MINIC ANSWERS KOSTUNICA
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Yugoslav Parliament's Chamber
of
Citizens President Milomir Minic on Tuesday sent a letter to Yugoslav
presidential candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS)
Vojislav Kostunica in answer to Kostunica's letter sent to the
presidents
of the two chambers of Yugoslav parliament.
In his answer to Kostunica, Minic said that the federal
parliament, as the country's top legislative organ, acting in keeping
with
the federal election laws, had appointed a Federal Electoral Commission
from among the ranks of bearers of legislative functions and prominent
legal experts, whose task it is to organize, carry out and determine the
results of the elections.
Representatives of all proposers who nominated presidential
candidates, including DOS representatives, took part in the work of the
Federal Electoral Commission.
The entire election process was managed by over 10,000
electoral
committees in whose work more than 180,000 citizens
participated representatives of all parties which took part in the
elections.
All participants in the elections on Sept 24, 2000, agreed that
the elections had been fair and passed in a democratic atmosphere, and
that
they had been realized in keeping with the elections legislature. This
was
confirmed also by 220 observers from 54 countries the world over, Minic
said.
In establishing the results of the vote, the Federal Electoral
Commission was guided strictly by original records from polling
stations.
"In keeping with the law, every representative of proposers who
nominated candidates for Yugoslav president had the right to review the
election material at the Federal Electoral Commission, which a
representative of those who put forward your nomination also did," Minic
said.
In keeping with the election results, it was undeniably
established that the Yugoslav president was not elected in the first
round,
so that the Federal Electoral Commission, in keeping with the law,
decided
that citizens will elect the Yugoslav president in a second round on Oct
8.
"In line with your calling on the understanding of honour,
democracy, and your claims that you are a legalist I urge you to
prevent
manipulations and calls to unrest and violence launched by the DOS
Election
Headquarters, to accept the will of the people and to respect the
decision
of the Federal Electoral Commission. The citizens of the Federal
Republic
of Yugoslavia will choose, of their own will, the Yugoslav president in
the
second round in keeping with the Yugoslav Constitution and the Law on
the
election of Republican president," said Minic in closing in his letter
to
DOS presidential candidate Kostunica.
FEDERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION: DOS ELECTION STAFF MISINFORMING PUBLIC
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Federal Electoral Commission
on
Monday released a statement in reaction to "misinformation and false
data
constantly released by the Election Headquarters of the Democratic
Opposition of Serbia (DOS)."
"The Federal Electoral Commission points out that authorized
persons from the Democratic Opposition of Serbia had had access to all
election material which they had demanded, and that they had been
enabled
insight into these materials in keeping with the Law on the election of
the
president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in the official
premises
and within the prescribed deadline."
The Commission said "the election campaign headquarters of
Vojislav Kostunica announced in public in the past seven days first that
their candidate won 2,783,870 votes on Tuesday, September 26, 2,649,003
on
Wednesday, September 27, 2,424,187 votes on Saturday, September 30, and
today, on Monday, October 2, 2,414,876 votes."
"They bombarded our public with figures that Vojislav Kostunica
won 2,649,003 votes, that this is 52.54 percent of the 5,041,878 votes
cast," the Commission statement said, adding:
"Today, they say that Vojislav Kostunica won 2,414,876 votes
and
that 4,704,685 voters went to the polls.
"In order to maintain a majority in his favour, they reduced
the
number of citizens who had voted by close to 350,000 erasing all
citizens
who voted in Kosovo and Metohija and displaced persons from Kosmet and
all
citizens who voted in Montenegro.
"The Federal Electoral Commission is not obliged by
manipulations
or mistakes in the DOS Election Headquarters.
"It was possible for the DOS Election Headquarters, since they
had
representatives in all polling stations and all records, to be assured
of
the legitimacy of the data released by the Federal Electoral Commission.
"The Federal Electoral Commission has asked the Supervising
Committee to warn the DOS Election Headquarters that spreading lies,
threats to members of the Electoral Commission, calls for lynching, and
provocation of unrest present a form of impermissible pressure and
intimidation of voters.
"The Federal Electoral Commission informs the public that all
preparations for holding the runoff to the election of Yugoslav
president,
set for Oct 8, 2000, are proceeding in keeping with the law," the
Commission statement said.
INTERFERENCE IN YUGOSLAV INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS INADMISSIBLE,
LUKASHENKO SAYS
MOSCOW, October 3 (Tanjug) Belarussian President Alexander
Lukashenko said on Tuesday that foreign interference in Yugoslav
internal
affairs is inadmissible.
According to Moscow media, Lukashenko said that the Yugoslav
people should express their own free will. The Serbian people are able
to
elect the man who will really represent their interests, said
Lukashenko.
The Belarussian observers who had monitored the first round of
Yugoslav elections think that everything was fair and absolutely
democratic, Lukashenko said.
The friendly ties between the two countries have nothing to do
with the names of current, former or future Russian or Belarussian
presidents, they are the "factual truth", stressed Lukashenko accepting
credentials from new Yugoslav Ambassador to Belarus Milorad Radovic.
FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Serbian Government held a
session on Tuesday chaired by Premier Mirko Marjanovic and discussed the
current situation in the republic. It noted that various foreign
agencies
are continuing their special war against Yugoslavia and attempting to
cause
chaos, intimidate the people and prevent normal functioning of state
institutions.
All political subjects have the right, guaranteed by the
Constitution, to engage in political activities, hold public assemblies
and
express freely their political views, but such activities must not
endanger
the rights and freedoms of the citizens, the government said quoted in a
statement by the information ministry.
Any attempt at subversive activities endangering personal
safety
or property of the citizens must therefore be prevented and sanctioned
according to law, the statement says.
The violent behaviour of individuals and groups that threatens
citizens' lives, disrupts normal functioning of traffic, prevents normal
work of industry, schools, institutions and health facilities will be
proscribed by law, the statement says.
Special measures will be taken against the organisers of these
criminal activities. These measures also apply to media that are
financed
from abroad and are breeding lies, untruths and inciting bloodshed, the
statement says.
Due to the attempt at sabotage at the Kolubara mining and power
complex, and in order to maintain stable functioning of the power supply
system, the government adopted a decision on minimum compulsory work in
Serbia's power industry, the statement says.
