Radovan Karadzic, Sarajevo is not your city, and you have no right to say that it is, just as you do not have the right to say in public, even if it’s in court, that someone has dug up bones around Bosnia and brought them to Srebrenica to make a fake graveyard. This is insulting.
Serbian Parliament Approves Vojvodina Statute
Belgrade | 01 December 2009 | Bojana Barlovac
One hundred and sixty three out of 250 parliamentarians were present at the time of voting. The opposition Liberal Democratic Part, LDP, joined the ruling coalition to support the bill.
"We take this opportunity to thank members of the Parliament of Serbia on showing maturity and responsibility. They have showed that, regardless of political affiliation, they are aware of the responsibility to represent the interests of all citizens, not just the autonomous province of Vojvodina, but also the Republic of Serbia as a whole," Vojvodina parliamentary Speaker Sandor Egeresi said on the occasion.
The statute will come into effect once it gets confirmed by the Vojvodina assembly and published in Vojvodina's offical gazette. The decision for its implementation must be supported by a two-third majority in the provincial assembly.
According to the statute, which is the highest legal act governing the province of Vojvodina, Vojvodina is an autonomous province and an integral part of Serbia.
The law has been months in the making. The Vojvodina assembly adopted on 7 November changes to the draft law.
At the same time, dozens of citizens protested in front of the parliamentary building in Belgrade. The protesters included the crowd were some parliamentarians from the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia, activists of Socialist movement led by Aleksandar Vulin, as well as members of the right-wing organisation Movement 1389.
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