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Serb Army Guarantees Students
By JOVANA GEC
Associated Press Writer
Monday, January 6, 1997 6:56 am EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Serbian students said they received
guarantees from the military chief Monday that the army would not block
their seven-week-old pro-democracy protests against President Slobodan
Milosevic.
``We got firm assurances it will be so, and we are very pleased,'' said
Dusan Vasiljevic, one of the students who met Gen. Momcilo Perisic, head
of the powerful Yugoslav army, at the army's downtown headquarters.
An statement read by Vasiljevic said the army wanted political disputes
solved peacefully and Serb-led Yugoslavia to fully rejoin the
international community.
The army has so far remained neutral in the widespread protests against
Milosevic's annulment of Nov. 17 local elections -- the greatest threat
to his authority since he took office nine years ago. However, there
have been indications the military is turning against him.
Milosevic brought army tanks onto the streets of Belgrade in March 1991
to halt protests. He also used the military to launch wars in Croatia
later that year and in Bosnia in 1992.
But he then neglected the military in favor of developing a powerful
police force.
Prior to Monday's meeting, students said they would ask Perisic not to
allow ``further diminishing of importance'' of the army in Serbia.
In recent days, the Serbian president has deployed his well-equipped
riot police in Belgrade and other towns in Serbia to prevent opposition
demonstrators from marching through the city.
The students also asked for a meeting Monday with Serbia's police chief,
Zoran Sokolovic, to demand the removal of the police from Belgrade
streets.
Protesters were to march Monday to one of the main Belgrade churches.
Demonstrators on Sunday marched through Belgrade after first driving
their cars downtown to mock a ban on marches by police who cited traffic
concerns. Drivers honked, triggered car alarms and faked engine problems
or accidents, all the while demanding that police keep traffic moving.
Drivers of halted cars chanted, ``We need police help.'' But hundreds of
riot police remained inside their buses parked on adjacent streets.
``We are unbeatable,'' said Jelena Misic as she drove slowly in her
sub-compact Fiat. ``They cannot kill our protest, not even with the
police.''
Milosevic and his allies won parliamentary elections in early November.
However, when the opposition Zajedno coalition appeared to win the Nov.
17 runoffs for local offices in most large cities, including Belgrade,
Milosevic canceled the results. That sparked protests by students and
opposition party supporters.
Milosevic's refusal to concede electoral defeat has drawn fire from
Western leaders and others. Serbian Orthodox Church leaders issued a
sharply worded criticism last week, and the mayor of Belgrade, a close
ally of Milosevic, reportedly resigned in protest over the weekend.
The opposition released a letter Sunday appealing to police to join the
protesters.
``Do not let the Socialist thieves abuse you and pit you into conflict
with the people who live difficult lives just as you do,'' the letter
said.
Opposition leaders told 30,000 people who turned out in cold, heavy rain
that they would call for the blockade of roads all over Serbia unless
Milosevic backs down within three or four days.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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Army Chief Indirectly Backs Democracy Movement
(10:41 01/06/97) BELGRADE (Reuter) - The Yugoslav army commander met
students in the Serbian opposition movement Monday and indirectly backed
its campaign to restore opposition election victories annulled by the
government.
After seven weeks of street protests that have rocked the autocratic
rule of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, the West has told him to
democratize Yugoslavia or face international isolation.
Sympathy for the students' cause from General Momcilo Perisic, chief of
the Yugoslav army general staff, was the latest gesture of solidarity
for opposition activists from members of the Serbian establishment.
Perisic told them that under the constitution the army stayed out of
politics.
But he said he favored a democratic solution to the crisis that would
help Yugoslavia rejoin Europe.
``General Perisic underlined the Yugoslav Army's ... special interest in
seeing that all current problems are overcome within the legal
institutions of the system in a manner deployed in democratic
countries,'' an army statement issued by the official news agency Tanjug
said.
Such an approach was necessary to secure Yugoslavia's re-entry to the
international community, it said.
Last October the United Nations repealed sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia
in 1992 for its fomentation of war in Bosnia.
But the West is looking for democratic and free-market reforms in
Yugoslavia before it funnels in money sought by Milosevic to reconstruct
its wrecked economy and readmits Belgrade to key international
institutions.
The army's message was couched to avoid open endorsement of the
opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition. But it effectively criticised
Milosevic's annulment of the elections by demanding respect for
international democratic norms.