YUGOSLAV DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER CONFERS WITH UN OFFICIAL
BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister
Zoran Novakovic has received the special U.N. envoy for human rights in
BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier, Yugoslav
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Novakovic informed Dienstbier about the dramatic situation in
the
U.N.run Serbian (Yugoslav) province of KosovoMetohija which is getting
worse daily, especially after UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner had scheduled
elections for October 28 despite the fact that no conditions have been
provided for them.
He stressed that the situation in the southern Serbian province
is
characterized by systematic deliberate violations of Security Council
Resolution 1244, specifically Yugoslavia's territorial integrity and
sovereignty, and by mass violations of the human rights of both Serbs
and
other nonAlbanians.
Novakovic urged Dienstbier to oppose the local elections in
KosovoMetohija because they encourage terrorism and separatism and also
can
endanger peace and stability not only in the province but throughout the
region.
Dienstbier once again stressed that he supports sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and opposes sanctions against the
Yugoslav people.
He was specifically interested in the Yugoslav elections held
on
Sept 24, and expressed his best wishes for their peaceful outcome, the
statement said.
CANCELLATION OF VIENNA CONFERENCE IS GROSS INTERFERENCE IN YUGOSLAV
AFFAIRS
VIENNA, October 3 (Tanjug) The 2nd Conference on the
Implementation of the Subregional Arms Control Accord (Florence Accord)
which is one of the basic elements of DaytonParis accord, was due to be
held on October 4 in Vienna.
All preparations for the Conference have been completed
successfully and on time, organized by the Yugoslav delegation which had
been appointed to chair the conference. The Conference, however, will
not
be held, because delegations from Croatia and BosniaHerzegovina
Federation
refused to participate, justifying their decision by the allegedly
serious
situation in Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav delegation chief, Deputy Foreign Minister Miroslav
Milosevic said at the preparatory committee session convened just before
the conference was due to be held, that this pointless politically
motivated act is an attempt at gross interference in internal affairs of
sovereign Yugoslavia. This is one of the most serious blows to the
entire
DaytonParis accord, Milosevic said.
SERBIA'S OPPOSITION ORGANIZES ROAD BLOCKS, STRIKES, PRESSURES
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Democratic Opposition of
Serbia
(DOS) organized again on Tuesday road blocks and protests, preventing
normal daily activities and work in some towns and industries in Serbia.
Belgrade residents were thus again forced to walk to work due
to
traffic stoppages in several city thoroughfares, organized by DOS, the
Otpor organization, the G 17 group and other socalled independent
organizations.
DOS followers erected road blocks around Smederevska Palanka,
preventing access to the Belgrade Nis highway. However, the Gosa
industry
and many other companies in the town are working as usual.
In Paracin, DOS followers blocked the Paracin Bor road at 5
a.m.,
and the road towards Krusevac and other access roads some time later.
This
has prevented the deliveries of cement from the Novi Popovac plant,
where
production has been reduced due to fuel shortage, deputy manager Miodrag
Stefanovic told Tanjug.
The Buducnost cable manufacturing industry in Paracin has also
stopped production as imported raw materials and other inputs cannot
reach
the plant. Employees, however, come to work every day, Buducnost
executive
Dragan Vasic told Tanjug.
Workers at the Paracin glass works are, however, on strike, and
the industry is operating at minimum capacity.
Several thousand DOS followers once again blocked the main road
through Uzice Tuesday morning for they said three hours, allowing only
ambulances through.
Food shops and green markets in Uzice were open only until 10
a.m.
Tuesday, while other shops and restaurants remained closed.
Primary and high schools in the town were closed, but the
teachers' college and the technical college are working normally.
In the Uzice municipality which is administered by DOS parties,
the copper and aluminum processing industry in Sevojno and some other
plants are on strike.
The Uzice power distribution network has started alternating
fourhour power cuts in town districts.
KOSOVOMETOHIJA TERRORISM
KOSOVO ALBANIAN TERRORISTS HURL GRENADE AT SERBS IN PASJANE VILLAGE
GNJILANE, October 3 (Tanjug) Five Serbs were injured in
Pasjane
village near Gnjilane shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday when ethnic
Albanian
extremists hurled a hand grenade at a group of Serbs standing outside a
store.
Zoran Stojanovic, 35, and Ljubisa Maksimovic, 21, were gravely
injured, while Sasa Aksic, 27, Srboljub Stojkovic, 29, and Srdjan
Andjelkovic, 31, sustained minor injuries.
The international force KFOR medical center in the village
administered first aid to the injured Serbs. The seriously injured
casualties will most probably be taken to the U.S. Bondsteel base near
Sojevo for further treatment, amateur radio operators reported from the
U.N.run Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija.
The three attackers fled from the scene in a red Golf
automobile
without license plates in the direction of the neighbouring village of
Vlastica, populated by ethnic Albanians.
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> a.. * * FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA OPPOSITION WANTS TO
>PROVOKE CHAOS, CLASHES, MILUTINOVIC SAYS NOVI SAD, October 1 (Tanjug) -
>Serbian President Milan Milutinovic talked on Sunday in Novi Sad with
>officials in Vojvodina about the political situation and the importance
of the
>run-off elections for Yugoslav president and deputies in the provincial
>assembly. Milutionovic warned that for many, both in the country and
abroad,
>election results are not the primary goal, but provoking chaos, clashes
and
>unrest in the state, and calling for some kind of intervention and
>interference in our internal affairs. "Neither will those conditions be
>created, nor will there be any kind of intervention because our people,
>despite all those attempts, will make a decision in the runoff that
will
>preserve freedom, independence, integrity, equality and peace in the
country,"
>Milutinovic added. That, he said, "can be ensured only by our forces,
headed
>by Slobodan Milosevic." Speaking about the importance of the run-off
elections
>for deputies in the Assembly of Vojvodina, the Serbian President
pointed to
>the danger of candidates of parties with a separatist orientation that
are
>also part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia. Their intention,
Milutinovic
>specified, "is to separate Vojvodina first from Serbia, and then, under
the
>mask of regionalization, to divide it into districts in which Serbs
would be a
>minority." "That would be a new tragic tearing apart of the Serbian
national
>corps and the end of the Serbian national being in the territory. At
the same
>time, it would mean the end of economic independence and of Vojvodina
as a
>whole and the end of all its farmers, whether they are Serbs,
Hungarians,
>Romanians, Slovaks or any other," Milutinovic warned. Because of all
that, the
>outcome of the run-off election will decide "whether or not Vojvodina,
Serbia
>and Yugoslavia will remain one whole, free and independent and whether
the
>Serbian national corps will be preserved or further torn apart."
