Category: Elections, media and institutions
Period: from 3 Mar 2025
Outcome: No one investigated (as of 2 Jun 2025)
The terms of the local community councils in Čačak reportedly expired back in 2019, yet no new elections have been called, even though, according to the complaint, the law, the city statute and a city decision require the President of the City Assembly to call them. On 2 June 2025, councillors from the ProBudimo Čačak group filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutor's office in Čačak against Assembly President Igor Trifunović for abuse of office, and asked the Ministry for an extraordinary inspection. The outcome of the complaint has not been made public.
On 2 June 2025, councillors from ProBudimo Čačak filed a criminal complaint against Igor Trifunović with the registry office of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Čačak. They allege he abused his office by failing to call elections for local community councils despite the legal deadlines.
According to councillor Stojan Marković, the Law on Local Self-Government, the city statute and the decision on local self-government require the President of the City Assembly to call these elections, and the councils' terms expired more than four years ago. The councillors also asked the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government to carry out an extraordinary administrative inspection.
According to Nova TV, the terms in Čačak's local communities expired back in 2019, and there have been no elections.
On 1 July 2025, councillors and the MOBA movement submitted an initiative to the Constitutional Court to review the constitutionality and legality of the Decision on Local Self-Government, which also sets out how the councils are elected.