Montenegro votes on secession

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Serb
Sure we have. Actually plan C is already in action.

Get plan D ready (and please don't post that picture of Brezhnev in a swimsuit again ).

[Serb]

It's not necessary, plan C is doing just fine.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by VetLegion
If European Union was realized by force, say by Hitler, you'd see it breaking up from inside at some point despite all countries being a part of same western "civilization".

Still can happen.

[Vince278]

Keep a plan E to Z on file just in case. Good thing the Russian alphabet has more letters than ours.

Oh, and Russia has a long ways to go before they can catch up to even our lowest level.

[Serb]

To catch up what exactly? The number of convicts? Budget deficit? National debt? "Wisdom" of the "dear leader"?

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Odin
Yugoslavia failed because it was on the boarders of three civilizations, Western Christian (Slovenia and Croatia), Orthodox Christian (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia), and Islam (Bosnia). You should read The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington, it gives a good argument why such states are not viable unless by the iron fist of a strongman despot like Tito.

I think that this is nonsense.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Serb
To catch up what exactly? The number of convicts? Budget deficit? National debt? "Wisdom" of the "dear leader"?

Nah, you already got us beat there.

[Serb]

Not at all. You are unchallenged leaders in those feilds.
Come on, who else have such smart-looking dear leader?

[Serb]

Only your lackeys perhaps. This guy is cool too.

[Cort Haus]

MONTENEGRO: 'UNIONISTS' LODGE 241 COMPLAINTS ON REFERENDUM RESULTS
AKI - May 25, 2006

Podgorica, 25 May (AKI) - The 'unionist bloc', which voted against Montenegro independence in Sunday's referendum, said on Thursday that it has lodged 241 complaints to municipal referendum commissions, claiming irregularities in the voting. A bloc leader Predrag Popovic said that the number of voters at contested polling places amounted to 120,000 and that it could change the final outcome of the referendum in which, according to preliminary results, "independists", led by Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic won 55.5 per cent of votes.

Popovic said the municipal referendum commissions have to rule on the complaints by nine o’clock today, after which the complaints go to republican referendum commission, chaired by Czech diplomat Frantisek Lipka.

The president of Podgorica municipal referendum commission Cedo Kaludjerovic said that 50 complaints were lodged in the capital itself, comprising 30,000 voters.

He said that the complaints were justified, but that the municipal commission would most likely not be able to reach a consensus decision, because both blocs are equally represented in the body. In such a case, complaints would go to republican commission in which Lipka’s voice would prevail.

The "unionists" have complained of irregularities mostly in ethnic Albanian populated areas, saying many voters came from abroad and voted illegally with false documents.

They also presented a list of 2,671 independence supporters, who reside in Serbia, but who voted in the referendum. Montenegro's election law banned some 300,000 Montenegrins living in Serbia from voting, suspecting they would oppose independence.

Another "unionist" leader, Predrag Bulatovic, said he had asked the European Union representative at the referendum, Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak, to intervene, because in many municipalities the "unionists" were denied access to electoral lists to determine irregularities. In ethnic Albanian town of Rozaje, where "unionists" claim gross violation, president of the local referendum went abroad and was unavailable, said Bulatovic.

"I appeal to you to intervene and make possible to our bloc to realize its right to check the election material, before things take undesirable turn," Bulatovic told Lajcak on Wednesday. "In case we don’t realize these rights, I’m afraid it might have negative effects on further developments in Montenegro," he warned.

Lajcak on Wednesday accused the "unionists" of "irresponsible behaviour" for insisting on irregularities. Lipka has to proclaim final official results on Tuesday, after which the unsatisfied party can appeal to Montenegro Constitutional court. But Popovic said they would not take that step, because there was no point appealing to the court controlled by Djukanovic. (Vpr/Aki)

It would be good to have a proper response to the unionists complaints, rather than dismissing the objections as "irresponsible behaviour"....