"Serbia and
>Yugoslavia will not lose their state and soul and will not be
colonies,"
>Milutinovic said, affirming his belief that "both in Vojvodina and
throughout
>Serbia the Serbian people will wake up and understand what is going on,
and
>what could happen."
> b..
> c..
> d.. BULATOVIC: YUGOSLAVIA AGAIN WINNING TICKET AT ELECTIONS
PODGORICA,
>October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Prime Minister and Socialist People's
Party
>(SNP) of Montenegro President Momir Bulatovic said on Monday that
Yugoslavia
>had made a significant step in its democratic development at the
September 24
>elections, and thus also in the protection of its most important state
>interests. "None of the terrible predictions about a civil war, state
of
>emergency or a new NATO intervention have come to pass," Bulatovic said
in an
>interview to the Podgorica daily Dan. "In spite of unprecedented
pressure from
>outside and brutal torture from within by Djukanovic, Kouchner and
Thaci,
>acting on instructions from the same boss, Yugoslav citizens went to
the polls
>en masse, and expressed their political will peacefully and in a
dignified
>manner," he said. Yugoslavia has again triumphed at these elections,
Bulatovic
>said. "This is especially good for Montenegro, where, in spite of the
>anticivilizational and hooligan behaviour of the Montenegrin
authorities, an
>admirably great number of people had summoned up civil and every other
courage
>to resist intimidation, threats and blackmail," he said. In reaction to
a
>comment that the results of these elections are "controversial, to say
the
>least," Bulatovic said presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica had
won the
>great confidence of Serbian citizens to become Yugoslav president.
Voters in
>Montenegro overwhelmingly voted for the SNP presidential candidate -
Slobodan
>Milosevic. Both these facts are equally binding for the SNP, Bulatovic
said.
>"We will continue to support our presidential candidate without any
dilemmas
>or calculations," Bulatovic said, adding that the SNP is also ready to
accept
>and respect a majority decision "which need not be in agreement with
our
>determination." "The legal path and legal means to which DOS and
candidate
>Kostunica have resorted should remove any possible dilemma. However,
there is
>no other way or any other legally established pathway for determining
the
>actual will of Yugoslav citizens. We trust the Federal Electoral
Commission
>and other state institutions of Yugoslavia. That is why the SNP is
getting
>ready to take part in the second round of the presidential elections,"
he
>said. Commenting on the political situation in Yugoslavia after the
first
>round of elections, Bulatovic said that, according to what is known so
far,
>the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) have refused to accept the
results
>of the Federal Electoral Commission and have opted for large-scale
civil
>protests. The right to peaceful democratic rallies and manifestation of
one's
>political stand is firmly embedded in our constitutional system and our
state
>practice, he said. "Personally, I am very sorry that this is happening
in our
>country which is at the height of its economic activities and the
process of
>renewing objects destroyed during the NATO aggression," Bulatovic said,
and
>appealed for the preservation of peace, the victory of reason, and,
regardless
>of the strength of individual beliefs, that "we should not work
generally to
>our own detriment." "The SNP was, is and will be devoted to full
coalition
>cooperation with the SPS. The joint list SPS-JUL in Federal Parliament
has
>enough deputies to appoint, together with SNP deputies, presidents of
>municipal councils and to decide about the structure of the new
government,"
>Bulatovic said. Bulatovic said it was the proposal of the SNP, from the
very
>beginning of this election cycle, that he be the federal prime
>minister-designate, Srdja Bozovic the president of the Chamber of
Republics,
>and that this is why neither he, nor other prominent SNP members who
held
>important positions in the Federal Government, were not on the lists of
>candidates for deputies. Colleagues from the coalition leftist bloc are
fully
>in agreement with this proposal, he said. "That is why it could be said
with a
>great dose of certainty that this job has been done. That is why I am
already
>at this time carrying out preliminary consultations about the program
and
>composition of the future federal government," Bulatovic told Dan.
> e..
> f.. MINISTER JOVANOVIC EXTENDS FELICITATIONS TO NIGERIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER
>BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin
Jovanovic has
>sent a note of felicitations to Nigerian Foreign Minister Alhadji Sule
Lamidou
>on the occasion of the national holiday of this country. The note said
that
>relations between these two countries will in future also continue to
develop
>in the spirit of confidence, cooperation and the traditional friendship
of the
>two peoples.
> g..
> h.. SERBIAN JUSTICE MINISTER CONFERS WITH UN OFFICIALS BELGRADE,
October 2
>(Tanjug) - Serbian Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic received special
U.N.
>envoy for human rights Jiri Dienstbier and U.N. human rights Belgrade
office
>chief Barbara Davis on Monday, said a statement of the Serbian Justice
>Ministry. Dienstbier was specifically interested in the status and
position of
>detained and charged ethnic Albanians in prisons in Serbia. He was also
>interested to learn about the just held elections in Yugoslavia and the
>situation in the country after the elections. Jankovic for his part
said that
>the detained and charged ethnic Albanians who had been displaced from
the
>Serbian (Yugoslav) province of Kosovo-Metohija due to last year's NATO
>aggression on Yugoslavia have the same status and treatment as all
other
>inmates. Their lawyers, family members and International Red Cross
Committee
>members regularly visit ethnic Albanian prisoners. Jovanovic also
briefed the
>visitors on the legal procedure for holding elections in Yugoslavia,
and noted
>that relevant bodies were acting in conformity with it.
STRIKES, ROAD BLOCKADES ORGANIZED BY DOS BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug)
>- The Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) organized on Monday in
Belgrade
>and in a number of other towns in Serbia road blockades, and strong
pressure
>is made on schools and schoolchildren who did not heed the calls for
strike.
