BELGRADE - DOS RULING COALITION MEETING ANNOUNCED

BELGRADE, Aug 27 (Hina) - As one of the leaders of the DOS ruling coalition, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica has convened a long-awaited session of the coalition's presidency for Tuesday evening to address the crisis rocking not only the coalition but both Yugoslavia and its republic of Serbia as well. Most DOS leaders said on Monday the session would not bring a final solution. They agreed, however, it would mark the beginning of talks about the crisis which erupted in the wake of mutual accusations between the two strongest coalition parties, Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic's Democratic Party (DS), and about the DSS' decision to leave the Serbian government. The DSS accused Djindjic and his government of not having done anything to shed light on numerous murders committed during the past regime, and that the mysterious murders continued, also unresolved, under the new authorities. Kostunica's party also accused unnamed members of the Serbian government of collusion with organised crime, and announced producing evidence. Although a month has passed since these accusations were made, the DSS has not produced any evidence. According to a recent poll conducted by the Belgrade daily Politika and the Faktor plus agency, Kostunica's DSS enjoys the support of 29.8 percent of the population, while Djindjic's DS fares with 14. Former President Slobodan Milosevic's socialists are popular with some 11 and Vojislav Seselj's radicals with about nine percent of the adult population. Most analysts in Belgrade believe the source of the DSS-DS rift is the "unequal" and, for Kostunica, unsatisfactory division of authority. As long as the Serbian PM passes important decisions, the head of state has to make do with representative and protocol tasks. According to analysts, another thing dividing the two strong figures is the relationship towards the West. While Djindjic is a "welcome guest" in all Western countries, Kostunica, expanding in his public statements the gap between Belgrade and world relevant centres and the United States, is saying "in Serbia Americanism has succeeded communism." (hina) ha sb