Koštunica: Serbia is disoriented

Opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav Koštunica has presented the Principles of the National Policy for the Future of Serbia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 19.01.2009.

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Opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav Kostunica has presented the Principles of the National Policy for the Future of Serbia. The document was introduced in a news conference in Belgrade on Monday. Kostunica – Serbia's prime minister for two terms – said it is aimed at fighting against "the disorientation of Serbia, and for the preservation of Serb statehood at a time when it is jeopardized". Kostunica: Serbia is disoriented He told reporters that the essence of the principles is the preservation of Serb statehood and concern about the entire Serb nation. "Serbia has a government that was created on a deception of citizens and it is persevering thanks to political bartering, while foreigners and domestic tycoons interfered in its forming. The chief manufacturer of the political disorientation of Serbia is the government whose results are devastating," Kostunica said. "Serbia is the only country whose authorities have launched a slogan that there is no alternative to the European Union," Kostunica said. Precisely in a polemic with such a stand, the DSS program document incorporates the stand that "only Serbia as our state has no other alternative," he said. "We must restore our faith in Serbia herself and her own forces. We must not rely solely on outside help and expect that others will resolve our problems," Kostunica said. At this time, he stressed, preserving the national substance and Serb statehood must be at the core of any state and national program. "This document deals with the position of a nation that in its history gave up on its statehood, accepting ideologies that were placed above the national state," the DSS leader said, and added that his party's program, although focused on the Serb nation, never neglects Serbia's ethnic minorities, "which enjoy rights find in few other places in Europe". Kostunica also rejected media speculation that the DSS grassroots were dwindling, stating that since the parliamentary elections last year, 3,000 new members had joined the party ranks. Kostunica speaks in Belgrade on Monday (Beta)

Koštunica: Serbia is disoriented

He told reporters that the essence of the principles is the preservation of Serb statehood and concern about the entire Serb nation.

"Serbia has a government that was created on a deception of citizens and it is persevering thanks to political bartering, while foreigners and domestic tycoons interfered in its forming. The chief manufacturer of the political disorientation of Serbia is the government whose results are devastating," Koštunica said.

"Serbia is the only country whose authorities have launched a slogan that there is no alternative to the European Union," Koštunica said. Precisely in a polemic with such a stand, the DSS program document incorporates the stand that "only Serbia as our state has no other alternative," he said.

"We must restore our faith in Serbia herself and her own forces. We must not rely solely on outside help and expect that others will resolve our problems," Koštunica said.

At this time, he stressed, preserving the national substance and Serb statehood must be at the core of any state and national program.

"This document deals with the position of a nation that in its history gave up on its statehood, accepting ideologies that were placed above the national state," the DSS leader said, and added that his party's program, although focused on the Serb nation, never neglects Serbia's ethnic minorities, "which enjoy rights find in few other places in Europe".

Koštunica also rejected media speculation that the DSS grassroots were dwindling, stating that since the parliamentary elections last year, 3,000 new members had joined the party ranks.

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