YU CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RETURNS KOSTUNICA'S PARTY TO PARLIAMENT

BELGRADE, Oct 16 (Hina) - The Yugoslav Constitutional Court on Wednesday unanimously adopted a temporary binding measure which enables deputies of Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) to "work without being obstructed" in the Serbian parliament until a final decision on the constitutionality of a previous decision by the parliament's Administrative Committee is made. #L# DSS deputies were stripped of their mandates after their party was excluded from the DOS ruling coalition. The acting president of the Yugoslav Constitutional Court, Momcilo Grubac, said that "the temporary measure gives an opportunity to state bodies and political factors to settle disrupted political relations". Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic told the Beta news agency the Yugoslav Constitutional Court was not authorised to make the decision because it was within the jurisdiction of the Serbian Constitutional Court. (hina) rml sb