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Vojislav Koštunica, the prime minister of Serbia, stated that the results showed "a great moment for Serbia". He had also stated that with the constitution in place "we will be defending more than our interests, more than the issue of stability in the region. We will be defending international law". [1] Boris Tadić, the president of Serbia, stated that with the results in place, "citizens showed their support for a European Serbia". [19]
Minor parties had claimed that electoral irregularities occurred and that the turnout was 49%. [14] Journalist Dimitrije Boarov criticized the draft, mostly in regard the changes that Vojvodina received. [34] Žarko Korać criticized the draft and stated that it was shown "as the crown of state-building efforts of Koštunica's government to "save" Serbia". [35]
The Constitution was adopted on 8 November. [7] : 9
The referendum and the text of the new Serbian Constitution have been sharply criticized by International Crisis Group. [36] Despite the drawbacks, the European Union and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe endorsed the proposed changes. Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman of EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, stated that "[The EU] positively assesses the fact that Serbia is changing the Constitution from the time of Slobodan Milošević". [37]
The law on referendum and people's initiative, which was supposed to be implemented after the 2006 constitutional referendum, was adopted by the National Assembly in November 2021. [38]