Pregledni rad
The Work of other County Assemblies in Virovitica in the Time of the Great District Prefect J. J. Strossmayer
Tunjica Petrašević
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josip Juraj Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Miro Gardaš
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josip Juraj Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The work of J. J. Strossmayer contributed greatly to many fields of public life and he characterized in large scale the time and space in which he lived and worked. To public eye he was mainly known as the bishop of the Đakovo-Srijem county and it is less known that he was by duty and dignity the great district prefect of the Virovitica county from January 1861 until April 1862. The work of the first two county assemblies under his presidency has been dealt by some other authors and we have considered here the work of other county assemblies. In order to comprehend the decisions of the county assembly from that time, it is necessary to know the social-political millieu in which it was active. A guiding principle in work and decision of the assembly, and whose main figure was the great district prefect Strossmayer, was an idea of integrity and sovereignty of the Triune Kingdom countries that eventually should have brought the same thing that we have nowadays; free and independent Croatia. Thus, it is utterly unfounded when some individuals try to portray him as a Yugoslav and opponent to Croatian public law idea. Strossmayer underlined the significance of the constitution for Croatian people. If someone tampers with the Croatian constitution, he does harm the Croatian spirit and Croatian heart. In this way the Virovitica county assembly opposed various unconstitutional decrees made by government bodies, first of all Regency Council; among other things an unconstitutional recruiting and illegal tax collecting by military force. Furthermore, the assembly pledges for county legal competence as a guarantee of constitutional freedoms on local level. The assembly stood up for Croatian language; it pledged for its introduction in Croatian schools and public institutions. It was noble and righteous assembly’s decisions imbued by the spirit and thought of the great district perfect Strossmayer. His pastoral duties were the reason for his retreat from dignity of the great district prefect. But nevertheless the reasons were also political ones. His retreat meant a huge loss to the Virovitica county. Although his resignation slowly predicted his retreat from the public life, he never stopped, using his interference as an ecclesiastic dignitary, working publicly for the benefit of his homeland.
Ključne riječi
Josip Juraj Strossmayer; the Virovitica county assembly; the great district prefect; constitutionality; integrity and sovereignty of the Croatian countries
Hrčak ID:
21572
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Datum izdavanja:
27.12.2007.
Posjeta: 1.492 *