BELGRADE: 11 CANDIDATES FOR SERBIAN PRESIDENT

BELGRADE, Sept 18 (Hina) - A former Yugoslav army chief-of-staff, Nebojsa Pavkovic, is the eleventh official candidate for Serbian president, the Republic Electoral Commission confirmed on Wednesday, pursuant to a decision by the Serbian Supreme Court which accepted Pavkovic's appeal against an earlier Commission decision rejecting his candidacy due to an insufficient number of citizens' signatures supporting him. #L# The Republic Electoral Commission earlier set a list of ten candidates for the upcoming Serbian presidential election, and added Pavkovic on Wednesday, as a candidate for a group of citizens. Candidates for the ballot which will take place on September 29, are the incumbent Yugoslav President, Vojislav Kostunica, as a candidate for the Democratic Party of Serbia, a federal vice- premier and candidate of a group of citizens, Miroljub Labus. These two have equal voter support, according to surveys carried out so far. Another candidate is the president of the Serb Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj, who was supported by Hague indictee Slobodan Milosevic from his cell. Milosevic did not support the candidacy of a member of his party, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Velimir Zivojinovic. Another SPS senior official is also running, Branislav Ivkovic. Other candidates include the president of the Serb Movement for Reconstruction, Vuk Draskovic, the leader of the Party of Serb Unity, Borislav Pelevic, the president of the Social Democrats, Vuk Obradovic, and candidates of groups of citizens, Tomislav Lalosevic and Dragan Radenovic. (hina) lml sb