Protestors demanded resignations of various officials, including the Ministers of Interior and Education; the Head of the Security and Information Agency; the public broadcaster and the media regulatory body (REM) executives; and the revocation of the broadcasting licenses of TV Pink and TV Happy. [...] The ODIHR EOM monitored primetime broadcasts of the public RTS1 and RTV1, and the private TV channels with national coverage TV B92, Happy TV, TV Pink and TV Prva, starting from 21 November and it established that coverage of the President dominated the prime-time news of the monitored broadcasters.72 The President and the ruling party combined featured in 91 per cent of the non-election related n. [...] The monitored newspapers frequently featured the President on the front pages, praising the government’s achievements, while criticizing the opposition.75 The REM is vested with the oversight of the broadcast media and adjudication of media-related complaints. [...] The final assessment of the elections will depend, in part, on the conduct of the remaining stages of the electoral process, including the count, tabulation and announcement of results, and the handling of possible post- election day complaints or appeals. [...] The observers wish to thank the authorities for their invitation to observe the elections, and the Republic Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia for the assistance.
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