>Public transportation in Belgrade and in some parts of the city came to
a
>standstill due to the blockade of streets, so that, despite the fact
that this
>morning 534 buses were dispatched, most people had to walk to work. In
Pirot,
>4,700 workers of the "Tigar" factory, the trade union said, will not
halt
>production because that would result in huge losses due to obligations
towards
>foreing partners involving deadlines. However, the first shift in the
textile
>factory "Prvi maj" of Pirot went on strike this morning, while workers
in
>other factories will make decisions during the afternoon. In
Smederevska
>Palanka and in Smederevo, firms are working while DOS organized a
blockade of
>roads, and a number of schools have also stopped working. In
Smederevska
>Palanka, an incident occurred when citizens who gathered at a rally,
started a
>walk through town and while passing by the building housing the SPS
>headquarters threw stones and oranges and broke several windows. State
bodies
>did not intervene, they only warned that roads blockades should be
lifted. In
>Pancevo, due to road blockades, the regular delivery of milk from the
Pancevo
>dairy for the capital city could not be made. Kragujevac was supplied
this
>morning with milk, bread and other products and state-owned stores are
open.
>Most "Zastava" plants were working today, but a smaller number of
workers
>joined the strikers who threaten the further blockade of some state
firms and
>institutions. Class has been organized on a number of faculties.
According to
>the Ministry of Education office chief in Pozarevac Srboljub Cojkic,
>highschools in Brancevski and Podunavski districts had regular class
but
>manipulations with pupils started later. In some schools, pupils were
not
>allowed into schools campuses. Some parents have passed their political
>convictions on to their children, and some professors have openly
called and
>taken pupils to the streets. After a several-hour walk, pupils
dispersed while
>in the afternoon regular class resumed. One of the reasons why pupils
did not
>get to schools on time in the morning was the blockade of roads, but
also the
>strike of a number of bus drivers. Public transportation went back to
normal
>in the afternoon. In the municipalities of these two districts, where
the left
>has won at local elections, there was no response to DOS calls for
civic
>disobedience.
> y.. KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM SERB HOUSES IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA
MOGULA
>VILLAGE RAZED KOSOVSKA VITINA, October 2 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian
extremists
>blasted late on Sunday three Serb-owned houses and a business premises
in the
>multi-ethnic Mogula village (Kosovska Vitina municipality) of Serbia's
>Kosovo-Metohija province, local amateur radio operators said on Monday.
The
>explosion was a very powerful one, inflicting great damage to the
buildings,
>owned by Serb Stanimir Bocic. No one was hurt in the incident.
According to
>the operators, a group of ethnic Albanian terrorists called "Leopard",
is
>responsible for the act. These extremists have been active in the area
for a
>long time, the sources said
> z..
> aa.. FROM DOMESTIC PRESS SERBIAN RADIO TELEVISION: DOS TRYING TO
GET OUT
>OF ITS LIES BELGRADE, October 1 (Tanjug) - It has been shown that the
results
>and figures announced these days by the headquarters of the Democratic
>Opposition of Serbia (DOS) present a blatant lie, and now DOS leaders
are
>trying to get out of these lies, said a commentary by Serbian Radio
Television
>RTS on Saturday. "One such attempt is to substitute theses, in fact to
accuse
>the Federal Electoral Commission that votes have been stolen, and
another to
>object to the results of the elections in Kosmet (Kosovo and Metohija
>province). However, it is immediately evident that DOS in their
objection did
>not complain about or deny the result of Vojislav Kostunica which has
been
>determined by the Federal Electoral Commission and according to which
>Kostunica won 2,474,392 votes. It is incredible, but true, DOS do not
deny the
>results and yet claim their votes have been stolen. After insight into
records
>of the Federal Electoral Commission, DOS did not deny a single vote it
had
>counted in favour of Kostunica. But they lied to the public that they
had not
>had access to the records. Who needs this lie and why? The only thing
they
>deny in their complaint is the number of votes which the presidential
>candidates won in Kosmet. However, this complaint is brimful of
falsehoods.
>DOS claim that the Electoral Commission of the Vranje electoral
precinct has
>annulled elections at a certain number of polling stations for the
election of
>federal deputies but not for the election of president. That is an
absolute
>lie. According to a decision of September 27, the Federal Electoral
Commission
>did this in Vranje. And DOS know this, and yet they delude the public.
DOS
>also complained about the results of elections at 15 polling stations
in
>Prizren. However, none of these polling stations opened, not a single
voter
>cast their votes there, and not a single candidate won a single vote
there.
>The situation is the same also at polling stations in the
municipalities of
>Srbica, Podujevo, Decane, Klina, Istok, Suva Reka, Orahovac, and
Djakovica. It
>is more than absurd that DOS complain of election results at polling
stations
>where elections were not even held, or where, naturally, no candidate
won any
>votes! Over 90 percent of the polling stations about which DOS
complained were
>not even opened. Who needs this lie and why? It is obvious that it is
clear
>even to DOS that the election results determined by the Federal
Electoral
>Commission are absolutely correct, and, since they cannot change them,
DOS are
>trying to cast aspersions on the Federal Electoral Commission and
discredit it
>in every way. DOS want to show that there are no Serbs in Kosmet.
Kouchner is
>doing the same thing. Djindjic wants to show that Serbs do not live in
>Gracanica, Ranilug, Strpce, Kosovsko Pomoravlje, Gorazdevac, and 150
other
>places. That displaced Serbs did not vote, that they, not only have not
been
>expelled from Kosmet, but have even vanished from Serbia. For Djindjic
and
>DOS, Serbs of Kosmet do not exist. That is DOS's revenge to Kosmet
Serbs for
>the way they welcomed Kostunica in Kosovska Mitrovica. Everything DOS
leaders
>said and announced over the past days is bursting with lies and
falsehoods.
>That clearly indicates that the elections are not an issue here. It is
clear
>even to them that the results of the Federal Electoral Commission are
correct
>and cannot be different by one single vote. The issue here is Zoran
Djindjic's
>plan to use manipulations and lies to bring citizens into the streets
and try
>to topple the state and cause chaos. That is something Zoran Djindjic
has been
>working on for the past 30 years," the RTS commentary said.
> ab..
