Election observation reports regarding the Republic of Serbia have pointed out extended practices of misuse of administrative resources, such as pressure on public sector employees to support the incumbent and the ruling coalition, excessive budgetary allocations and distribution of goods to different categories of voters prior to the elections, engagement of public officials in campaign activities, coercion on municipal and public company workers to vote and mobilise new voters for the ruling coalition, and discriminatory access to public facilities for campaign activities. The use of administrative resources gave the ruling coalition a significant advantage of incumbency, benefiting from extensive media coverage and echoed in the social networks. International bodies have recommended to the Republic of Serbia carry out a more precise regulation to tackle the problem of misuse of administrative resources. The lack of effective implementation of the regulation in force, dissuasive sanctions, including disqualification and loss of office, and the failure of the relevant authorities to prevent and prosecute violations are of serious concern and may significantly undermine confidence in the democratic and free nature of electoral processes.