- ASNOM
Anti-Fascist Assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia (Macedonian: Антифашистичко Собрание на Народното Ослободување на Македонија, Latinic: "Antifašističko Sobranie na Narodnoto Osloboduvanje na Makedonija",
abbr. ASNOM) was the supreme legislative and executive people's representative body of the Macedonian state from1944 until the end ofWorld War II .The firstplenary session of ASNOM was convened on the symbolic date ofAugust 2 (Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising day) 1944 in the St. Prohor Pcinjski Monastery in modernSerbia , near the Macedonian town ofKumanovo . The most important assembly decisions are the proclaiming Macedonia nation-state of ethnic Macedonians, proclamation of theMacedonian language as the official language of the Macedonian state. The citizens of Macedonia, regardless of their ethnic affiliation, were guaranteed allcivil rights , as well as the right to their mother tongue andconfession of faith .ASNOM, as the supreme institution of
government , also meant ade jure commencement of theconstitutional law existence of Macedonia as a federate state within the framework of the Yugoslav federation. The Assembly issued a "Manifesto" which described the position of a Macedonia state after theNational Liberation War of Macedonia under the old Yugoslavia as that of thecolony , before declaring "thebrotherhood and unity " with the other peoples of Yugoslavia. TheTito-Stalin split of 1948 and the defeat of thecommunist s in theGreek Civil War ended Tito’s dream of uniting whole of region of Macedonia under his rule. Dejan Djokić claims that withBulgaria once more reverting to denial of Macedonians as separate nation fromBulgarians and the victorious anti-communist Greek forces adamant in their own denial, the new Yugoslavia remained the only concrete medium for Macedonian aspirations to nationhood and quasi-statehood. [Dejan Djokić:"Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918-1992"]The president of the Assembly was
Metodija Andonov Čento . Čento's goal was to create fully independent "United Macedonia n" state, or as a constituent republic within the new communistSFR Yugoslavia . The latter became a reality with the formation of theSocialist Republic of Macedonia , however, Čento as its first president wanted a greater independence for the republic from the federal Yugoslav authorities. He clashed withSvetozar Vukmanović-Tempo ,Tito ’s envoy to Macedonia andLazar Koliševski , the leader of the rulingCommunist Party of Macedonia .One of the ontributors in the Assembly was
Kiro Gligorov , later the firstPresident of the Republic of Macedonia .References
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*Military history of the Republic of Macedonia
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