Parliament continues extraordinary session on organ transplants and judicial laws

Serbian MPs sit in extraordinary session again, with the organ-transplant law on the agenda

(Poslanici Skupštine Srbije i danas zasedaju vanredno, na dnevnom redu i zakon o presađivanju organa)

021, citing Tanjug, reports that MPs continued the extraordinary session on June 24 and are debating amendments to the draft law on transplanting human organs. The previous day they completed the joint debate on 32 agenda items, then debated 37 amendments to the judicial package and held a detailed debate on the law on human cells and tissues. The agenda still includes amendments to laws on judges, public prosecution, high-tech-crime bodies, the High Prosecutorial Council, court and prosecutor territories, as well as youth support for first-home purchases, infrastructure projects, and international agreements. On transplants, Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar said some solutions were proposed by people awaiting transplantation; the opposition says the law should be improved. Voting will be scheduled after debate on all agenda items is completed.