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Formal government session held in Voljavca monastery
Kragujevac,
28 August 2005
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and government members held a formal government session in Voljavca monastery, dedicated to the Serbian government’s 200th anniversary. Kostunica said that the Serbian government is facing a problem of creating a state, even 200 years after its founding.
Addressing the people gathered in front of the monastery, where on today’s date, the first Serbian government’s session took place, Kostunica said that the ancestors’ messages can be applied even nowadays, and pointed out that for a nation to have a future, it must have a well-structured state.
Following the formal session, which was closed for the public and attended by most of the ministers, Kostunica pointed out that without a country and the country’s clearly defined borders, there is also no economy. He added that a country cannot be of any kind and that an individual’s or a group’s will must not be above the law, and that the law must be above them.
Talking about Serbia’s international position, Kostunica said that Serbia must even today, just as 200 years ago, fight for its status but without losing its identity.
In today’s circumstances, which are similar to those back in 1805, a consensus is necessary for accomplishing Serbia-Montenegro’s main goals, or as stated in the early days “discipline and harmony,” said the Prime Minister.
Following the formal session, which was closed for the public and attended by most of the ministers, Kostunica pointed out that without a country and the country’s clearly defined borders, there is also no economy. He added that a country cannot be of any kind and that an individual’s or a group’s will must not be above the law, and that the law must be above them.
Talking about Serbia’s international position, Kostunica said that Serbia must even today, just as 200 years ago, fight for its status but without losing its identity.
In today’s circumstances, which are similar to those back in 1805, a consensus is necessary for accomplishing Serbia-Montenegro’s main goals, or as stated in the early days “discipline and harmony,” said the Prime Minister.
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle served this morning the archpriest liturgy in Voljavca monastery, and a memorial service to Karadjorje’s warriors was held by the Bishop of Sumadija Jovan.
A theatrical performance “Head on shoulders” was presented as part of the celebration of the founding of the first Serbian government Praviteljsstvujusci Sovjet Srpski. Actors from the Kragujevac theatre “Joakim Vujic” performed dramatic texts about the first Serbian government.
A theatrical performance “Head on shoulders” was presented as part of the celebration of the founding of the first Serbian government Praviteljsstvujusci Sovjet Srpski. Actors from the Kragujevac theatre “Joakim Vujic” performed dramatic texts about the first Serbian government.
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