Current Federal Assembly Seats:

Kosovo Socialist Party - 40
Democratic Alliance - 24
Serbian Radical Party - 15
Conservative Party - 11
Independants - 3

Description of Political Parties and Candidates

Socialist Party of Kosovo:

Economy: heavy regulation, pro-union, nationalization of major industries, limited free-market
Environment: should be protected, but balanced w/ economic needs
Foreign Policy: international cooperation w/o joining major organizations
Education: strong support for public schools w/ equal opportunity for all students
Moral Values: pro-choice, anti-death penalty, anti-gay marriage
Social Issues: supports welfare, pensions for the elderly, and disability pensions, pro-nationalized healthcare
Religion: supports separation of church and state, against tax breaks for religious institutions
Language: supports Serbo-Croatian and Albanian as official languages
Military: supports re-armament, supports 2 years compulsory service or public service, against nuclear weapons
Energy: opposed to nuclear power plants

Candidate: Aleksandar Vucinic, 38 years old, former Army officer
Notes: This is the incumbent party and is seen as a moderate Socialist party although slightly pro-Serb. Vucinic is a respected candidate but has little political experience.

Democratic Alliance of Kosovo:

Economy: limited or moderate regulation, pro-union, opposed to nationalization, free-market westernized
Environment: should be protected, but balanced w/ economic needs
Foreign Policy: supports joining the UN and Balkans groups
Education: strong support for public schools w/ equal opportunity for all students
Moral Values: pro-choice, anti-death penalty, anti-gay marriage
Social Issues: supports welfare, pensions for the elderly, and disability pensions, pro-nationalized healthcare
Religion: supports separation of church and state
Language: supports Serbo-Croatian and Albanian as official languages
Military: supports all volunteer military, limited re-armament
Energy: opposed to nuclear power plants

Candidate: Nasiha Ramiz, 52 years old, Prime Minister under the current administration
Notes: This party is similiar to the Socialist Party but is seen as slightly pro-Albanian Muslim. Ramiz is respected as a moderate PM. The fact that she is both a female and a Muslim may hurt her with some Serb voters.

Conservative Party of Kosovo:

Economy: free-market, westernized economy w/ little govt. regulation and large incentives for corporations
Environment: should not be protected at the expense of the economy
Foreign Policy: favors cooperation without entanglement, anti-UN
Education: supports parental choice and funding for private schools
Moral Values: pro-life, pro-capital punishment, anti-gay marriage
Social Issues: opposes welfare, limited pensions for disabled and elderly, against nationalized health care
Religion: supports faith based charities and tax breaks for religious institutions
Language: supports Serbo-Croatian and Albanian as official languages
Military: supports re-armament, pro-nuclear weapons
Energy: supports nuclear power plants

Candidate: Zoran Terzic, 47 years old, multi-millionaire business executive
Notes: This party is a free-market capitalism party whose emphasis on personal initiative and responsibility is seen as harsh and uncaring by some. Terzic and other party leaders have been accused of unscrupulous business activities, although nothing has been officially proven.

Serbian Radical Party:

Economy: limited or moderate regulation, pro-union, opposed to nationalization, free-market westernized
Environment: should not be protected at the expense of the economy
Foreign Policy: favors cooperation without entanglement, anti-UN
Education: supports public schools with strong emphasis on Serbian culture and language
Moral Values: pro-life, pro-death penalty, anti-gay marriage
Social Issues: supports welfare, pensions for the elderly, and disability pensions, pro-nationalized healthcare
Religion: strong ties to the Serbian Orthodox Church
Language: Serbian
Military: supports re-armament, nuclear weapons
Energy: supports nuclear power plants

Candidate: Mico Savanovic, 59 years old, experienced politician and bureaucrat
Notes: This party is strongly pro-Serb and is resented by some, although the party promises to protect the rights of minorities. Savanovic is a career politician and was a minor official in the Communist Party before the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Serbian Renewal Movement:

An offshoot of the Serbian Radical Party, the Serbian Renewal Movement seeks to install a member of the Serbian royal family in a constitutional monarchy. The parties stance on the issues is similiar in other areas to the Serbian Radical Party.

Candidate: Nico Stjepovic, 49 years old, successful international attorney
Notes: This party has gained suprising support in recent weeks. Even some non-Serbs see the installation of a figure head monarch with limited power as a positive move.

Green Party of Kosovo:

Economy: supports environmentally sound economic policy
Environment: supports strong protectionist policies
Foreign Policy: supports joining international bodies
Education: supports public schools
Moral Values: pro-choice, anti-death penalty, pro-gay marriage
Social Issues: supports welfare, pensions for the elderly, and disability pensions, pro-nationalized healthcare
Religion: separation of church and state
Language: Serbo-Croatian and Albanian
Military: small military, anti-nuclear weapons
Energy: supports environmentally

Candidate: Leonard Toska, 57 years old, biology professor and environmental activist
Notes: Toska is well respected for his work in improving the enviroment but the Green Party is still seen as somewhat radical, despite their move towards the center on most issues.

