PODGORICA, SARAJEVO -- The Montenegrin Social Democrats (SDP) claim to have managed to dissuade the SPS from requesting membership in the Socialist International (SI).
PODGORICA, SARAJEVO -- The Montenegrin Social Democrats (SDP) claim to have managed to dissuade the SPS from requesting membership in the Socialist International (SI).
Source: Tanjug
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"The SPS did not apply for the SI membership. Thus, the joint idea of the region's social democrats has been accomplished,” a statement from the party said.
The statement continues that this "confirmed that the SI, as the world’s largest association of political parties, still remains the guardian of values of social justice and peace in the region".
The regional initiative against the acceptance of the SPS into the SI was initiated by the leader of Social Democratic Party (SDP) of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zlatko Lagumdžija.
Last week, he sent letters to the members of the SI, in which he stated that his initiative received support from the SDP of Montenegro and the Macedonian Social-Democrats.
Lagumdžija wrote that, in his opinion, the SPS "must renounce all the wars that party’s founder and lifetime leader Slobodan Milošević started”, but added that it seemed as though the Serbian Socialists did not intend to do so.
The Bosnian politician believes this is evident in the coalition agreement the SPS struck with the Serb Radical Party (SRS) to form Belgrade's local government.
Montenegro’s SDP stated that it would support the application of its coalition partner, the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), to upgrade its status in the organization, from guest to full membership.
Other than on the SPS, Lagumdžija has also been focusing on the Republic of Srpska PM Milorad Dodik's Party of the Independent Social Democrats.
He has started proceedings with the SI Ethic Committee to expel this party from membership.
"Three years ago Dodik may have been a social-democrat”, Lagumdžija explained his reasons for the move, adding that Dodik’s party and the SPS "today look alike like twin brothers".
The "Socialist International" is anything but. It allows nationalist Bosniak and Croat parties to pursue this racist anti-Serb policy. It even allows outright dictatorships that shoot workers in the streets, like Egypt's National Democratic Party, to be members. What does the SPS have to do with any of the wars in the Balkans? Absolutely nothing. The Bosniaks refused to sign the Lisbon agreement which would have prevented war. Lagumdzija the hypocrite told Izetbegovic not to sign the Vance-Owen plan. The Bosnian and Croat parties should be apologizing for war and their coalition partners, not the SPS or the Serbs.
(Brian, 30 June 2008 19:42)
Well done social democrat parties of the Balkans. The SPS of Milosevic was a party of the ultra-right. You can't do years of coalitins with Seselj and the SRS, and carry out SRS policy, and be a party of social democracy, in any sense. If the SPS is reforming now, well done, but it's likely to ave along way to go.
(DimTuc, 30 June 2008 18:02)
Now I don't have any interest in defending SPS. I was never a supporter and think that Milosevic only brought grief to all peoples of former Yugoslavia.
However, I am not fond of these regional parties ganging up on SPS and expecting SPS to do a mea culpa confession.
SPS should reform but a gradual genuine reform is far better than a radical lie where they publically disown everything but privately believe something else.
(bganon, 30 June 2008 12:35)
Now I don't have any interest in defending SPS. I was never a supporter and think that Milosevic only brought grief to all peoples of former Yugoslavia.
However, I am not fond of these regional parties ganging up on SPS and expecting SPS to do a mea culpa confession.
SPS should reform but a gradual genuine reform is far better than a radical lie where they publically disown everything but privately believe something else.
(bganon, 30 June 2008 12:35)
The "Socialist International" is anything but. It allows nationalist Bosniak and Croat parties to pursue this racist anti-Serb policy. It even allows outright dictatorships that shoot workers in the streets, like Egypt's National Democratic Party, to be members. What does the SPS have to do with any of the wars in the Balkans? Absolutely nothing. The Bosniaks refused to sign the Lisbon agreement which would have prevented war. Lagumdzija the hypocrite told Izetbegovic not to sign the Vance-Owen plan. The Bosnian and Croat parties should be apologizing for war and their coalition partners, not the SPS or the Serbs.
(Brian, 30 June 2008 19:42)
Well done social democrat parties of the Balkans. The SPS of Milosevic was a party of the ultra-right. You can't do years of coalitins with Seselj and the SRS, and carry out SRS policy, and be a party of social democracy, in any sense. If the SPS is reforming now, well done, but it's likely to ave along way to go.
(DimTuc, 30 June 2008 18:02)
Well done social democrat parties of the Balkans. The SPS of Milosevic was a party of the ultra-right. You can't do years of coalitins with Seselj and the SRS, and carry out SRS policy, and be a party of social democracy, in any sense. If the SPS is reforming now, well done, but it's likely to ave along way to go.
(DimTuc, 30 June 2008 18:02)
Now I don't have any interest in defending SPS. I was never a supporter and think that Milosevic only brought grief to all peoples of former Yugoslavia.
However, I am not fond of these regional parties ganging up on SPS and expecting SPS to do a mea culpa confession.
SPS should reform but a gradual genuine reform is far better than a radical lie where they publically disown everything but privately believe something else.
(bganon, 30 June 2008 12:35)
The "Socialist International" is anything but. It allows nationalist Bosniak and Croat parties to pursue this racist anti-Serb policy. It even allows outright dictatorships that shoot workers in the streets, like Egypt's National Democratic Party, to be members. What does the SPS have to do with any of the wars in the Balkans? Absolutely nothing. The Bosniaks refused to sign the Lisbon agreement which would have prevented war. Lagumdzija the hypocrite told Izetbegovic not to sign the Vance-Owen plan. The Bosnian and Croat parties should be apologizing for war and their coalition partners, not the SPS or the Serbs.
(Brian, 30 June 2008 19:42)