Multiethnic towns would have bicameral assemblies. All the citizens would be represented in one chamber while the representatives of ethnic communities would sit in the other chamber. The representatives of ethnic communities would have the right to veto those decisions that endanger rights of some of the communities. The Provincial Parliament would also be bicameral, while a third of deputies from Kosovo in the Serbian Parliament would be Serbs. Thus their interests would also be protected on the national level.
"Such practice already exists in the lower chamber of the Federal Parliament where Montenegro has 30 deputies although, based on the number of inhabitants, it should have only 6," said Kosta Cavoski, the author of the project's legal part.
All cantonal regulations proposed by the provincial Parliament would be adopted and enacted by the Serbian Parliament, while the president of Serbia would arbitrate in disputes between the two parliaments and have the right to veto decisions of the Provincial Parliament in case of endangered internal and external security and a violation of its jurisdiction.
"Similar solutions proved to be successful in Spain, Switzerland and other countries. Although we differ from them by a lack of democracy, this project is applicable regardless of who is in power in our country," said Batakovic, adding that it is necessary to present a Serb proposal for the solution of the Kosovo crisis as soon as possible because "according to the predictions of foreign analysts, NATO troops will arrive to Kosovo in three to five months".
Journalists were informed that the project was sent to all the government institutions two weeks earlier but that no reply had been received in the meantime. To the question whether he expected a reaction from the regime to, as they said, a proposal of experts, Batakovic replied that he didn't. His comment: "I do not think highly about the present authorities. They are responsible for everything that has happened to us in recent years".