STUDENT LIST CANDIDATES SIGN DECLARATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Any breach of its terms will be treated as a resignation!

All candidates on the “Student List – Students Win” have signed a declaration guaranteeing that they have had no ties to the ruling parties, will not abuse their office, and will work to fulfil the students’ demands and the goals set out in the Social Agreement and the Minimum Program. They have specifically pledged that if they are found to have breached any of these guarantees or failed to fulfil their assumed duties, they will be considered to have resigned.

The students also recalled how the “Student List – Students Win” came into being.

“The candidates were not chosen by party leaders, nor did someone put together a list in a room and simply announce it to everyone else. They were selected by students through a decision-making process that we built over more than a year of blockades, plenary assemblies, discussions and joint work. That process was not always quick, nor was it simple,” they stated on their website.

They emphasized that direct democracy is rare and involves discussion, disagreement, arguments, revisiting decisions and accountability to the people taking part in the process. However, that was precisely why it was important to them that the electoral list be formed in this way.

They also pointed out that there is no “one person” at the head of their list and that they are not looking for a new leader around whom another personality cult could be built.

“We do not expect them to be infallible or to have an answer to every question. We expect much simpler things, although in this country they are apparently much harder to achieve: that they be accountable for what they do, listen to the people they represent, explain their decisions and understand that a parliamentary seat is not a reward, a privilege or the beginning of a political career,” the students stated.

They once again stressed that serving as a member of parliament is a public duty and that the mandate belongs to the citizens.

In line with this, all Student List candidates signed a declaration assuming moral and political responsibility, pledging to fulfil their duties and work towards meeting the students’ demands and achieving the goals set out in the Social Agreement and the Minimum Program.

We are reproducing the full text of the Student List candidates’ declaration below:

“As a candidate for the National Assembly, I hereby declare:

I have never obtained unlawful financial gain in cooperation with the ruling regime of the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia;
I have never abused public office to obtain unlawful financial gain for myself or my family;
I have no final conviction carrying a prison sentence of more than one year, nor have I been convicted of an offense prosecuted ex officio for which the prescribed penalty exceeds three years, and I have no ruling against me by a court of honor;
I have never been a member of the Serbian Progressive Party, the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, the Movement of Strength of Serbia, the Serbian People’s Party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, the Socialist Movement, the People’s Peasant Party, the United Peasant Party, Healthy Serbia, the Serbian Left, the Alliance of Social Democrats, the Party of Modern Serbia, the Serbian Radical Party, the Serbian Party Oathkeepers, United Serbia, the Greens of Serbia, the Independent Serbian Party, the Yugoslav Left or the Serbian List;
I have never held a leadership position in a parliamentary opposition party, namely that of president, vice-president, member of the presidency, president of the main board, member of the main board, president of a municipal board, president of a city board, president of a provincial board, president of the party-wide executive board or member of the party-wide executive board;
I have not been a member of the executive or legislative branch of government on behalf of the current ruling coalition, meaning a member of parliament, minister or state secretary.

If elected to the office of member of parliament, I hereby declare:

I will remain in the political organization on whose proposal I was elected until the end of my term, meaning that I will not change my parliamentary group;
I will not commit criminal offenses or violate the Constitution or other laws of the Republic of Serbia;
I will never vote in favor of proposals that run counter to the program of the political organization that nominated me.

Within the framework of the program of the political organization nominating me, I guarantee:

I will work towards fulfilling all the demands of Students in Blockade and implementing and achieving all the goals set out in the Social Agreement and the Minimum Program of Students in Blockade.

If any of the statements I have made as a candidate for the National Assembly prove to be untrue, or if I fail to fulfil the duties I have pledged to perform as a member of parliament, or if I depart from the goals set out in the program of the political organization for which I have given my guarantee, I shall be deemed to have resigned on the date the falsehood or failure to fulfil my duties is established.”

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