BELGRADE: HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEYS COMMEND MESIC'S TESTIMONY

BELGRADE, Oct 2 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic presented important facts even at the cost of a possible drop in his domestic rating in his Wednesday testimony at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, said the chairwoman of the Belgrade-based Committee of Human Rights Attorneys, Biljana Kovacevic-Vuco. #L# Mesic's behaviour was superior and Milosevic did not manage to distract him, which he did in previous cross-examinations of witnesses in the Kosovo part of the trial, said Kovacevic-Vuco. For the first time the witness spoke competently and openly about political facts and the policy which generated crime, Kovacevic- Vuco said. (hina) rml sb