BELGRADE, March 3 (Hina) - With the founding session of the Assembly of Serbia/Montenegro on Monday, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formally ceased existing. That parliament was set up on 7 October 2002 upon the
ousting of Slobodan Milosevic.
BELGRADE, March 3 (Hina) - With the founding session of the Assembly
of Serbia/Montenegro on Monday, the parliament of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia formally ceased existing. That parliament
was set up on 7 October 2002 upon the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic.
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At Monday's session, the term of office of 126 deputies in the new
parliament was verified, of whom 91 are representatives from
Serbia, while 35 seats belong to Montenegrins.
After it adopts a provisional rule book, the new Assembly is to
choose its chairman and vice-chairmen from the ranks of MPs.
Then it should discuss and pass a law on the election of the
president of the new state union. The president will hold the office
of the chairman of the Council of Ministers (i.e. the government)
and will have a five-day term to appoint ministers to that body.
The term of office of the incumbent Yugoslav President, Vojislav
Kostunica, will be terminated with the definition of the date for
the election of the Serbian/Montenegrin President.
According to announcements, the only candidate for the chairman of
the new parliament is Dragoljub Micunovic who was the president of
the Council of Citizens (the lower house) of the Yugoslav
parliament, while Svetozar Marovic, a vice president of
Montenegrin Premier Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Party of
Socialists, is likely to be the president of the new state.