Belgrade
October 3, 2000

STATEMENT

In regard of events connected with the local elections, and
elections of members of the Federal Parliament of Yugoslavia,
and of the President of Yugoslavia that took place on
24 September 2000, the Yugoslav Sociological Association
expresses strong protest due to breaking the elementary rules
of democratic procedure by some institutions of the actual regime.
Since the people of Yugoslavia are facing a grand historical
turn nowadays, hopefully towards a modern democratic society,
the YSA appeals to all actors on the Yugoslav political scene,
particularly to President Slobodan Milosevic and his entourage,
to act in accordance with democratic principles and moral
responsibility that the principles imply. Otherwise, the whole
situation in the country might turn into an unpredictable,
even horrible direction.

Presidency of the Yugoslav Sociological Association

Yugoslav Sociological Association
Studentski trg 1,
11000 Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
Phone: ++381 11 637 115
E-mail:    ysa@afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu
               ysa@f.bg.ac.yu