One of the principal issues during the negotiations is the number of representatives in the collective presidency.

The draft, an 11-page document, also calls for a rotating chairmanship of the collective presidency.

After Tito's death in 1980, a new collective presidency of the communist leadership from each republic was adopted.

The collective presidency was ended in 1991, as Yugoslavia fell apart.

"We, the collective presidency, are the only supreme commander," he was told, according to an official who attended.

In September 1992 he was elected to the new post of state president, replacing a collective presidency.

But it was also apparent that community officials were satisfied with the collective presidency's decision.

There has been a collective presidency since the elections, and there is still no government as such.

He reserved particular scorn for the leaders in the nation's collective presidency.

After Tito died in 1980, a collective presidency governed.