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BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Yugoslav Parliament's Chamber
of
Citizens President Milomir Minic on Tuesday sent a letter to Yugoslav
presidential candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS)
Vojislav Kostunica in answer to Kostunica's letter sent to the
presidents
of the two chambers of Yugoslav parliament.
In his answer to Kostunica, Minic said that the federal
parliament, as the country's top legislative organ, acting in keeping
with
the federal election laws, had appointed a Federal Electoral Commission
from among the ranks of bearers of legislative functions and prominent
legal experts, whose task it is to organize, carry out and determine the
results of the elections.
Representatives of all proposers who nominated presidential
candidates, including DOS representatives, took part in the work of the
Federal Electoral Commission.
The entire election process was managed by over 10,000
electoral
committees in whose work more than 180,000 citizens
participated representatives of all parties which took part in the
elections.
All participants in the elections on Sept 24, 2000, agreed that
the elections had been fair and passed in a democratic atmosphere, and
that
they had been realized in keeping with the elections legislature. This
was
confirmed also by 220 observers from 54 countries the world over, Minic
said.
In establishing the results of the vote, the Federal Electoral
Commission was guided strictly by original records from polling
stations.
"In keeping with the law, every representative of proposers who
nominated candidates for Yugoslav president had the right to review the
election material at the Federal Electoral Commission, which a
representative of those who put forward your nomination also did," Minic
said.
In keeping with the election results, it was undeniably
established that the Yugoslav president was not elected in the first
round,
so that the Federal Electoral Commission, in keeping with the law,
decided
that citizens will elect the Yugoslav president in a second round on Oct
8.
"In line with your calling on the understanding of honour,
democracy, and your claims that you are a legalist I urge you to
prevent
manipulations and calls to unrest and violence launched by the DOS
Election
Headquarters, to accept the will of the people and to respect the
decision
of the Federal Electoral Commission. The citizens of the Federal
Republic
of Yugoslavia will choose, of their own will, the Yugoslav president in
the
second round in keeping with the Yugoslav Constitution and the Law on
the
election of Republican president," said Minic in closing in his letter
to
DOS presidential candidate Kostunica.
FEDERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION: DOS ELECTION STAFF MISINFORMING PUBLIC
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Federal Electoral Commission
on
Monday released a statement in reaction to "misinformation and false
data
constantly released by the Election Headquarters of the Democratic
Opposition of Serbia (DOS)."
"The Federal Electoral Commission points out that authorized
persons from the Democratic Opposition of Serbia had had access to all
election material which they had demanded, and that they had been
enabled
insight into these materials in keeping with the Law on the election of
the
president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in the official
premises
and within the prescribed deadline."
The Commission said "the election campaign headquarters of
Vojislav Kostunica announced in public in the past seven days first that
their candidate won 2,783,870 votes on Tuesday, September 26, 2,649,003
on
Wednesday, September 27, 2,424,187 votes on Saturday, September 30, and
today, on Monday, October 2, 2,414,876 votes."
"They bombarded our public with figures that Vojislav Kostunica
won 2,649,003 votes, that this is 52.54 percent of the 5,041,878 votes
cast," the Commission statement said, adding:
"Today, they say that Vojislav Kostunica won 2,414,876 votes
and
that 4,704,685 voters went to the polls.
"In order to maintain a majority in his favour, they reduced
the
number of citizens who had voted by close to 350,000 erasing all
citizens
who voted in Kosovo and Metohija and displaced persons from Kosmet and
all
citizens who voted in Montenegro.
"The Federal Electoral Commission is not obliged by
manipulations
or mistakes in the DOS Election Headquarters.
"It was possible for the DOS Election Headquarters, since they
had
representatives in all polling stations and all records, to be assured
of
the legitimacy of the data released by the Federal Electoral Commission.
"The Federal Electoral Commission has asked the Supervising
Committee to warn the DOS Election Headquarters that spreading lies,
threats to members of the Electoral Commission, calls for lynching, and
provocation of unrest present a form of impermissible pressure and
intimidation of voters.
"The Federal Electoral Commission informs the public that all
preparations for holding the runoff to the election of Yugoslav
president,
set for Oct 8, 2000, are proceeding in keeping with the law," the
Commission statement said.
INTERFERENCE IN YUGOSLAV INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS INADMISSIBLE,
LUKASHENKO SAYS
MOSCOW, October 3 (Tanjug) Belarussian President Alexander
Lukashenko said on Tuesday that foreign interference in Yugoslav
internal
affairs is inadmissible.
According to Moscow media, Lukashenko said that the Yugoslav
people should express their own free will. The Serbian people are able
to
elect the man who will really represent their interests, said
Lukashenko.
The Belarussian observers who had monitored the first round of
Yugoslav elections think that everything was fair and absolutely
democratic, Lukashenko said.
The friendly ties between the two countries have nothing to do
with the names of current, former or future Russian or Belarussian
presidents, they are the "factual truth", stressed Lukashenko accepting
credentials from new Yugoslav Ambassador to Belarus Milorad Radovic.
FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Serbian Government held a
session on Tuesday chaired by Premier Mirko Marjanovic and discussed the
current situation in the republic. It noted that various foreign
agencies
are continuing their special war against Yugoslavia and attempting to
cause
chaos, intimidate the people and prevent normal functioning of state
institutions.
All political subjects have the right, guaranteed by the
Constitution, to engage in political activities, hold public assemblies
and
express freely their political views, but such activities must not
endanger
the rights and freedoms of the citizens, the government said quoted in a
statement by the information ministry.
Any attempt at subversive activities endangering personal
safety
or property of the citizens must therefore be prevented and sanctioned
according to law, the statement says.
The violent behaviour of individuals and groups that threatens
citizens' lives, disrupts normal functioning of traffic, prevents normal
work of industry, schools, institutions and health facilities will be
proscribed by law, the statement says.
Special measures will be taken against the organisers of these
criminal activities. These measures also apply to media that are
financed
from abroad and are breeding lies, untruths and inciting bloodshed, the
statement says.
Due to the attempt at sabotage at the Kolubara mining and power
complex, and in order to maintain stable functioning of the power supply
system, the government adopted a decision on minimum compulsory work in
Serbia's power industry, the statement says.
