S odjecima “baršunaste revolucije u Čeholsovačkoj, u doba
čelništva Vaclava Havela,vizionara i državnika s kojim se svijet oprašta u
petak,23.prosinca,2011.,može se pomišljati i na slične primjere u još nekim
dijelovima Europe.
Ličnost srodnih vrlina,s vizijom i državničkim
vještinama,1.predsjednik neovisne države Makedonije,s dva puna predsjednička
mandata,gospodin Kiro Gligorov,danas u svojoj 95.godini života, evocira vrijeme
i uvjete nastajanja neovisne makedonske države, prve u povijesti toga
naroda,1991.
Kiro Gligorov
Macedonian: Киро Глигоров, pronounced [ˈkirɔ ˈɡliɡɔrɔf] , born May 3, 1917. was
the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Macedonia.
After the promotion of parliamentary democracy in the
country in 1990, he became the first democratically elected president of the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia on January 27, 1991. On April 16, 1991 the
parliament adopted the constitutional amendment for removing the
"Socialist" adjective from the official name of the country, and on
June 7 the same year, the new name Republic of Macedonia was officially
established, hence Gligorov continued his presidency as a President of the
Republic of Macedonia
He served for two terms, from January 27, 1991 to November
19, 1999. He was re-elected for his second term in office on November 19, 1994.
He led his country to independence proclaimed after the referendum held on
September 8, 1991 and tried to keep it out of the Yugoslav wars, a task made
difficult by disputes with the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia, Albania,
Bulgaria and Greece
who all faced separate issues with the country.
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Macedonia's
President Mulls Future
By Jovana Gec - Associated Press Writer
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) - As presidential elections
approach, Macedonia's
outgoing president fears nationalism and ethnic intolerance sweeping the
Balkans may endanger the future of the nation he led peacefully to independence
eight years ago.
Voters in this landlocked nation of 2 million people will
choose a new president Sunday to succeed Kiro Gligorov, 83, who led Macedonia to independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
In doing so, this ethnically mixed country of Slavs,
Albanians, Gypsies and others became the only former Yugoslav republic to leave
the Belgrade-led federation without bloodshed.
Macedonia's
long-term future, however, is far from assured. Many Macedonians fear that the
recent bloodshed in Kosovo and the continuing political turmoil in Serbia,
the main Yugoslav republic, may engulf their country once Gligorov has left
office.
In an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press,
Gligorov said he had been ``naive'' in believing that Macedonia could become a model of
ethnic tolerance in an ethnically intolerant region.
``I have, maybe naively, believed that a peaceful policy,
without participation in any war, and creation of an independent Macedonia, can
change something,'' Gligorov said. ``But I was proven wrong.''
He fears that extremists in the neighboring countries still
harbor ambitions of territorial expansion at Macedonia's expense.
``All our neighbors still live in their dreams of some
`greater states,' to say the least,'' Gligorov said. ``They all dream of their
ideas of a Greater Bulgaria, Greater Serbia, Greater Albania or Greater
Croatia.''
Gligorov said the tumult of the past decade - including
ethnic-based, secessionist wars in Slovenia,
Croatia, Bosnia and
Kosovo - raise serious questions about the future of all Balkan countries,
including his own.
``No one in the Balkans can be absolutely sure about the
future, because four wars happened here in only a few years,'' he said. ``All
nations are still rallied behind their national leaders, and nothing has
changed.''
Macedonia
is perhaps the most vulnerable country in the Balkans. All its neighbors - Serbia, Greece,
Bulgaria and Albania
- have historical claims on its territory that have been set aside in the
interest of regional peace, but not entirely forgotten.
Greece
even objected to the name ``Macedonia''
and imposed a four-year trade embargo that was lifted only after the government
here agreed to call the country officially the ``Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.''
Gligorov was seriously injured in a car-bombing in October
1995, in which he lost an eye. No one was ever charged in the terrorist attack.
During his tenure in office, some major issues have been
resolved and relations with Macedonia's
neighbors have improved. Others remain unresolved, however, including the
northern border with Yugoslavia's
republic Serbia.
Relations with Bulgaria
have not been completely normalized because the Bulgarians refused to recognize
Macedonia's
language, saying it is simply a dialect of Bulgarian.
In addition, the ethnic Albanian rebellion in Kosovo has
raised fears of a similar conflict in Macedonia, where its restive ethnic
Albanian minority has been demanding more rights, such as Albanian-language
universities and a special legal status.
With Gligorov leaving public life, many Macedonians fear for
the country's future. Although the presidency is mostly a ceremonial and
figurehead post, Gligorov's authority has been immense.
None of the six presidential candidates, including two ethnic
Albanians, are believed to have near the same following and stature.
Kiro Gligorov, tv
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