Constitution of Serbia

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The new Constitution of Serbia was approved by a referendum held during two days (October 28 and 29, 2006) in Serbia, and officially proclaimed by the Parliament of Serbia on 8 November 2006.[1]

It states that Kosovo is integral part of Serbian republic, in a manner different from old Titoist 1974 Yugoslav Serbian Constitution which granted broad autonomy and right to secession for the majority-Albanian-populated Serbian socialist autonomous republic.[2]

The referendum and the text of the new Serbian Constitution has been sharply criticized by International Crisis Group.[3]

Despite the drawbacks, European Union and OSCE endorsed the proposed changes. Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman of EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, stated that "(EU) positively assesses the fact that Serbia is changing the Constitution from the time of Slobodan Milošević".[4]

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  1. ^ Second special sitting of the national assembly of the republic of serbia in 2006. Parliament of Serbia website.
  2. ^ Russia: Is Putin Looking To Impose Solutions To Frozen Conflicts?, Radio Free Europe, 2 February 2006
  3. ^ Serbia’s new constitution: Democracy going backwards, ReliefWeb.com, 8 november 2006
  4. ^ Gallach: Eu Positively Assesses Adoption of New Serbian Constitution. Serbian Ministry of Foreign affairs bulletin (October 2, 2006).

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