Photos: AP Photo/Sergei GritsThe community of Serbian municipalities, with its disconnected territory, would resemble Gagauzia, an autonomous territorial unit in Moldova
The Community of Serbian Municipalities has not yet been formed, and according to the analysis of the Institute for Politics and Economy of Southeast Europe, there is still no applicable solution. Cyprus, South Tyrol, but now also the Moldovan autonomous region of Gagauzia are mentioned as models.
of the Institute for Politics and Economy of Southeast Europe believes that one of the most sensitive issues is the preservation of ethnic identity and linguistic peculiarities, but also finding a balance between the majority and the minority.
Although the ZSO would resemble Gagauzia with its disconnected territory, it would have a far smaller scope of authority than any of the aforementioned autonomy.
Gagauzia (officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia) is a region located in the south of Moldova. The name comes from the Gagauz, a Turkic people thought to be most likely descended from the Seljuk Turks.
Although they were originally Muslims, the Gagauz today are mostly Orthodox Christians, respect the Russian Orthodox Church and have a long tradition of supporting pro-Russian parties.
The Republic of Gagauzia was briefly unrecognized between 1990 and 1994. It was proclaimed at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The president of the republic was Stepan Topal, and the capital was Komrat. After negotiations with the government of Moldova, it was transformed into an autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia and integrated into the political system of Moldova.
The autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia was formed in 1994 by the official Moldova, after the resolution of the conflict that led to the secession of this region in the early nineties. The territory of this autonomy is not unique, but consists of several mutually separate municipalities (enclaves).
Autonomy is guaranteed by the Constitution of Moldova and the special Law on Autonomy, which foresees the possibility of secession of Gagauzia in the event of a change in the state status of Moldova (that is, its unification with Romania).
This region has an Assembly (People's Assembly), an Executive Council (committee) and a president (called a baškan) who represents the region, but is also a member of the central government in Chisinau, which is a very unusual solution.
The competence of the Assembly includes science, culture, education, housing and communal services, health care, physical culture and sports, as well as local budgetary, financial and tax activities, economy, ecology, labor relations and social insurance.
However, Gagauzia does not have a separate judicial system, but it is unique throughout the territory of the Republic of Moldova.
The Gagauz, Moldavian and Russian languages are in official use, which are used equally in this region, which aims to preserve the Gagauz distinctiveness, the Moldavian minority and the Russian-language traditions from the Russian and Soviet era.
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According to the analysis of the Institute for Politics and Economy of Southeast Europe - none. Maybe it would be to some extent Gagouzia and much more - Northern Cyprus, which is not bad to know before Vidovdan when, according to the media, it is expected that the Serbs will independently form the ZSO