YUGOSLAV DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER CONFERS WITH UN OFFICIAL
BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister
Zoran Novakovic has received the special U.N. envoy for human rights in
BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier, Yugoslav
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Novakovic informed Dienstbier about the dramatic situation in
the
U.N.run Serbian (Yugoslav) province of KosovoMetohija which is getting
worse daily, especially after UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner had scheduled
elections for October 28 despite the fact that no conditions have been
provided for them.
He stressed that the situation in the southern Serbian province
is
characterized by systematic deliberate violations of Security Council
Resolution 1244, specifically Yugoslavia's territorial integrity and
sovereignty, and by mass violations of the human rights of both Serbs
and
other nonAlbanians.
Novakovic urged Dienstbier to oppose the local elections in
KosovoMetohija because they encourage terrorism and separatism and also
can
endanger peace and stability not only in the province but throughout the
region.
Dienstbier once again stressed that he supports sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and opposes sanctions against the
Yugoslav people.
He was specifically interested in the Yugoslav elections held
on
Sept 24, and expressed his best wishes for their peaceful outcome, the
statement said.
CANCELLATION OF VIENNA CONFERENCE IS GROSS INTERFERENCE IN YUGOSLAV
AFFAIRS
VIENNA, October 3 (Tanjug) The 2nd Conference on the
Implementation of the Subregional Arms Control Accord (Florence Accord)
which is one of the basic elements of DaytonParis accord, was due to be
held on October 4 in Vienna.
All preparations for the Conference have been completed
successfully and on time, organized by the Yugoslav delegation which had
been appointed to chair the conference. The Conference, however, will
not
be held, because delegations from Croatia and BosniaHerzegovina
Federation
refused to participate, justifying their decision by the allegedly
serious
situation in Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav delegation chief, Deputy Foreign Minister Miroslav
Milosevic said at the preparatory committee session convened just before
the conference was due to be held, that this pointless politically
motivated act is an attempt at gross interference in internal affairs of
sovereign Yugoslavia. This is one of the most serious blows to the
entire
DaytonParis accord, Milosevic said.
SERBIA'S OPPOSITION ORGANIZES ROAD BLOCKS, STRIKES, PRESSURES
BELGRADE, October 3 (Tanjug) The Democratic Opposition of
Serbia
(DOS) organized again on Tuesday road blocks and protests, preventing
normal daily activities and work in some towns and industries in Serbia.
Belgrade residents were thus again forced to walk to work due
to
traffic stoppages in several city thoroughfares, organized by DOS, the
Otpor organization, the G 17 group and other socalled independent
organizations.
DOS followers erected road blocks around Smederevska Palanka,
preventing access to the Belgrade Nis highway. However, the Gosa
industry
and many other companies in the town are working as usual.
In Paracin, DOS followers blocked the Paracin Bor road at 5
a.m.,
and the road towards Krusevac and other access roads some time later.
This
has prevented the deliveries of cement from the Novi Popovac plant,
where
production has been reduced due to fuel shortage, deputy manager Miodrag
Stefanovic told Tanjug.
The Buducnost cable manufacturing industry in Paracin has also
stopped production as imported raw materials and other inputs cannot
reach
the plant. Employees, however, come to work every day, Buducnost
executive
Dragan Vasic told Tanjug.
Workers at the Paracin glass works are, however, on strike, and
the industry is operating at minimum capacity.
Several thousand DOS followers once again blocked the main road
through Uzice Tuesday morning for they said three hours, allowing only
ambulances through.
Food shops and green markets in Uzice were open only until 10
a.m.
Tuesday, while other shops and restaurants remained closed.
Primary and high schools in the town were closed, but the
teachers' college and the technical college are working normally.
In the Uzice municipality which is administered by DOS parties,
the copper and aluminum processing industry in Sevojno and some other
plants are on strike.
The Uzice power distribution network has started alternating
fourhour power cuts in town districts.
KOSOVOMETOHIJA TERRORISM
KOSOVO ALBANIAN TERRORISTS HURL GRENADE AT SERBS IN PASJANE VILLAGE
GNJILANE, October 3 (Tanjug) Five Serbs were injured in
Pasjane
village near Gnjilane shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday when ethnic
Albanian
extremists hurled a hand grenade at a group of Serbs standing outside a
store.
Zoran Stojanovic, 35, and Ljubisa Maksimovic, 21, were gravely
injured, while Sasa Aksic, 27, Srboljub Stojkovic, 29, and Srdjan
Andjelkovic, 31, sustained minor injuries.
The international force KFOR medical center in the village
administered first aid to the injured Serbs. The seriously injured
casualties will most probably be taken to the U.S. Bondsteel base near
Sojevo for further treatment, amateur radio operators reported from the
U.N.run Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija.
The three attackers fled from the scene in a red Golf
automobile
without license plates in the direction of the neighbouring village of
Vlastica, populated by ethnic Albanians.
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> a.. * * FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA OPPOSITION WANTS TO
>PROVOKE CHAOS, CLASHES, MILUTINOVIC SAYS NOVI SAD, October 1 (Tanjug) -
>Serbian President Milan Milutinovic talked on Sunday in Novi Sad with
>officials in Vojvodina about the political situation and the importance
of the
>run-off elections for Yugoslav president and deputies in the provincial
>assembly. Milutionovic warned that for many, both in the country and
abroad,
>election results are not the primary goal, but provoking chaos, clashes
and
>unrest in the state, and calling for some kind of intervention and
>interference in our internal affairs. "Neither will those conditions be
>created, nor will there be any kind of intervention because our people,
>despite all those attempts, will make a decision in the runoff that
will
>preserve freedom, independence, integrity, equality and peace in the
country,"
>Milutinovic added. That, he said, "can be ensured only by our forces,
headed
>by Slobodan Milosevic." Speaking about the importance of the run-off
elections
>for deputies in the Assembly of Vojvodina, the Serbian President
pointed to
>the danger of candidates of parties with a separatist orientation that
are
>also part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia. Their intention,
Milutinovic
>specified, "is to separate Vojvodina first from Serbia, and then, under
the
>mask of regionalization, to divide it into districts in which Serbs
would be a
>minority." "That would be a new tragic tearing apart of the Serbian
national
>corps and the end of the Serbian national being in the territory. At
the same
>time, it would mean the end of economic independence and of Vojvodina
as a
>whole and the end of all its farmers, whether they are Serbs,
Hungarians,
>Romanians, Slovaks or any other," Milutinovic warned. Because of all
that, the
>outcome of the run-off election will decide "whether or not Vojvodina,
Serbia
>and Yugoslavia will remain one whole, free and independent and whether
the
>Serbian national corps will be preserved or further torn apart."
