THE HAGUE'S INDICTMENTS ARE SCANTY AND FLACCID - YUGOSLAV SUPREME MILITARY TRIBUNAL PRESIDENT

MILITARY TRIBUNAL PRESIDENT BELGRADE, June 9 (Hina) - "International Tribunal's indictments are so deficient and flaccid that no court of law in the world would launch an investigation," president of the Yugoslav Supreme Military Tribunal Milos Gojkovic said. He told Sunday's daily 'Dnevni Telegraf' that not even preliminary investigations were under way concerning indictments against Sljivancanin, Mrksic and Radic. Gojkovic added that he had talked to the president of the International Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Antonio Cassese, whom he had told that "our wish to cooperate with the Tribunal is sincere and great, but because of the scantiness of the indictments, our hands are tied. Until this is sorted out, we remain on square one." He also pointed out to Cassese that Yugoslavia's Constitution did not envisage the possibility of extradition. Copies of the indictments had arrived at the Supreme Military Tribunal in Belgrade, Gojkovic said, adding that if sufficient evidence was found, the Yugoslav courts of law would conduct a prompt investigation and if they were found guilty, they would be prosecuted. (hina) lm 091031 MET jun 96