A new statute for Vojvodina31 October 2006
Tamaš Korhec said that the Vojvodina Parliament needs to develop a new statute as soon as possible.
Korhec, the Vojvodina Secretary for Administrations, Regulations and National Minorities, told Novi Sad daily Građanski List that the draft for the new Vojvodina statute should be developed by the end of the year, and added that the new statute will be more inclusive than the last one because Vojvodina has more jurisdiction under the newly confirmed Constitution.
He said that Vojvodina, under the new Serbian Constitution, can freely confirm its governmental institutions and their functions and jurisdiction.
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I couldn't find the English text with more details on this subject and what this new statute brings,so let me introduce you with the facts.
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina already has its flag,anthem,autonomous yearly budget,parliament and Executive Council(the executive organ of the Province).
Now,the new statute as supreme legal act of the province(just like the constitution in the republic) brings some changes.
The experts of governing Democratic Party brought us a new statute.
The Province now gets its own property,autonomous Judicial independence(courts will be independent),independent executive power(the Province now can bring its own laws!),the Executive Council transforms into Vojvodina's
Government with prime minister and other ministers on the top of the departures.It also gets the
Academy of Science and Arts!
All of these are elements of statehood!It has everything it needs to be a new state,it just miss the police and the army.But it will come as it was told by the ex-German ambassador in Serbia Andreas Zobel.
I'll quote now the definition of the Province(and potential state) as it is written in the stature:"Autonomous Province of all its citizens who lives in it,as integral part of Rep.of Serbia,created on special national,historical,cultural and other virtues of the region,as multinational,multicultural and multiconfessional democratic European region,integrated in the European order.
Link on Serbian>
http://www.dnevnik.co.yu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=43683