SERBIAN RENEWAL MOVEMENT

PLATFORM PROPOSAL FOR KOSOVO AND METOHIJA

The President of the Serbian Renewal Movement, Vuk Draskovich considers that the state and national reasons impose the obligation of making the state platform for a democratic dialogue with the leaders of the political parties of the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija.

The SPO Presidency expects that the Serbian president, Mr. Milan Milutinovic, will start, as soon as possible, the talks and negotiations on adopting the joint platform with the leaders of parliamentary parties in the Serbian Assembly.

In that sense, the SPO Presidency is offering the items for this agreement

1.

The Republic of Serbia and the federal state are the guarantors of respecting and protection of human, civil and ethnic rights of all the citizens of Kosovo and Metohija, according to the highest democratic standards established in the documents of the UN, OSCE and other authorised international organisations.

All the drawbacks in the legal regulations in this sector will be eliminated as soon as possible.

2.

The change of the Law about local home-rule will considerably strengthen the sphere of action of the local power. In ethnically mixed environments, which implies the entire Kosovo and Metohija territory, two-house municipal assemblies will be established with a view to disable any outvoting on cultural, religious or any other national rights belonging to any of the groups.

3.

By special measures, including passing of special laws, the Republic of Serbia and the federal state will stimulate the quick economic development of Kosovo and Metohija, the rising of standards of living, as well as the rise of the educational and cultural level of the local population.

4.

Serbia will ensure the legal and efficient functioning of judiciary system and the system of public safety and in the interest of the full protection of personal, proprietary and total safety of all the citizens in Kosovo and Metohija.

Measures against terrorism and any form of violence and imperilling of the legal order will be in full accordance with the laws and international standards. Every transgression of authorisation by the officials and organs will be strictly punished.

5.

In order to completely realise the mentioned goals, and in accordance with the historic and ethnic specific qualities, Kosovo and Metohija will receive the status of broadest autonomy within Serbian borders and in accordance with the highest European democratic standards.

The concrete volume of the autonomy will be specified in democratic agreement with the political leaders of the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija.

6.

The provincial Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija consists of two chambers: Chamber of Citizens that decides on basis of the majority of votes, and Chamber of Nations consisting of representatives of all nations and ethnic communities in Kosovo and Metohija that decides on basis of general agreement. Every decision of the Provincial Assembly that affects religious, linguistic, cultural and undoubtedly anyone (Bs national rights cannot be reached without the agreement of the both Chambers.

7.

Demands for the independent Kosovo or the Republic of Kosovo are unrealistic and dangerous calls to war in order to break Serbia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia apart. Those demands represent spiritual and political source of Albanian terrorism.

Giving up these dangerous demands opens the doors to renewal and improvement of many-sided trust between the Serbs and Albanians in their common state Serbia, as well as of the long-lasting and stable peace in the Balkans.

8.

We are inviting the political parties and political leaders of the Kosovo Albanians to take an active part in Serbian political life and in the life of the federal state, to be an important factors of stabilisation of the situation in the Province and to give the maximum contribution to the implementation of major political and economic reforms, on whose success most directly depends the economic and cultural progress of Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija.

9.

Precious are the good will missions of the representatives and organs of the international community to stimulate this kind of democratic dialogue and democratic resolution of the problems in Kosovo and Metohija and with the respect of Serbian state integrity.

An example of such an engagement is the mediation connected with the reaching of the agreement on education of Albanian pupils and students in Kosovo and Metohija, on whose urgent implementation we insist.

In that sense, it is reasonable to accept the mission of Mr. Felipe Gonzales.

10.

There is not a problem in Kosovo and Metohija that cannot be solved by democratic agreement within Serbia and to the general benefit of Albanians, Serbs and all other citizens of the Province.

THE SPO PRESIDENCY