DOS LEADERS PRESERVE COALITION

BELGRADE, Aug 29 (Hina) - After sitting in for seven hours, the presidency of the Serbian ruling coalition DOS ended its session at three o'clock this morning, with a compromise on the survival of the heterogeneous political block, but without the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) in the Serbian government. The long awaited meeting of the DOS Presidency on the crisis in the group of parties began around 08:00 hours yesterday. The session was called by Yugoslav President and DSS president Vojislav Kostunica after several weeks of the party's accusations flung at the government's work and some of its members for being allegedly involved in organised crime. The DSS announced Kostunica will use the opportunity to show evidence on corruption in the state and the involvement of individuals in the government in crime, but, as the Yugoslav Foreign Minister and head of the Serbian Civil Alliance (GSS), Goran Svilanovic, put it, Kostunica again flung accusations instead of showing any new evidence or details. Svilanovic briefly said the DOS will remain a coalition with all its eighteen parties, and the DSS remains adamant in not participating in the work of the Serbian government. Kostunica expressed "satisfaction" with the results of the meeting, and stressed his party "will continue to cooperate with the DOS to the extent and in the way it has done hitherto". (hina) lml sb