An inquiry by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) verified opposition claims to have won voting in 15 of Serbia's
18 largest cities including Belgrade.
Serbia's Socialist (SPS) government grudgingly admitted last week that
Zajedno prevailed in a few of the smaller cities but insisted that in
other districts no party gained a majority or the results were
inconclusive and needed further study.
Cedomir Jovanovic, spokesman for the five-member student delegation that
met Perisic for 30 minutes, said the general bolstered the opposition's
campaign by calling for the rule of law to be observed in Serbia.
``We have found ourselves on the same side since both they and we demand
that the constitution be observed,'' Jovanovic told independent Belgrade
radio B-92.
Dusan Vasiljevic, another student leader, said Perisic promised there
would be ``no repeat of 1991'' when Milosevic ordered tanks into
Belgrade to crush an outbreak of demonstrations for democratic change.
Milosevic alienated the army by summarily purging scores of generals and
running down the ranks after army forces failed to prevent Croatia's
secession from federal Yugoslavia in 1991.
Last week, unidentified army officers warned Milosevic after he
unleashed riot police to beat demonstrators that army troops would not
fire on protesters again.
The opposition movement has also garnered sympathy from the Serbian
Orthodox Church and disgruntled elements of the police whose standard of
living has plunged like most Yugoslavs.
Zajedno outfoxed a ban on marches Sunday by staging a vast traffic jam
of hooting cars in central Belgrade, allowing more than 100,000 Zajedno
supporters to flood the streets on foot.
Demonstrators planned to gather Monday evening in Republic Square and
then march to St Sava's cathedral for midnight mass. The Serbian
Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on Tuesday according to the old
Julian calendar.
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Yugoslav army chief backs 'democratic' end to crisis
January 6, 1997
Web posted at: 12:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT)
<Picture: students>
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) -- The Yugoslav army commander met
students in the Serbian opposition movement on Monday and backed a
"democratic" solution to the country's crisis over the annulment of
opposition election victories.
After seven weeks of street protests that have rocked the autocratic
rule of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, the West has told him to
democratize Yugoslavia or face international isolation.
Sympathy for the students' cause from Gen. Momcilo Perisic, chief of the
Yugoslav army general staff, was the latest gesture of solidarity for
opposition activists from members of the Serbian establishment.
Perisic told them that under the constitution the army stayed out of
politics.
<Picture: flag>
But he said he favored a democratic solution to the crisis that would
help Yugoslavia rejoin Europe.
Army says it will use democratic countries' approach
"General Perisic underlined the Yugoslav Army's ... special interest in
seeing that all current problems are overcome within the legal
institutions of the system in a manner deployed in democratic
countries," an army statement issued by the official news agency Tanjug
said.
Such an approach was necessary to secure Yugoslavia's re-entry to the
international community, it said.
<Picture: yugoslavia.belgrade>
Last October the United Nations repealed sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia
in 1992 for its fomentation of war in Bosnia.
But the West is looking for democratic and free-market reforms in
Yugoslavia before it funnels in money sought by Milosevic to reconstruct
its wrecked economy and readmits Belgrade to key international
institutions.
The army's message was couched to avoid open endorsement of the
opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition. But it effectively criticized
Milosevic's annulment of the elections by demanding respect for
international democratic norms.
An inquiry by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) verified opposition claims to have won voting in 15 of Serbia's
18 largest cities including Belgrade.
Serbia's Socialist (SPS) government grudgingly admitted last week that
Zajedno prevailed in a few of the smaller cities but insisted that in
other districts no party gained a majority or the results were
inconclusive and needed further study.
General tells students 'no repeat of 1991'
Dusan Vasiljevic, a spokesman for the five-member student delegation
that met Perisic for 30 minutes, said Perisic promised there would be
"no repeat of 1991" when Milosevic ordered tanks into Belgrade to crush
an outbreak of demonstrations for democratic change.
<Picture: car>
Zajedno outfoxed a ban on marches on Sunday by staging a vast traffic
jam of hooting cars in central Belgrade, allowing more than 100,000
Zajedno supporters to flood the streets on foot.
Demonstrators planned to gather on Monday evening in Republic Square and
then march to St. Sava's cathedral for midnight Mass.
Copyright 1997 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
(c) 1997 Cable News Network, Inc.
