City of ZrenjaninRepublic of Serbia
Skupstinagrada ZrenjaninaIvan Bošnjak, M.Sci. /Ivan Boshnjak/ elected a new Mayor of Zrenjanin
Ivan Bošnjak, Assembly member of the Coalition "Pokrenimo Zrenjanin – Tomislav Nikolić"/"Move Zrenjanin – Tomislav Nikolić"/, a member of Srpska napredna stranka /Serbian Progressive Party / and a member of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina, is a new elected Mayor of Zrenjanin - as decided by the members of Zrenjanin City Assembly at its second, 8-hour long session. He was elected by a secret ballot, supported by all 35 members of the ruling coalition, while the opposition members did not participate in voting.
Also, the Mayor's associates were elected, as previously proposed by the new Mayor – Mayor Deputy Čedomir Janjić (DSS/ Democratic Party of Serbia/), and members of the City Council Milan Repija (Socijalistička partija Srbije/ Socialist Party of Serbia/), Zlatana Ankić (SNS/ Serbian Progressive Party/), Dubravka Bengin Bulovan (nonparty member), Dragiša Albulj (Nova Srbija/ New Serbia/), Radiša Dupljanović (DSS), Dragan Šašić (SPO/ Serbian Renewal Movement/) and dr Boban Đukanović (SPS). Also two Assembly Chairman Deputies - Slavko Šućurović (Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije/ Party of United Pensioners of Serbia/) and Saša Ždrnja (Movement "Napred Banat", the list of "Pokrenimo Zrenjanin - Tomislav Nikolić").
After 2-hour discussion on the agenda, the second session of Zrenjanin City Assembly began by the termination o f the the Assembly mandate of Branka Ljiljak and approving of mandate of Petar Popov, the members of DS/ Democratic Party/. The session was attended by 56 members, all apart from the members of Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine / League of Sociodemocrat of Vojvodina/ who , before the session, announced at press conference that they would not attend the session.
In the new assembly "role", as the opposition members, were the members of the Democratic Party, 15 of them, and four members of Srpska radikalna stranka / Serbian radical Party/, as well as two members of Savez vojvođanskih Mađara/ Alliance of the Hungarians in Vojvodina/.
In the new assembly "role", as the opposition members, were the members of the Democratic Party, 15 of them, and four members of Srpska radikalna stranka / Serbian radical Party/, as well as two members of Savez vojvođanskih Mađara/ Alliance of the Hungarians in Vojvodina/.
The Assembly Chairman, Radovan Bulajić, announced the resignation of the Mayor Goran Knežević, after his election for the Minister of Agriculture in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and consequently the termination of the mandate of Mayor Deputy and the members of the City Council.
After the adoption of the Agenda, the Assembly adopted the new Statute of the City of Zrenjanin and Book of Regulations of the Assembly work. The most discussed issues were the amendments to the Book of Regulations, by which the positions of three Chairman Deputies are added.
The Agenda of 112 items mostly referred to changes of Managing and Supervision Boards of public companies and institutions.
After the adoption of the Agenda, the Assembly adopted the new Statute of the City of Zrenjanin and Book of Regulations of the Assembly work. The most discussed issues were the amendments to the Book of Regulations, by which the positions of three Chairman Deputies are added.
The Agenda of 112 items mostly referred to changes of Managing and Supervision Boards of public companies and institutions.
