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Appeal to the Intellectuals of the World

by Obrad Savic

Dear friends and esteemed colleagues,

The Serbian Parliament have adopted a new Law on Universities. Allow us to remind you that the Law was passed by the MPs of the extreme left and right-wing political parties in Serbia (the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Yugoslav Left and the Serbian Radical Party).

These very parties form the majority coalition in the Serbian Parliament which controls the entire public, political, economical and cultural life of the country. According to the new, now already adopted Law on universities, the Serbian government appoints the chancellors and the deans, the members of the steering and supervisory boards, without any participation of the University professors whatsoever. Thus the legal, political, financial and professional autonomy of the University has been entirely abolished.

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