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Students March, Defy Serb Army
By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Monday, January 6, 1997 5:46 pm EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Bolstered by an army promise to stay
neutral, 200,000 opponents of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic
marched Monday -- the Orthodox Christmas Eve -- and counted on the
holiday spirit to keep riot police at bay.
A big Christmas tree and traditional oak branches decorated Republic
Square, where opposition supporters gathered for the walk to the
capital's biggest cathedral.
Defying a police ban on marches, opposition protesters paraded through
downtown to St. Sava Cathedral, where the Serbian Patriarch, Pavle,
offered them Christmas greetings. He burned oak branches, a traditional
Christmas custom, before going inside the cathedral for a midnight
liturgy.
Students and opposition members have protested daily for seven weeks
since Milosevic-controlled courts annulled local elections won by the
opposition.
On Monday, Serbia's students received assurances from the military chief
that the army would not intervene in their protests. The army also
released a statement saying it wanted political disputes resolved
peacefully.
Student leaders unsuccessfully sought similar assurances from the head
of the police, Zoran Sokolovic, who has sent thousands of riot police
out against the demonstrators.
Sokolovic ``doesn't even consider removing police from the streets,''
student leader Dusan Vasiljevic said. He said Sokolovic insisted that
``police will be doing their job.''
Leaders of the student demonstrations said that, as of Thursday, they
would no longer back off when confronted by police. The students usually
demonstrate before the daily opposition marches.
``Serbia will explode after Jan. 9,'' Vasiljevic warned.
Riot police stayed away from Monday's march, apparently in recognition
of the holiday.
``Christmas is a day of peace, love and reconciliation,'' said Vuk
Draskovic, a leader of the opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together.
``I wish that all citizens of Serbia approach European principles of
democracy, and that the foundations of new Serbia be established -- a
Serbia of peace, tolerance and reconciliation between Serbs, Muslims and
Croats.''
Zoran Djindjic, another Zajedno leader, said that ``hundreds of
thousands of people in Serbia are on the streets every day and their one
Christmas wish -- which we all share -- is that this year will bring
freedom.''
Activists from an opposition-sponsored humanitarian group handed out
Christmas gifts to children.
A few blocks from the marchers, a small explosion in a garden in front
of the Communist Party headquarters broke some windows but caused no
injuries.
Police said the blast was under investigation. They provided no
information on what caused it.
The blast -- which witnesses said appeared to be from a hand grenade --
occurred in a garden in front of the offices of the Yugoslav United
Left, Milosevic's coalition partner. The party is led by his wife,
Mirjana Markovic.
Opposition leaders have warned that the Communists might resort to
staging terrorist acts to give the government an excuse to crack down on
the protests.
Milosevic's heavily armed riot police have been keeping the protesters
confined to a pedestrian mall for the past 12 days, claiming the rallies
were disrupting traffic. Opposition supporters did hold an impromptu
march Sunday -- after driving cars into the city center to cause a
traffic jam.
The protests have been the biggest challenge to the Serbian president's
nine-year rule.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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Church Breaks With Milosevic
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Monday, January 6, 1997 6:42 pm EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- After decades of following Communist
rulers, leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church have broken their
alliance with President Slobodan Milosevic, shaking his rule and
boosting their own standing with believers.
``Milosevic must go if Serbia wants to live,'' Father Sava, a priest in
Belgrade's Bezaniska Church, said Monday, the eve of Tuesday's Orthodox
Christmas. Worshipers in the church held candles and prayed to a choir's
velvet sound.
Yugoslavia's Orthodox churches have joined the chorus of protesters who
have rallied against Milosevic since he annulled Nov. 17 local elections
won by the opposition.
In their strongest attack ever, Serbian Orthodox Church leaders assailed
Milosevic last week for ``crushing the will of the people'' and
fomenting civil strife.
``He has already placed us against the whole world, and now he wants to
set us against each other and trigger bloodshed just to preserve
power,'' the leaders said in a statement.
Sava said he once believed that Milosevic was the only one who could
``save Serbia from evil powers.''
``Even though he is a Communist, I trusted him like he was my brother. I
thought he was Serbia's savior against Western influence, Croats and all
others,'' Sava said. ``But now I see that whatever he touched, he
destroyed. Like Satan.''
