The Amended Institutional Founding Document Adopted by the Vojvodina Parliament

The Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (APV) adopted the newly amended Draft Decision on the Provincial Protector of Citizens - Ombudsman (PPCO) yesterday.

In her address to the Parliament, Аnikо Мuškinjа Heinrich, the Provincial Ombudsman, pointed out that the Draft had been amended to comply with the decision of the Serbian Constitutional Court, as well as the new APV Statute.

'Working on the Draft Decision,' said Мuškinjа Heinrich, 'we were also guided by the provisions of the Law on the Protector of Citizens, so some issues had been regulated in an identical way, but still, naturally, within the frame of the PPCO jurisdiction.'

Of the total of 120 MPs, there were 85 present at the Parliament meeting, out of whom 61 voted for the adoption of the Draft Decision on the Provincial Protector of Citizens - Ombudsman. Six of them were against it and another 18 refrained from voting.