Citizens of Novi Sad, Let’s Get Our Act Together!!
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daily, reported the following on January 22 of this year on the web-site of the :
"The latest wave of nationalist incidents in Novi Sad and several other Vojvodina municipalities started during and continued after the Campaign for the early Parliamentary Elections of December 28, 2003. The ultranationalist Serb Radical Party won those Elections. This party (its leader Vojislav Seselj is currently in the Hague, where he is charged with war crimes in front of the ), became the strongest parliamentary party, and its biggest successes were in Vojvodina, save for the ten or so municipalities to the north of the province with majority Hungarian population… ...The latest wave of attacks and threats directed at the members of national minorities brings back the painful memories from the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the attempts of Seselj’s Radicals to “ethnically cleanse” Vojvodina. The brunt of the attacks were suffered by the Vojvodina Croat population, over 10,000 of whom were forced to leave their homes in June, July and August 1992. The worst was the incident in the village of Hrtkovci... The prominent sociologist and political analyst Jovan Komsic believes that the Radical triumph in Vojvodina may have potentially dangerous consequences. ‘Most of their voters did vote, for all practical purpose, for a Serbia that is in a state of constant war with its neighbours, having in mind that “Greater Serbia” remains the key point of the Radicals’ political platform’, he said for DNEVNIK...” We believe that this brief overview of the history of radicalism and extreme right should suffice as an introduction to he analysis why Vojvodina becomes a stronghold of people who have trust in war criminals and distrust the existence of the rule of law, justice and normal life. Increasingly more people believe in some sort of a miracle which will be created by some charismatic leader who will change everything with a single swipe of a sword (knife, spear, bayonet, etc.) and we will all live happily for ever after. In order to avoid spending the coming four years wondering what possessed us and what the hell were we thinking, a group of young people from Novi Sad started a campaign to animate the people to come out and vote in the second round of elections, scheduled for October 2. The campaign will last this whole week, and it will include various activities, starting from the celebration of the European Day of the Languages, street actions, public concerts and distribution of promotional material and public debates. The whole text of the “Citizens of Novi Sad, Let’s Get Our Act Together!” Campaign is available at the web site of Dnevnik daily, reported the following on January 22 of this year on the web-site of the IWPR: "The latest wave of nationalist incidents in Novi Sad and several other Vojvodina municipalities started during and continued after the Campaign for the early Parliamentary Elections of December 28, 2003. The ultranationalist Serb Radical Party won those Elections. This party (its leader Vojislav Seselj is currently in the Hague, where he is charged with war crimes in front of the ICTY), became the strongest parliamentary party, and its biggest successes were in Vojvodina, save for the ten or so municipalities to the north of the province with majority Hungarian population… ...The latest wave of attacks and threats directed at the members of national minorities brings back the painful memories from the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the attempts of Seselj’s Radicals to “ethnically cleanse” Vojvodina. The brunt of the attacks were suffered by the Vojvodina Croat population, over 10,000 of whom were forced to leave their homes in June, July and August 1992. The worst was the incident in the village of Hrtkovci... The prominent sociologist and political analyst Jovan Komsic believes that the Radical triumph in Vojvodina may have potentially dangerous consequences. ‘Most of their voters did vote, for all practical purpose, for a Serbia that is in a state of constant war with its neighbours, having in mind that “Greater Serbia” remains the key point of the Radicals’ political platform’, he said for DNEVNIK...” We believe that this brief overview of the history of radicalism and extreme right should suffice as an introduction to he analysis why Vojvodina becomes a stronghold of people who have trust in war criminals and distrust the existence of the rule of law, justice and normal life. Increasingly more people believe in some sort of a miracle which will be created by some charismatic leader who will change everything with a single swipe of a sword (knife, spear, bayonet, etc.) and we will all live happily for ever after. In order to avoid spending the coming four years wondering what possessed us and what the hell were we thinking, a group of young people from Novi Sad started a campaign to animate the people to come out and vote in the second round of elections, scheduled for October 2. The campaign will last this whole week, and it will include various activities, starting from the celebration of the European Day of the Languages, street actions, public concerts and distribution of promotional material and public debates. The whole text of the “Citizens of Novi Sad, Let’s Get Our Act Together!” Campaign is available at the web site of kuda.org Centre for New Media. |
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