DOS & MONTENEGRIN OPPOSITION OFFER PLATFORM FOR NEW YUGOSLAVIA

BUDVA, June 3 (Hina) - A working group of representatives of the Serbian ruling coalition - DOS - and pro-Serbian Montenegrin opposition "Together for Yugoslavia" on Saturday held a meeting in the Montenegrin coastal town of Budva and presented a draft platform about a future constitutional basis for a joint federation of Montenegro and Serbia. After the meeting, Dragoljub Micunovic, an official in the current Yugoslav federal assembly, said the new platform was similar to a document previously offered by the Government of Montenegro. According to the Budva platform, Montenegro and Serbia should have the joint foreign policy, army, market and the single protection of rights and freedoms of citizens. Under this document, the federal assembly (parliament) will be bicameral, and both houses will have the equal rights so that decisions could be made only in unison. Representatives of both republics will rotate in the office of the federal president and premier, whereas the presidents of the republics will be elected by respective parliaments, Micunovic explained. A leader of the Socialist People's Party (SNP) and the federal Yugoslav Premier, Zoran Zizic, who is not recognised by the authorities in Montenegro, said another several meetings should be held until the final version of the platform was made. Four issues are still being negotiated: the jurisdiction and competence of the joint state, the issue of bodies of authority, the functioning of the joint state and procedure, he added. The ruling DPS party in Montenegro has said it will regard such meetings as a unilateral move and described the Budva event as a tourist visit. (hina) ms