BELGRADE, June 28 (Hina) - A former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, has been handed over to investigators of the ICTY, the incumbent Serbian Premier, Zoran Djindjic, said on Thursday evening. After the Serbian government's
session, an extraordinary news conference was held this afternoon at which it was announced that the government had decided to meet its commitments regarding indictees wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Serbian officials cited the Serbian Constitution's Article 35 which envisages the take over of responsibilities from the federal (FRY) level if the federal Yugoslav constitutional court adopts a ruling which is not in compliance with law. At the session, 22 government members voted for such a decision, while the only one to vote against it was Health Minister Obren Joksimovic from the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) of the incumbent Yug
BELGRADE, June 28 (Hina) - A former Yugoslav president, Slobodan
Milosevic, has been handed over to investigators of the ICTY, the
incumbent Serbian Premier, Zoran Djindjic, said on Thursday
evening.
After the Serbian government's session, an extraordinary news
conference was held this afternoon at which it was announced that
the government had decided to meet its commitments regarding
indictees wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia.
Serbian officials cited the Serbian Constitution's Article 35
which envisages the take over of responsibilities from the federal
(FRY) level if the federal Yugoslav constitutional court adopts a
ruling which is not in compliance with law.
At the session, 22 government members voted for such a decision,
while the only one to vote against it was Health Minister Obren
Joksimovic from the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) of the
incumbent Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica.
In the meantime a TV station in Belgrade, Studio B, reported that
the operation of Milosevic's extradition started at 06.10 pm when
three police cars swiftly left the central prison in Belgrade where
Milosevic was in kept in custody over crimes of corruption and abuse
of office.
TV Studio B said that Milosevic's wife, Mira Markovic, and his
daughter-in-law, Milica Milosevic, were seen in one of the cars.
The cars drove in an unknown direction, while a great number of
journalists and TV crews were not allowed to come closer to the main
entrance of the jail.
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