BELGRADE, June 27 (Hina) - Asking for the revocation of a decree on the cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal and the release of a former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, from custody, the opposition intensified its
pressure on the ruling DOS in Belgrade on Wednesday. Representatives in the Serbian parliament of opposition - Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), the Radical Party of Vojislav Seselj and the Party of Serb Unity (SSJ) of the late Zeljko Raznatovic alias Arkan - on Wednesday walked out from the assembly during the regular session in protest over the adoption of the by-law on the cooperation between Belgrade and the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia). After that the three parties' MPs held a news conference to announce that they will not attend the parliamentary sessions "as long as the decree is not rescinded." They also signed
BELGRADE, June 27 (Hina) - Asking for the revocation of a decree on
the cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal and the release of a
former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, from custody, the
opposition intensified its pressure on the ruling DOS in Belgrade
on Wednesday.
Representatives in the Serbian parliament of opposition -
Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), the Radical Party of
Vojislav Seselj and the Party of Serb Unity (SSJ) of the late Zeljko
Raznatovic alias Arkan - on Wednesday walked out from the assembly
during the regular session in protest over the adoption of the by-
law on the cooperation between Belgrade and the ICTY (International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia).
After that the three parties' MPs held a news conference to announce
that they will not attend the parliamentary sessions "as long as the
decree is not rescinded."
They also signed a document about their request for early elections
at all levels.
Members and followers of the SPS on Wednesday continued with their
everyday gatherings in the Square of Republic in Belgrade demanding
the resignation of the Serbian government, the annulment of the
decree and early elections.
Today, only 2,000 protesters, mainly elderly people, led by SPS
leaders, marched toward the Serbian government's building in
protest over Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic's refusal to receive a
delegation of Milosevic's party.
On Wednesday morning, however, Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica received a delegation of SPS, and thus this party managed
to create an impression in the public about a rift in the DOS
coalition, i.e. its top officials - Kostunica and Djindjic.
The protesters carried banners with slogans "We Are Going to Take
Slobo From Prison" or "DOS: NATO and Fascists" and so on. They also
carried photos of Bosnian Serb warlords and ICTY indictees -
Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.
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