Communist Worker's Party:

The Communist Worker's Party is a Marxist-Leninist party.

Candidate: Slobodan Spiric, 44 years old, coal mine union foreman
Notes: This party is primarily supported by older citizens who rely on government assistance and some members of the trade unions. Most Kosovars see it as archaic and outdated.

National People's Party:

The National People's Party is an ultra-right wing, fascist party that lacks a clear platform.

Candidate: Petar Zegic, 46 years old, former construction worker
Notes; Most citizens are highly suspicious of Zegic and his small group of loyal followers. His party is seen as little more than a platform for him to assume power. He is an energetic speaker and his followers have been accused of using intimidation tactics in previous elections.

Balkan nation votes will equal 50% of the final results. Thank you for supporting the democratic process in Srpska Kosovo.

Democratic Alliance of Kosovo:
Sensibly moderate, however we feel they are mistaken about the U.N. Morally speaking we have our doubts. How can they encourage U.N. involvement and believe they will have a say as to what is and isn't moral for their country? Naivete. Lastly, we applaud their desire to provide health care for all, however, how will they pay for it when they are busy supporting the non-productive element of their society(welfare)?

Conservative Party of Kosovo:
The conservatives here, clearly have the best grasp of what dealings with the U.N. should be. Far be it from us to criticize an industrious spirit, but industrial progress should create human opportunity. Is there truly no place for nationalized healthcare? Morally, we are cut from the same cloth: nurture and protect the child, punish and execute those with no regard for life, and lastly, do not undermine traditional morals that have brought us this far.

Serbian Radical Party:
Sounds good...but...we have concerns that perhaps minority rights will not be protected. We would like to hear more of the Savanovic platform before we can decide.

Well I kind of went with the Socialists, because they tend to be closest to the views of Zahumlje and have been good allies, although we like Nasiha a lot, she's nice, and we hopoe she can have a cabint post whoever has the future government.
We hope the voters in Srpska Kosovo will reject the more extreme forms of Nationalist ideology.

OOC: sorry, what?

And what about gay marriage?

We support the Consevative Party. Their ideals of free enterprise, and personal freedom and responsibility, are very close to our ideals.

OOC: Sorry about the confusion. The Conservative Party is against abortion, for the death penalty, and against gay marriage. I edited the post.

We have come to a decision:

We consider the Serbian Radical Party at best, a gamble.

Our people seem to have moral values that are consistent with the Conservatives.

In the end, we have decided to cast our vote in favor of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo candidate Nasiha Ramiz. We feel that in the long run, they will see the inherent problem in joining the U.N. Most importantly, we see their economic and social view closer to the center and more moderate than the Conservatives.

For a nation to be great, the people must be industrious, and each man should be rewarded according to his industriousness, nevertheless, the successful industry of the nation should result in the general betterment of conditions for ALL.

We would urge voters to give the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, a good look before voting for anyone else.

Nasiha Ramiz for President!

Slavpo voted for The Conservative Party of Kosovo-Metohija.

Go Green party! Whoohoo! Edessia would like to personally welcome the Srpska Kosovo presidential administration to Edessia's capital, Edessa. We would like to celebrate their efforts to forward the democratic process and join globalism. We also support the Green party because:

1. Pro-Welfare, Pro-Disability pensions(coming form a conservative, thats a strong opinion)

2. Environmentally sound economic desicisions, a more centrist pary, neither sacrificing environment or economics and Anti Death penalty and Pro-Gay. Things we believe in.

We see the Green party as being very good on all levels and are most pleased with the Green party out of all the other parties running for election, thank you for your time! i hope this works out!


PS: I was torn between Conservatives and Greens, but they were pro capital punishment, my nation is not and they were anti-gay marriage, but i have proposed a repeal to the last resolution because beastiality is wrong. There are two other resolutions that support gays already so that new was un-neccasry, i think its possible for conservatives ideologically to vote Green. I urge the conservative and right-of-center nations to vote Green!

OOC: it's a pity you don't have any even remotely libertarian parties on your list. But, I guess, such is life. Let it be conservatives then.

Perejaslawl: The Libertarian Party (or something similar) is relatively unknown in Srpska Kosovo at this time. Perhaps one will be formed in time for the next elections. The Conservatives are loosely based on a slightly less right wing version of the US Republican Party.

Edessia: I'm glad the Green Party will get some representation - they have some good ideas.

Ramostan: Ramiz is a solid choice and her party platform is pretty moderate.

Zahumlje: The platforms of the Socialists and Democrats are very close. There has even been talk of merging the two parties but a few issues, like the UN for one, and some procedural questions held up the discussions. If the Socialists win, there is no reason to believe that Ramiz won't be offered the post of PM again.

