"In a crucial moment when Serbia needs more than ever to strengthen its co-operation with such institutions to stake its future on democracy, the defence of human rights and the rule of law, the words of the new speaker sound as a worrying echo of a turbulent past," the president of the CoE parliamentary election, Rene van der Linden, said in a statement.
"U ključnom momentu, kada je Srbiji više nego ikada potrebno da pojača svoju saradnju sa takvim institucijama kako bi svoju budućnost vezala za demokratiju, odbranu ljudskih prava i vladavinu zakona, reči novog predsednika skupštine zvuče kao zabrinjavajući eho turbulentne prošlosti", navodi se u saopštenju predsednika Parlamentarne skupštine SE Rene van der Lindena.