The Commissioner in addition to the existing assignments, it at the same time contains provisions which not only do not contribute to improved performance of these new assignments, but effectively limits them and compromise powers which the Commissioner already has. My public reaction and the letter to Prime Minister Cvetkovic also resulted in the meeting with Minister of Justice Mrs. Malovic. For now, these contacts have had no results, but it does not mean that there will be none in future. I think that chances to improve the arrangements in the Bill is also increasing because Ombudsman Saaa Jankovic prepared a group of amendments for the Bill - he says.
