CIAO DATE: 03/04

On Police Reform in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia

Abstract

Apart from the principal question of their content, reforms in general pose a twofold preliminary question: is there a sufficient quantum of willingness to proceed with the reforms and how speedily should they be carried out. A public opinion survey carried out by The Center for Policy Studies (Belgrade) in the period from August 25 to 28, 2001 has demonstrated that only 38 percent of interviewed persons consider the reforms should be quick and thorough, even painful for most citizens. At the same time, 47 percent of those interviewed believe that reforms should be conducted gradually, so they are less painful. The first question left 35 percent of persons without a response or undecided, the second left 30 percent (See Appendix 1, table 3). It would be very interesting to know the real standpoint of various components of the governing coalition in Serbia in respect to the same questions.

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