Tadić: Protests contribute to democracy

President Boris Tadić says protests are "part of the democratic procedure", while "any democratic and legal expression of opinion is completely natural".

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 13.06.2011.

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President Boris Tadic says protests are "part of the democratic procedure", while "any democratic and legal expression of opinion is completely natural". It also "represents a new quality of Serbia's democratic system", said Tadic in the southern town of Nis on Monday. Tadic: Protests contribute to democracy Commenting on the protests against the staging of the military conference in Belgrade, Tadic assessed that the meetings constitute a contribution to democracy and expression of different stands as regards Serbia's security system. He said that he considers important the fact that credible international institutions qualified Serbia as a country of political freedoms, Tadic said, and recalled that the analysis drafted by Freedom House organization confirmed this as well. Noting that the protest is a part of a democratic procedure, Tadic underscored that it was a peaceful meeting and that he sees any democratic and legal expression of opinion as completely natural and as a new quality of Serbia's democratic system. Tadic pointed out that protesters are "knocking on open doors" but that he has nothing against such a stand being voiced too. "Serbia is a member of the Partnership for Peace program, that is the level of cooperation with the NATO our country and some other states have today," Tadic said. He added that Serbia has reforms in the domain of the Defense Ministry which make the country's defense forces NATO inter-operable forces, which means that Serbia respects highest standards in the area of military organization. "We did it all for our own sake, not because of the NATO, we did it because of the country's international credibility," Tadic said and recalled that Serbia is participating in many peacekeeping operations. Boris Tadic (Tanjug)

Tadić: Protests contribute to democracy

Commenting on the protests against the staging of the military conference in Belgrade, Tadić assessed that the meetings constitute a contribution to democracy and expression of different stands as regards Serbia's security system.

He said that he considers important the fact that credible international institutions qualified Serbia as a country of political freedoms, Tadić said, and recalled that the analysis drafted by Freedom House organization confirmed this as well.

Noting that the protest is a part of a democratic procedure, Tadić underscored that it was a peaceful meeting and that he sees any democratic and legal expression of opinion as completely natural and as a new quality of Serbia's democratic system.

Tadić pointed out that protesters are "knocking on open doors" but that he has nothing against such a stand being voiced too.

"Serbia is a member of the Partnership for Peace program, that is the level of cooperation with the NATO our country and some other states have today," Tadić said.

He added that Serbia has reforms in the domain of the Defense Ministry which make the country's defense forces NATO inter-operable forces, which means that Serbia respects highest standards in the area of military organization.

"We did it all for our own sake, not because of the NATO, we did it because of the country's international credibility," Tadić said and recalled that Serbia is participating in many peacekeeping operations.

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