"Serbia and
>Yugoslavia will not lose their state and soul and will not be
colonies,"
>Milutinovic said, affirming his belief that "both in Vojvodina and
throughout
>Serbia the Serbian people will wake up and understand what is going on,
and
>what could happen."
> b..
> c..
> d.. BULATOVIC: YUGOSLAVIA AGAIN WINNING TICKET AT ELECTIONS
PODGORICA,
>October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Prime Minister and Socialist People's
Party
>(SNP) of Montenegro President Momir Bulatovic said on Monday that
Yugoslavia
>had made a significant step in its democratic development at the
September 24
>elections, and thus also in the protection of its most important state
>interests. "None of the terrible predictions about a civil war, state
of
>emergency or a new NATO intervention have come to pass," Bulatovic said
in an
>interview to the Podgorica daily Dan. "In spite of unprecedented
pressure from
>outside and brutal torture from within by Djukanovic, Kouchner and
Thaci,
>acting on instructions from the same boss, Yugoslav citizens went to
the polls
>en masse, and expressed their political will peacefully and in a
dignified
>manner," he said. Yugoslavia has again triumphed at these elections,
Bulatovic
>said. "This is especially good for Montenegro, where, in spite of the
>anticivilizational and hooligan behaviour of the Montenegrin
authorities, an
>admirably great number of people had summoned up civil and every other
courage
>to resist intimidation, threats and blackmail," he said. In reaction to
a
>comment that the results of these elections are "controversial, to say
the
>least," Bulatovic said presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica had
won the
>great confidence of Serbian citizens to become Yugoslav president.
Voters in
>Montenegro overwhelmingly voted for the SNP presidential candidate -
Slobodan
>Milosevic. Both these facts are equally binding for the SNP, Bulatovic
said.
>"We will continue to support our presidential candidate without any
dilemmas
>or calculations," Bulatovic said, adding that the SNP is also ready to
accept
>and respect a majority decision "which need not be in agreement with
our
>determination." "The legal path and legal means to which DOS and
candidate
>Kostunica have resorted should remove any possible dilemma. However,
there is
>no other way or any other legally established pathway for determining
the
>actual will of Yugoslav citizens. We trust the Federal Electoral
Commission
>and other state institutions of Yugoslavia. That is why the SNP is
getting
>ready to take part in the second round of the presidential elections,"
he
>said. Commenting on the political situation in Yugoslavia after the
first
>round of elections, Bulatovic said that, according to what is known so
far,
>the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) have refused to accept the
results
>of the Federal Electoral Commission and have opted for large-scale
civil
>protests. The right to peaceful democratic rallies and manifestation of
one's
>political stand is firmly embedded in our constitutional system and our
state
>practice, he said. "Personally, I am very sorry that this is happening
in our
>country which is at the height of its economic activities and the
process of
>renewing objects destroyed during the NATO aggression," Bulatovic said,
and
>appealed for the preservation of peace, the victory of reason, and,
regardless
>of the strength of individual beliefs, that "we should not work
generally to
>our own detriment." "The SNP was, is and will be devoted to full
coalition
>cooperation with the SPS. The joint list SPS-JUL in Federal Parliament
has
>enough deputies to appoint, together with SNP deputies, presidents of
>municipal councils and to decide about the structure of the new
government,"
>Bulatovic said. Bulatovic said it was the proposal of the SNP, from the
very
>beginning of this election cycle, that he be the federal prime
>minister-designate, Srdja Bozovic the president of the Chamber of
Republics,
>and that this is why neither he, nor other prominent SNP members who
held
>important positions in the Federal Government, were not on the lists of
>candidates for deputies. Colleagues from the coalition leftist bloc are
fully
>in agreement with this proposal, he said. "That is why it could be said
with a
>great dose of certainty that this job has been done. That is why I am
already
>at this time carrying out preliminary consultations about the program
and
>composition of the future federal government," Bulatovic told Dan.
> e..
> f.. MINISTER JOVANOVIC EXTENDS FELICITATIONS TO NIGERIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER
>BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin
Jovanovic has
>sent a note of felicitations to Nigerian Foreign Minister Alhadji Sule
Lamidou
>on the occasion of the national holiday of this country. The note said
that
>relations between these two countries will in future also continue to
develop
>in the spirit of confidence, cooperation and the traditional friendship
of the
>two peoples.
> g..
> h.. SERBIAN JUSTICE MINISTER CONFERS WITH UN OFFICIALS BELGRADE,
October 2
>(Tanjug) - Serbian Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic received special
U.N.
>envoy for human rights Jiri Dienstbier and U.N. human rights Belgrade
office
>chief Barbara Davis on Monday, said a statement of the Serbian Justice
>Ministry. Dienstbier was specifically interested in the status and
position of
>detained and charged ethnic Albanians in prisons in Serbia. He was also
>interested to learn about the just held elections in Yugoslavia and the
>situation in the country after the elections. Jankovic for his part
said that
>the detained and charged ethnic Albanians who had been displaced from
the
>Serbian (Yugoslav) province of Kosovo-Metohija due to last year's NATO
>aggression on Yugoslavia have the same status and treatment as all
other
>inmates. Their lawyers, family members and International Red Cross
Committee
>members regularly visit ethnic Albanian prisoners. Jovanovic also
briefed the
>visitors on the legal procedure for holding elections in Yugoslavia,
and noted
>that relevant bodies were acting in conformity with it.
STRIKES, ROAD BLOCKADES ORGANIZED BY DOS BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug)
>- The Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) organized on Monday in
Belgrade
>and in a number of other towns in Serbia road blockades, and strong
pressure
>is made on schools and schoolchildren who did not heed the calls for
strike.
