Tadić presents five-point presidential plan

Democratic Party (DS) presidential candidate Boris Tadic put forward his five-point plan. The plan is aimed at creating an economically developed Serbia able to complete the accession talks in five years. Tadic presents five-point presidential plan Speaking at the 13th Managers Forum in Belgrade, Tadic underlined that in the next five years, Serbia would be facing major challengers and that the state should therefore be governed by a person who had a clear development strategy until 2017. The first point of his plan refers to the EU integration process and envisages that the entry talks will commence by the year's end and be finished in five years, during which the reform process in all domains of society should also be completed. The second point covers the economic development based on agriculture, re-industrialization, foreign investments and exports. Expressed in figures, Serbia should double the share of exports in the gross domestic product in the next five years. The investment in education, as the third point of Tadic's plan, is a part of Serbia's economic recovery. “As a result, the number of highly educated people should also double for five years,” he added. “Education is a precondition for development, our goal is 6 percent of GDP for education,” Tadic stressed. The fourth point implies the completion of the fight against organized crime, and the implementation of comprehensive measures for combating corruption which means that all legal cases from the past must be settled, and the privatization process completed, and all dubious privatizations reviewed until 2017. The fifth point of the DS leader’s plan is solving of the frozen conflict in Kosovo in cooperation with the international community. “By accepting the situation of frozen conflict, we cannot progress. Having this in mind, I proposed the four-point plan, which implies neither partition nor recognition,” Tadic pointed out. He said that this plan envisaged a special status for northern Kosovo, a special status for Serbian churches and monasteries, wide local self-government and special security guarantees for the Serbs south of the Ibar River, as well as the resolution of issues related to the Serbian private and public assets that were taken away. According to the organizers, Tadic was invited to the panel organized by the Serbian Association of Managers as the person who deserves the most credit for foreign investments that Serbia has attracted in recent years. Boris Tadic (B92) Tanjug

Tadić presents five-point presidential plan

Speaking at the 13th Managers Forum in Belgrade, Tadić underlined that in the next five years, Serbia would be facing major challengers and that the state should therefore be governed by a person who had a clear development strategy until 2017.

The first point of his plan refers to the EU integration process and envisages that the entry talks will commence by the year's end and be finished in five years, during which the reform process in all domains of society should also be completed.

The second point covers the economic development based on agriculture, re-industrialization, foreign investments and exports.

Expressed in figures, Serbia should double the share of exports in the gross domestic product in the next five years.

The investment in education, as the third point of Tadić's plan, is a part of Serbia's economic recovery.

“As a result, the number of highly educated people should also double for five years,” he added.

“Education is a precondition for development, our goal is 6 percent of GDP for education,” Tadić stressed.

The fourth point implies the completion of the fight against organized crime, and the implementation of comprehensive measures for combating corruption which means that all legal cases from the past must be settled, and the privatization process completed, and all dubious privatizations reviewed until 2017.

The fifth point of the DS leader’s plan is solving of the frozen conflict in Kosovo in cooperation with the international community.

“By accepting the situation of frozen conflict, we cannot progress. Having this in mind, I proposed the four-point plan, which implies neither partition nor recognition,” Tadić pointed out.

He said that this plan envisaged a special status for northern Kosovo, a special status for Serbian churches and monasteries, wide local self-government and special security guarantees for the Serbs south of the Ibar River, as well as the resolution of issues related to the Serbian private and public assets that were taken away.

According to the organizers, Tadić was invited to the panel organized by the Serbian Association of Managers as the person who deserves the most credit for foreign investments that Serbia has attracted in recent years.