.: Montenegrin Parliament extends public debate on proposed constitution

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Montenegrin Parliament extends public debate on proposed constitution

April 26, 2007

PODGORICA, Montenegro -- Parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday (April 25th) to extend public debate on the new draft constitution, from May 4th to May 28th. The decision was in response to separate requests from NGOs who say further discussion would contribute to the quality of the document. Two ethnic Albanian lawmakers are also proposing that the bill be released in the Albanian language also.

Separately, a delegation from the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory arm for legal matters, visited Podgorica on Wednesday. Meeting with Prime Minister Zeljko Sturanovic, Commission Deputy Secretary Tomas Markert reiterated that the panel is willing to provide any assistance necessary regarding the new constitution.

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Anonymous said...: its ridiculous!!; 11:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Vaseli, Bardhi and Dinosha should stop wasting their time about the Albanian version of teh constitution and worry about what is in the constitution. I can translate the damn constitution into Albanian for them.

If significant rights for Albanians are not mentioned in the constitution then our (elected) leaders have failed and someone should assassinate all three of them!; 12:06 PM
Anonymous said...: Woah! Assassination? Do they even deserve to be assassinated? When I think of that I think of Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, RFK and the like.

How about someone just kidnap all three of them, dress them up as Al Qaeda and drop them off in front of the White House? Then we will see how far they get.; 7:56 PM

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New York Times article published May 21, 1911

"ALBANIAN JOAN OF ARC: Handsome Heroine Takes Father's Place and Vanquishes Turks" – Cetinja, May 21, 1911 - A young girl, whose first name corresponds to that of the given name of the Maid of Orleans, is now being sung in the songs of the Montenegrin bards in the inns and coffee houses in Podgorica. When at the battle of Vranje last week, her father, the hereditary commander of his clan, fell, she immediately stepped to his place and led the Martinajs to victory against the Turks. Aside from the romantic phase of the affair, for Janitza Martinaj (Tringa e Grudes) is very beautiful, the battle is important as showing that the Montenegrins on the frontier had joined with the Albanians. According to a person who is well acquainted with her, this new Joan of Arc is “a tall, handsome, well-developed young woman. All the Albanian women are brave, and are trained from their girlhood to the use of firearms, and in times of war, as there are no mules, they carry the provisions and ammunition for their soldiers and go into the firing line to distribute them.” “And are sometimes killed?” “Yes, often that happens.” Janitza would probably have carried a Martini rifle; or, as many of the Marininis were collected last year by the Turks, her weapon may perhaps have been one of the old-fashioned Albanian rifles, which are handsomely decorated with silver and have very long, narrow barrels. Shooting is almost the only amusement of the young men and women in Albania. Both boys and girls learn to shoot when they are 12 years old. At weddings the parties amuse themselves by dancing and shooting: at christenings shootings is again the principal amusement – firing at large targets for some little prize – and at festivals there is shooting all day long. It’s one of the great difficulties that Turks have to contend with, for it is part of the national life; the people use their rifles by day and sleep with them by their side by night. The custom has grown up with the prevailing insecurity from vendettas at home and border troubles abroad. Physically, the Albanians are the finest race in Europe. Their women are handsome, with dark hair, though their eyes are sometimes gray. To see them walk is a delight. We like to see the ballet in Servia. The first time I saw the Albanians walk it gave me just the same pleasure. Their movements are so graceful, elegance and strength together. Yes, they are a very fine and very gifted race. They are like the Scots in the 17th century, and they will be by and by the finest race, intellectually as well as physically, in the Balkans. If you go to Constantinople you will find that many of the finest men, not only soldiers but also statesmen are Albanians. Their fault, due to their present degree of civilization, is that they cannot grasp the idea of State. The clan is their highest organization; they are unable to see the importance of combining the clan with the higher organization of making a state. But that will come.

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Montenegrin Parliament extends public debate on proposed constitution

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