Thank you to everyone who has voted so far. It looks like its going to be a close race.

Who are the citizens of Srpska Kosovo going to vote for, or who does it at least look like it'll be?

The latest poll results for Srpska Kosovo:

Socialist Party 23%
Democratic Alliance 19%
Conservative Party 17%
Serbian Radical Party 4%
Serbian Renewal 12%
Green Party 6%
Communist Worker's Party 2%
National People's Party 6%
undecided / no response 10%

Poll based on 1800 telephone interviews with an error margin of +/- 3%.

At this point, 2 weeks before the actual elections, it seems to be a close race between the Socialists, Democrats, Conservatives, and suprisingly the pro-monarchy Serbian Renewal Movement. Telephone polls are notoriously unreliable however. The Green Party, CWP, and NPP are all definite long shots, but it's hard to tell at this point. Early voting will continue until the 11th with the official election day on the 15th.

For anyone that has not voted, tommorrow is the last day. I will calculate the results tommorrow evening. Thank you for voting.

Srpska Kosovo 2004 Election Results

Federal Assembly (320 seats)

Conservative Party of Kosovo 20.14% 64 seats
Socialist Party of Kosovo 19.37% 62 seats
Democratic Alliance of Kosovo 19.14% 61 seats
Green Party of Kosovo 14.05% 45 seats
National People’s Party 12.05% 39 seats
Serbian Renewal Movement 07.00% 22 seats
Serbian Radical Party 05.00% 16 seats
Communist Worker’s Party 03.25% 11 seats

Presidential Election

Aleksandar Vucinic, Socialist Party 38.40%
Zoran Terzic, Conservative Party 22.10%
Nasiha Ramiz, Democratic Alliance 17.38%
Leonard Toska, Green Party 07.75%
Petar Zegic, People’s National Party 07.25%
Nico Stjepovic, Serbian Renewal Movement 04.00%
Mico Savanovic, Serbian Radical Party 02.32%
Slobodan Spiric, Communist Worker’s Party 00.80%

Aleksandar Vucinic’s Victory Speech

12.15.2004

Today the people of our nation have spoken with a resounding voice. They have spoken in affirmation of the Socialist Party and its values. They have spoken in affirmation of worker’s rights. They have spoken in affirmation of universal health care. They have spoken in favor of progressive education and care for our children. They have spoken in affirmation of sound foreign policy based upon international cooperation. They have spoken in affirmation of support for elderly and disabled Kosovars. They have spoken in favor of me, Aleksandar Vucinic, as the next President of the Republic of Srpska Kosovo.

(interrupted by loud cheering)

As a nation, we still face many obstacles. Too much of our nation’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while too many of our citizens go hungry. Too many of our middle class families are crippled by taxation while rich executives and corporations use loopholes in the tax code to avoid their patriotic duty. Too many of our young people turn to crime out of desperation and hopelessness. Too much of our landscape has been paved over to make way for new industry. We must, and we will, under my administration, address these problems.

As Kosovars, we can never forget the tragedies of our past. Unless we learn from and remember that past, we are destined to repeat it. Unity is our strength and unity is our only hope. I ask all Kosovars, regardless of faith, ethnicity, or cultural affiliation to work together with me to build a new future for Kosovo. I pledge to work hand in hand with the other parties and I ask them for their cooperation as we move forward together.

(interrupted by again by loud cheering)

Fellow citizens, I leave you with this thought this evening. We are a nation of unique cultural diversity with a rich heritage. We must stand together as one, under the banner of universal rights and Socialism. If we are to survive as a nation, unity is our only option. I will do everything in my power to make my dream of a prosperous, peaceful Kosovo where all citizens are equally valued, a reality. May God bless Srpska Kosovo. Thank you and good night.

The Thracian government congratulates Mr. Vucinic for his election victory and expresses its confidence that the very good relations between Srpska Kosovo and Thracia will continbue at the same level during his presidency.

Excellencies: Her Majesty's Government congradulates Mr. Vucinic on his victory. We hope to maintain the thus far excellent relations with our neighbors in Srpska Kosovo, which thus far have prevailed.
Best Wishes
Imam Hodza Nasrudin
Foreign Minister Zahumlje

President Craven sends his congratulations to President-elect Vucinic!

Your victory encourages Socialists everywhere!

Seeing democracy work is always a pleasing sight. To our dear Srpska Kosovo: Slavpo congratulates your new President and government and we here know the Srpski people chose wisely and chose altruistically. A toast to democracy and to President Vucinic! Cheers!

Thank you to everyone that contributed by voting and to those that have posted messages of congratulations. The Inauguration will be on January 17th. All nations of the Balkans are invited to send their heads of state or their representatives. As we approach the Inauguration, I will start a seperate thread. Thanks again.

The inauguration has been delayed until Friday, January 21st.