Federal principle of the Second AVNOJ Session
AVNOJ 제2차 회의의 연방 원칙
The political principle adopted by the Second Session of AVNOJ at Jajce in November 1943 for Yugoslavia's postwar state form. It envisioned a federation of six equal republics as an answer to intercommunal conflict and grounded sovereignty in the national-liberation movement's representative body rather than the government-in-exile and the monarchy.
In depth
The AVNOJ began as a wartime consultative body representing forces resisting the occupation, but its Second Session declared it the supreme legislative body and representative of Yugoslav sovereignty. It identified Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Macedonia as equal federal units. The design sought to address the national conflicts associated with the interwar kingdom's centralism while making the Partisans' multi-ethnic struggle the basis for reconstructing the state. The precise constitutional form and powers of the republics were elaborated after the war.
Sources
- Wikipedia (EN) (supports AVNOJ's transition from a wartime deliberative body to the supreme legislative representation of Yugoslav sovereignty, and the Second Session's commitment to a democratic federation with six equal units)
- britannica.com (supports the Jajce session dates, its greater legislative and executive functions, and the plan to reorganize the kingdom into six equal republics)
- ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Tsoundarou, The Continued Relevance of Sovereignty in a Globalising World: Yugoslavia and its Successor States, supports the multi-ethnic Partisan project and the six-republic federal structure)