Pupovac told Hina that the SNV would meet at an assembly on Saturday at which it would become the coordinating body of Serb national minority councils, in line with the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities. This law makes it possible for more than a half of councils of a certain national minority to establish a coordinating body as part of county assemblies.
Such a coordinating body is established on the national level and it decides, among other things, about the use of minority symbols and ways minority holidays are marked.
With the consent of the Council for National Minorities, the coordinating body can also decide on the flag and anthem of a national minority. In that case, the minority would be able to display its own flag, along with the Croatian flag, and it would have to play the Croatian national anthem before its own anthem.
Plaski municipal head Radmila Medakovic confirmed that the implementation of the decision to rename street names had been postponed, explaining that the reason was the proximity of local elections.
Asked if streets would be given new names by the new municipal council, Medakovic answered in the negative, adding that the decision of the Plaski Municipal Council would take effect on July 1, but that the new council could make a different decision.
The SNV request for the Council to hold yesterday's session was signed by SNV president Pupovac. The SNV said it had proposed the postponement because of the general social context and public reactions, as well as to allow the SNV to transform into the national coordinating body of the Serb national minority.
The Plaski Municipal Council's decision was postponed also to make it possible to carry out consultations and take a unanimous stand on the national level and decide on the symbols of the Serb national minority.