BELGRADE: THREE INJURED IN CLASH BETWEEN POLICE, UNIONISTS

BELGRADE, Oct 30 (Hina) - Three persons were injured in a clash between police and members of the Serbian Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Belgrade on Thursday, the second day of a union protest, official sources have said. #L# The incident happened when several hundred police and gendarmerie members tried to prevent the unionists from approaching the Serbian parliament building. Using shields, the police pushed away about 1,000 protesters from the building. The union demands that the Serbian government resign, call extraordinary parliamentary elections, and impose a moratorium on privatisation. Due to the conflict between the police and the protesters, deputies of the Party of Serb Unity (founded by Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan) and the Democratic Party of Serbia of Vojislav Kostunica, walked out of today's parliament session which addressed a proposal by the Serbian Radical Party of ICTY indictee Vojislav Seselj to give the government a vote of no confidence. The same proposal was put forward by Kostunica's party. Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic, who submitted a report on the government's 1,000 days to parliament, told reporters that it was not normal "for unions to make political demands". (hina) rml sb