He orchestrated a campaign to deprive the Montenegrins from achieving their independence. That is because Javier Solana does not believe in democracy and the right of each nation to its self determination.
Why?
Javier Solana is a Spaniard, and as a Spaniard he could forsee that an eventual triumph by the pro-independence Montenegrins could provide other occupied nations within Europe with the legal frame to demand their own independence from the mega-nations that today occupy their territories depriving millions of Europeans with the right to be what they want to be.
Solana operates in favor of countries that cling to their "glorious" colonialist past. His own Spain, France and England, to mention some examples, keep nations like Corsica, Euskal Herria, Scotland et al from reaching a statehood that would give them full representation in the international arena.
Montenegro's brave push for independence also debunks the myth that self determination only takes place in backwards continents like Latin America, Africa and Asia, not in enlightened and sofisticated Europe.
The montenegrinos demolished the lie by many nay-sayers from the USA and Europe that the status quo is to be honored to ensure peace and stability. Them, the ones that say no to the dream of entire nations to become what they want to be, say that there is no practical reasons for small nations to demand statehood, that they are better off as part of a larger nation.
Too bad freedom can not be kidnapped with the fake promise of economic benefits.
Yesterday was a great day for humankind, a great day for the Europeans that still believe in true democracy and freedom.
Too bad Milosevid was not around to see the Montenegrins choose freedom and independence.
Hopefully José María Aznar will be around to see a free Euskal Herria, an independent Catalunya and a Galiza allowed to obtain its self determination. Hopefully the pocket-francoist will see this from a prison cell in The Hague, for his crimes against the Basque people.
Congratulations Montenegro!
Here you have a note regarding this great day:
Montenegrins back independence in referendum
By Ellie Tzortzi
Mon May 22, 8:57 AM ET
Montenegrins have voted for independence in a wafer-thin referendum victory that will sever an almost century-old union with Serbia and close the final chapter in the story of Yugoslavia.
The referendum commission said on Monday 55.4 percent of Sunday's votes were in favor of ending union with Serbia, according to a preliminary count. The EU had set a target of 55 percent for recognition. Turnout was 86.3 percent.
The early projections triggered a wave of celebration in the capital Podgorica -- flags, fireworks and the occasional semi-automatic weapons fire -- that continued all night.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana welcomed the "successful" referendum, saying the EU would respect the outcome. "It seems that the process was orderly and we have to congratulate everybody for that," Solana said, adding that the turnout confirmed the referendum's legitimacy.
The mountainous republic on the Adriatic Sea has about 650,000 people.
Independence advocates say it has a better chance of development and EU membership on its own than in a dysfunctional union with Serbia, which has a population 7.5 million.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic claimed victory for his independence drive in the early hours of the morning.
"By a majority decision of the citizens of Montenegro, the independence of the country has been renewed," he told supporters cheering the climax of his decade-long campaign to restore the independence Montenegro last enjoyed in 1918.
"We've got our state," he said.
PROJECT YUGOSLAVIA
Analysts say the moribund union could hardly be any looser. The two republics already have different laws and currencies and their joint parliament hardly ever meets.
The result will close the final chapter in the story of Yugoslavia, which fell apart in the early 1990s. Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia all fought to be free. Only Macedonia left without a shot fired.
"Yesterday we witnessed the end of project Yugoslavia, which was formed at the time with good intentions," said Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski. "I think it will have a sobering effect on Belgrade and make Serbia turn toward European integration."
Neither the Serb nor the Montenegrin government divulged its plans for the day after the referendum. There is no clear plan of how the practical details of separation will be sorted out.
Fears of unrest proved unfounded. The night was calm even in ethnic Serb areas that massively supported the union, although the pro-union camp complained that pollsters had jumped the gun with early unofficial projections.
Less than an hour after polls closed, the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) said the "Yes" camp had scored 56.3 percent. Two hours later, CESID chief Zoran Lucic, looking uncomfortable, said the projection had shrunk to 55.3 percent.
There was grudging acceptance and a hint of suspicion in Serbia as media reported the victory.
Headlines read: "Breakaway!" and "It's over."
"Milo's majority questionable," said the Belgrade daily Politika. "One can conclude that the sovereigntists won, but no one can tell by how many votes," it commented.
Aleksandar Simic, adviser to Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, was quoted as saying he would "not be surprised if someone today filed criminal charges" against the pollsters.
"What they did was in the best tradition of separatist scenarios," Simic said.
The vote leaves Serbia alone to deal with more pressing issues, such as United Nations-led talks on potential independence for its breakaway Kosovo province, and the future of EU aspirations now in limbo due to its failure to deliver Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic.
Monday May 22, 8:59 PM
Proud Montenegro reclaims lost sovereignty
PODGORICA, Serbia and Montenegro (Reuters) - Brooding mountains, rushing rivers and a sparkling Adriatic coast give the world's newest independent state an operatic landscape, to match political antics that have at times verged on the comic.With the population of a medium-sized city and plenty of forests, and bays to go around, Montenegro is betting that a tourism boom coupled with European Union membership will banish any suspicion that it is no more than an eccentric backwater.
In a referendum with a turnout of over 85 percent, the ancient Balkan principality broke with Serbia after nearly a century in its shadow, once more rejigging the map in Europe's most turbulent corner.
Sunday evening television was interrupted barely half an hour after polls closed, with the breathless prediction that the 'Yes' camp had won hands down -- a forecast later reeled back to a more sober prediction.
The streets of this sleepy capital erupted in a riot of celebration that included gunfire, de rigeur in the Balkans. At two in the morning, after a suitably theatrical pause, hero-of-the-hour Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic greeted his delirious supporters.
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