SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF RENEWED DEMOCRACY IN SERBIA

Belgrade, 4 October 2007 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II wishes to remind everyone that 5 October is the seventh anniversary of renewed democracy in Serbia and that democracy must be preserved as our greatest asset, for the benefit of all citizens.

The Crown Prince is a very ardent defender of democracy and human rights.

His Royal Highness met regularly with the democratic opposition and voiced support domestically and international for them. Since 1989 to rally opposition against the regime of Slobodan Milosevic Crown Prince Alexander put pressure on the regime in helping his people shake off the legacy of decades of dictatorship and remove Slobodan Milosevic.

The Crown Prince conducted concentrated meetings and maintained regular contact with the democratic opposition and democrats throughout the former Yugoslavia.

In November 1999 the Crown Prince convened a large conference in Budapest for the Democratic Opposition to intensify opposition against the regime.

In January 2000 another symposium took place in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska.

In April 2000, the Crown Prince convened a large key conference in Athens that proved to be paramount for the democratic opposition in providing unity and coordination against the regime.

The Crown Prince has been a tireless contributor in the process of co-operation and unity amongst the democratic political parties to make his homeland a great democracy for all citizens regardless of political belief, religion or ethnic origin. Our young democracy is our greatest asset and it must serve for the benefit of each and every one of our citizens.

Crown Prince Alexander also reminds everyone that Serbia has had a flourishing democracy during the reign of His Majesty King Peter I Karadjordjevic.

Since 1804, Serbia was under different types of dictatorship and totalitarian regimes for more than 170 years and only 33 years of democracy out of which 27 years in Constitutional Parliamentary Monarchy with Crown Prince Alexander’s ancestors.