Resolution on Kosovo adopted with 175 votes in favor
An hour after midnight in the night between Saturday and Sunday, the Serbian parliament adopted a resolution on Kosovo that provides that all future agreements with Pristina shall be in line with the document and that lays a special emphasis on establishing an autonomous community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Sunday, January 13, 2013
The resolution was adopted with 175 votes in favor, 19 against, no abstentions and two MPs absent from the vote.
It was backed by the MPs of the ruling coalition, the Democratic Party (DS) and the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) - Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) caucus.
The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) MPs voted against the document.
The original draft was amended with three recommendations proposed by the Serbian parliament's Committee on Kosovo, which were agreed on at a joint meeting of the Serbian president and prime minister with heads of parliamentary groups.
The MPs rejected a total of 15 amendments proposed by the DS and the DSS, and the DS withdrew an amendment of theirs on their own.
During one of the two sessions that the Serbian government held in the parliament building Saturday, it took the 'confidential' tag off the platform for talks with the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina, which secured the DS support of the document.
The platform for political talks with the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina provides that any solution to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina has to be in line with the Constitution and UN Security Council Resolution 1244. It also stresses that Serbia will not recognize Kosovo's independence.
The starting point in the dialogue with Pristina is that any solution concerning either general or particular questions about a temporary, interim or final status of the province, the position of the Serbs or the protection of religious and cultural heritage, shall be in accordance with the Serbian Constitution and UN Resolution 1244, states the platform.
The debate in the Serbian parliament lasted more than 14 hours.
It was backed by the MPs of the ruling coalition, the Democratic Party (DS) and the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) - Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) caucus.
The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) MPs voted against the document.
The original draft was amended with three recommendations proposed by the Serbian parliament's Committee on Kosovo, which were agreed on at a joint meeting of the Serbian president and prime minister with heads of parliamentary groups.
The MPs rejected a total of 15 amendments proposed by the DS and the DSS, and the DS withdrew an amendment of theirs on their own.
During one of the two sessions that the Serbian government held in the parliament building Saturday, it took the 'confidential' tag off the platform for talks with the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina, which secured the DS support of the document.
The platform for political talks with the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina provides that any solution to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina has to be in line with the Constitution and UN Security Council Resolution 1244. It also stresses that Serbia will not recognize Kosovo's independence.
The starting point in the dialogue with Pristina is that any solution concerning either general or particular questions about a temporary, interim or final status of the province, the position of the Serbs or the protection of religious and cultural heritage, shall be in accordance with the Serbian Constitution and UN Resolution 1244, states the platform.
The debate in the Serbian parliament lasted more than 14 hours.
