"Statute mustn't transcend Constitution"

President Boris Tadić says that Vojvodina's autonomy can be defined exclusively in accordance with the Constitution.

Izvor: Beta

Tuesday, 23.06.2009.

12:12

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President Boris Tadic says that Vojvodina's autonomy can be defined exclusively in accordance with the Constitution. He said that neither the province's statute nor the draft Law on Authorities could transcend Constitutional frameworks. "Statute mustn't transcend Constitution" The president told journalists that Vojvodina's autonomy should be viewed in the context of the concept of Serbia's decentralization, whose goal was to fortify the country's territorial integrity. Tadic said that those who believed Vojvodina autonomy implied elements of statehood were mistaken. Speaker Slavica Djukic Dejanovic said earlier that the Vojvodina statute would soon be coming before MPs, together with the draft Law on Authorities. Responding to an MP’s question at the start of today’s session, the speaker said that she had information that drafting of the Law on Vojvodina’s Authorities was nearing completion. She said that parliament only gave its approval to the statute, while the Vojvodina assembly could decide to render changes. Zeljko Tomic of the Democratic Party of Serbia was inquiring about press speculation that certain articles of the statute would be deleted. He said that all time frames for adopting the statute had come and gone, and asked for how much longer the ruling coalition would continue “stringing the long-suffering citizens along.“ Meanwhile, New Serbia’s Miroslav Markicevic asked Djukic Dejanovic to issue a warning to Energy Minister Petar Skundric, claiming that Skundric had been refusing to answer his question about the rises in gas prices for over two months now. The speaker promptly asked the minister to answer Markicevic’s question, warning all ministers who failed to give a prompt answer to parliamentary questions that they risked finding themselves in breach of procedure. Zoran Ostojic of the Liberal Democratic Party asked how much dailies Press, Kurir and Pravda owed the state, “to see how insolvent they are, and to be able to see just how they are financed and how they even manage to continue operating.“ Ostojic called on the Justice Ministry to state how many court actions had been launched against them, stating that LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic had filed over a 100 lawsuits against them alone. Boris Tadic (FoNet, archive)

"Statute mustn't transcend Constitution"

The president told journalists that Vojvodina's autonomy should be viewed in the context of the concept of Serbia's decentralization, whose goal was to fortify the country's territorial integrity.

Tadić said that those who believed Vojvodina autonomy implied elements of statehood were mistaken.

Speaker Slavica Đukić Dejanović said earlier that the Vojvodina statute would soon be coming before MPs, together with the draft Law on Authorities.

Responding to an MP’s question at the start of today’s session, the speaker said that she had information that drafting of the Law on Vojvodina’s Authorities was nearing completion.

She said that parliament only gave its approval to the statute, while the Vojvodina assembly could decide to render changes.

Željko Tomić of the Democratic Party of Serbia was inquiring about press speculation that certain articles of the statute would be deleted.

He said that all time frames for adopting the statute had come and gone, and asked for how much longer the ruling coalition would continue “stringing the long-suffering citizens along.“

Meanwhile, New Serbia’s Miroslav Markićević asked Đukić Dejanović to issue a warning to Energy Minister Petar Škundrić, claiming that Škundrić had been refusing to answer his question about the rises in gas prices for over two months now.

The speaker promptly asked the minister to answer Markićević’s question, warning all ministers who failed to give a prompt answer to parliamentary questions that they risked finding themselves in breach of procedure.

Zoran Ostojić of the Liberal Democratic Party asked how much dailies Press, Kurir and Pravda owed the state, “to see how insolvent they are, and to be able to see just how they are financed and how they even manage to continue operating.“

Ostojić called on the Justice Ministry to state how many court actions had been launched against them, stating that LDP leader Čedomir Jovanović had filed over a 100 lawsuits against them alone.

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