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The pandemic world of COVID - 19 - the reaction of the Yugoslav authorities. The case of the state of exception in the context of political reflection
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SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE: The main research goal of these considerations is to determine in which of the Post Yugoslav countries it was decided to declare a state of emergency during time of deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
PROBLEM AND RESEARCH METHODS: The state of emergency is created to protect: the security of citizens, the state system, public order. During the state of emergency, the proportions between human rights and the powers of the state change - in favour of state authorities. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, not all Post Yugoslav governments have declared a state of emergency. The following countries did so: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia and Kosovo. In each of these countries, the declaration of a state of emergency was associated with political disputes.
THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The article consists of an introduction in which the choice of the research topic was justified and the essence of the state of emergency was established. In the next four points, attention was drawn to the response to COVID-19 only to those Yugoslavian states (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Kosovo) in which a state of emergency was declared.
RESEARCH RESULTS: Only in four out of seven Yugoslavian states the state of emergency was declared. In case of Serbia, Northern Macedonia and Kosovo, scheduled parliamentary election was postponed, for each of the countries it caused sharp political disputes, and in the case of Northern Macedonia the escalation of the conflict caused the resignation of the government.
CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The issues discussed are innovative, so far not discussed in the political literature. The question that remains intriguing is why not all governments in case of such a dangerous pandemic for human health and life as COVID-19 have not decided to declare a state of emergency.
Keywords
Pandemic ; COVID -19 ; State of Emergency ; Serbia ; Bosna and Herzegovina ; Northen Macedonia ; Kosovo
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