Pajtić confident of parliamentary backing

Vojvodina Executive Council President Bojan Pajtic is convinced that the Vojvodina Statute will receive the support of 140 MPs in the national parliament. He said that anyone who believed that the new Statute called into question the fact that Vojvodina was an integral part of Serbia, should first read the Statute. Pajtic confident of parliamentary backing The parties that supported the Statute in the provincial assembly have more than 140 MPs in the state parliament, and it would be immoral to vote once “for” the Statute and once “against” it, Pajtic said. “The new Statute gives new powers and the development potential to Vojvodina, and by association, to Serbia too,” he explained. He said that the Statute was “enlightening” in the section endorsing the legal system in Serbia, because the province had always had potential problems in relations with the state administration, since Slobodan Milosevic’s Constitution had said one thing, and the law something different. “We are now concluding the constitutional process at state level, and even setting the stage for a mixed delegation institution that will enable everyone to work together, once the develop priorities at Vojvodina and Serbia level are defined, because when we focus our energy and resources on those points that are defined strategically, we can be more successful,” the Executive Council president stressed. He said that the draft Statute was a modern document that defined Vojvodina’s development paths, adding that efforts to drive a rift between Vojvodina and Serbia had always been unsuccessful, and would remain so. Pajtic explained that the province, based on the Constitution and now the Statute, received its own assets, the possibility to invest in its own infrastructure and to attract foreign investors, and “we have already achieved that effect by cutting unemployment by 20 percent last year.” “The province has received a development bank that will, through favorable credit rates, enable further economic and agricultural development, followed by the possibility for all national minorities to have a guarantee of preserving their national identity, and to fight in the coming years, through an office in Brussels as the center of the EU, for as many EU funds as possible, and for further decentralization,” Pajtic said. He said that the Statute would help Serbia become a serious, legal and democratic country that knows exactly what it is doing. “We have put together an expressly modern and developmental document, and I am proud that the draft remained very solid. As a citizens’ party, the Democratic Party does not intend to allow the formation of any ethnic regions in Vojvodina, because Vojvodina is a region where there are six official languages, where many nationalities live, and if everyone formed their own ethnic region it would be disastrous,” Pajtic cautioned. Bojan Pajtic (FoNet, archive)

Pajtić confident of parliamentary backing

The parties that supported the Statute in the provincial assembly have more than 140 MPs in the state parliament, and it would be immoral to vote once “for” the Statute and once “against” it, Pajtić said.

“The new Statute gives new powers and the development potential to Vojvodina, and by association, to Serbia too,” he explained.

He said that the Statute was “enlightening” in the section endorsing the legal system in Serbia, because the province had always had potential problems in relations with the state administration, since Slobodan Milošević’s Constitution had said one thing, and the law something different.

“We are now concluding the constitutional process at state level, and even setting the stage for a mixed delegation institution that will enable everyone to work together, once the develop priorities at Vojvodina and Serbia level are defined, because when we focus our energy and resources on those points that are defined strategically, we can be more successful,” the Executive Council president stressed.

He said that the draft Statute was a modern document that defined Vojvodina’s development paths, adding that efforts to drive a rift between Vojvodina and Serbia had always been unsuccessful, and would remain so.

Pajtić explained that the province, based on the Constitution and now the Statute, received its own assets, the possibility to invest in its own infrastructure and to attract foreign investors, and “we have already achieved that effect by cutting unemployment by 20 percent last year.”

“The province has received a development bank that will, through favorable credit rates, enable further economic and agricultural development, followed by the possibility for all national minorities to have a guarantee of preserving their national identity, and to fight in the coming years, through an office in Brussels as the center of the EU, for as many EU funds as possible, and for further decentralization,” Pajtić said.

He said that the Statute would help Serbia become a serious, legal and democratic country that knows exactly what it is doing.

“We have put together an expressly modern and developmental document, and I am proud that the draft remained very solid. As a citizens’ party, the Democratic Party does not intend to allow the formation of any ethnic regions in Vojvodina, because Vojvodina is a region where there are six official languages, where many nationalities live, and if everyone formed their own ethnic region it would be disastrous,” Pajtić cautioned.