President Boris Tadic on Nov. 5 said that he did not agree with the policy of abandoning legitimate state and national interests and therefore could not sign a document called "Revolution," launched by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Serbian Renewal Movement.

Tadic said it was illusory and wrong to believe that by changing its policy on Kosovo, Serbia could speed up its EU accession, adding that he could not accept requests from parties insisting that the state change its stance on the Martti Ahtisaari plan, the implementation of which he said would completely wipe out the Serb people in Kosovo in three decades.

A group of parties gathered around the Liberal Democratic Party presented on Nov. 5 a document entitled "Revolution - Serbia in Europe, Europe in Serbia," calling for a change of state policy on Kosovo and the resumption of integration with the EU.

According to the document, Serbia must change its policy if it wants to join the EU which requires fresh political courage to prevent the doors to membership being barred over "four customs officer at two administrative checkpoints."

At the presentation, Liberal Democratic Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic said that, by Dec. 9, when Serbia's request for the status of a candidate country will be decide on, the document should be signed by the Serbian president, patriarch, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts president, Belgrade University rector and others.

The document was signed by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, the Social Democratic Union, several minority minorities, the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions, representatives of numerous non-government organizations, intellectuals, artists and other public figures.