>Public transportation in Belgrade and in some parts of the city came to
a
>standstill due to the blockade of streets, so that, despite the fact
that this
>morning 534 buses were dispatched, most people had to walk to work. In
Pirot,
>4,700 workers of the "Tigar" factory, the trade union said, will not
halt
>production because that would result in huge losses due to obligations
towards
>foreing partners involving deadlines. However, the first shift in the
textile
>factory "Prvi maj" of Pirot went on strike this morning, while workers
in
>other factories will make decisions during the afternoon. In
Smederevska
>Palanka and in Smederevo, firms are working while DOS organized a
blockade of
>roads, and a number of schools have also stopped working. In
Smederevska
>Palanka, an incident occurred when citizens who gathered at a rally,
started a
>walk through town and while passing by the building housing the SPS
>headquarters threw stones and oranges and broke several windows. State
bodies
>did not intervene, they only warned that roads blockades should be
lifted. In
>Pancevo, due to road blockades, the regular delivery of milk from the
Pancevo
>dairy for the capital city could not be made. Kragujevac was supplied
this
>morning with milk, bread and other products and state-owned stores are
open.
>Most "Zastava" plants were working today, but a smaller number of
workers
>joined the strikers who threaten the further blockade of some state
firms and
>institutions. Class has been organized on a number of faculties.
According to
>the Ministry of Education office chief in Pozarevac Srboljub Cojkic,
>highschools in Brancevski and Podunavski districts had regular class
but
>manipulations with pupils started later. In some schools, pupils were
not
>allowed into schools campuses. Some parents have passed their political
>convictions on to their children, and some professors have openly
called and
>taken pupils to the streets. After a several-hour walk, pupils
dispersed while
>in the afternoon regular class resumed. One of the reasons why pupils
did not
>get to schools on time in the morning was the blockade of roads, but
also the
>strike of a number of bus drivers. Public transportation went back to
normal
>in the afternoon. In the municipalities of these two districts, where
the left
>has won at local elections, there was no response to DOS calls for
civic
>disobedience.
> y.. KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM SERB HOUSES IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA
MOGULA
>VILLAGE RAZED KOSOVSKA VITINA, October 2 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian
extremists
>blasted late on Sunday three Serb-owned houses and a business premises
in the
>multi-ethnic Mogula village (Kosovska Vitina municipality) of Serbia's
>Kosovo-Metohija province, local amateur radio operators said on Monday.
The
>explosion was a very powerful one, inflicting great damage to the
buildings,
>owned by Serb Stanimir Bocic. No one was hurt in the incident.
According to
>the operators, a group of ethnic Albanian terrorists called "Leopard",
is
>responsible for the act. These extremists have been active in the area
for a
>long time, the sources said
> z..
> aa.. FROM DOMESTIC PRESS SERBIAN RADIO TELEVISION: DOS TRYING TO
GET OUT
>OF ITS LIES BELGRADE, October 1 (Tanjug) - It has been shown that the
results
>and figures announced these days by the headquarters of the Democratic
>Opposition of Serbia (DOS) present a blatant lie, and now DOS leaders
are
>trying to get out of these lies, said a commentary by Serbian Radio
Television
>RTS on Saturday. "One such attempt is to substitute theses, in fact to
accuse
>the Federal Electoral Commission that votes have been stolen, and
another to
>object to the results of the elections in Kosmet (Kosovo and Metohija
>province). However, it is immediately evident that DOS in their
objection did
>not complain about or deny the result of Vojislav Kostunica which has
been
>determined by the Federal Electoral Commission and according to which
>Kostunica won 2,474,392 votes. It is incredible, but true, DOS do not
deny the
>results and yet claim their votes have been stolen. After insight into
records
>of the Federal Electoral Commission, DOS did not deny a single vote it
had
>counted in favour of Kostunica. But they lied to the public that they
had not
>had access to the records. Who needs this lie and why? The only thing
they
>deny in their complaint is the number of votes which the presidential
>candidates won in Kosmet. However, this complaint is brimful of
falsehoods.
>DOS claim that the Electoral Commission of the Vranje electoral
precinct has
>annulled elections at a certain number of polling stations for the
election of
>federal deputies but not for the election of president. That is an
absolute
>lie. According to a decision of September 27, the Federal Electoral
Commission
>did this in Vranje. And DOS know this, and yet they delude the public.
DOS
>also complained about the results of elections at 15 polling stations
in
>Prizren. However, none of these polling stations opened, not a single
voter
>cast their votes there, and not a single candidate won a single vote
there.
>The situation is the same also at polling stations in the
municipalities of
>Srbica, Podujevo, Decane, Klina, Istok, Suva Reka, Orahovac, and
Djakovica. It
>is more than absurd that DOS complain of election results at polling
stations
>where elections were not even held, or where, naturally, no candidate
won any
>votes! Over 90 percent of the polling stations about which DOS
complained were
>not even opened. Who needs this lie and why? It is obvious that it is
clear
>even to DOS that the election results determined by the Federal
Electoral
>Commission are absolutely correct, and, since they cannot change them,
DOS are
>trying to cast aspersions on the Federal Electoral Commission and
discredit it
>in every way. DOS want to show that there are no Serbs in Kosmet.
Kouchner is
>doing the same thing. Djindjic wants to show that Serbs do not live in
>Gracanica, Ranilug, Strpce, Kosovsko Pomoravlje, Gorazdevac, and 150
other
>places. That displaced Serbs did not vote, that they, not only have not
been
>expelled from Kosmet, but have even vanished from Serbia. For Djindjic
and
>DOS, Serbs of Kosmet do not exist. That is DOS's revenge to Kosmet
Serbs for
>the way they welcomed Kostunica in Kosovska Mitrovica. Everything DOS
leaders
>said and announced over the past days is bursting with lies and
falsehoods.
>That clearly indicates that the elections are not an issue here. It is
clear
>even to them that the results of the Federal Electoral Commission are
correct
>and cannot be different by one single vote. The issue here is Zoran
Djindjic's
>plan to use manipulations and lies to bring citizens into the streets
and try
>to topple the state and cause chaos. That is something Zoran Djindjic
has been
>working on for the past 30 years," the RTS commentary said.
> ab..
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