The church's alliance with Serbian Communists followed World War II,
when some priests openly sided with Communist partisans even as churches
were shut down and clergymen were ousted.
Under Communist rule, Serbia officially was atheist and churchgoers
could risk being fired from their jobs or even arrested.
As a matter of survival, church leaders fell in line behind their
Communist leaders. They earned the tacit support of former Yugoslav
Communist strongman Josip Broz Tito.
Tolerance of religion increased in the 1980s when Milosevic switched to
nationalism to retain power while communism crumbled elsewhere.
Church leaders backed Milosevic when he instigated wars in neighboring
Croatia and Bosnia: Some priests even rode atop Serbian tanks as they
rolled into Croatia.
They supported Bosnian Serb leaders, including war crimes suspects
Radovan Karadzic and Gen. Ratko Mladic. Today, a large poster of
Karadzic still decorates a side entrance of the Belgrade office of the
church's leader, Patriarch Pavle.
``The church has always been nationalist in Serbia, as in most other
Balkan states,'' said Zorana Vlajkovic, of Belgrade's Institute of
Sociology. ``It didn't care too much about other nations, human and
democratic rights -- not to speak of elections. Now, something seems to
be changing.''
Following the Bosnian war, Orthodox clergy split over what degree of
nationalism they wished to follow and Pavle struggled to find a balance
between the two factions.
Last week's statement indicated the faction supporting modern democratic
reforms -- and a more benign interpretation of national interests -- had
won.
It was a victory cheered by Serbian faithful -- about 40 percent of the
population -- as well as by opposition protesters. Along with signs of
discontent in Yugoslavia's army, the statement indicated that some of
Milosevic's traditional pillars of support may be crumbling.
``There is no hope for Milosevic if he doesn't take our statement
seriously,'' said Metropolitan Amfilohije, head of the church in the
Yugoslav republic of Montenegro.
Opposition leader Zoran Djindjic said: ``The Serbian Orthodox Church has
often been with the Serbian rulers. But when they split, the rulers were
the ones who went down, and not the church.''
Worshipers at Christmas Eve services expressed relief that the church
finally decided to take on Milosevic.
``This is the first time in years that I went to church for Christmas
Eve,'' said Momcilo Lukic, 45, holding the hand of his 4-year-old
daughter Maja. ``I was so disappointed with their leaders that I
boycotted Mass. Now, I even took my family along.''
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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:: Reuter
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Serbian Opposition Plans to Tie up Phones
(17:16 01/06/97) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) - Serbia's opposition
picked up support from the Yugoslav army chief Monday and vowed to tie
up government phones for 24 hours, saying ``the less they work the less
harm will be done to the country.''
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters thronged Belgrade's central
square for Orthodox Christmas festivities and demanded that President
Slobodan Milosevic restore opposition election gains.
Seven successive weeks of pro-democracy street protests have shaken
Milosevic's authoritarian Socialist government and the West has told him
to democratize Yugoslavia or consign it to indefinite international
isolation.
``We have decided to block the work of the state authorities -- Tuesday
and Wednesday you will get lists of all telephone numbers of all state
institutions -- ministries, state TV and radio, Tanjug, and others,''
opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition leader Zoran Djindjic told the
rally.
``Call them from dawn until dusk -- block their phones for 24 hours --
the less they work the less harm will be done to this country,'' he
said.
Sympathy for the opposition's cause from Gen. Momcilo Perisic, chief of
the Yugoslav army general staff, was the latest crack in the 50-year-old
monolith of leftist rule in federal Yugoslavia.
Perisic told the student delegation that under the constitution the army
stayed out of politics. But he said he favored a democratic solution to
the crisis that would help Yugoslavia rejoin Europe.
``General Perisic underlined the Yugoslav Army's ... special interest in
seeing that all current problems are overcome within the legal
institutions of the system in a manner deployed in democratic
countries,'' an army statement released by the official Tanjug news
agency said.
Such an approach was necessary to secure Yugoslavia's re-entry to the
international community, it said.
Last October the United Nations repealed sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia
in 1992 for stoking the fires of war in Bosnia.
But the West is looking for democratic and free-market reforms in
Yugoslavia before it funnels in money sought by Milosevic to reconstruct
its wrecked economy and readmits Belgrade to key international
institutions.
The army's message was designed to avoid open endorsement of the
opposition Zajedno coalition. But it effectively criticized Milosevic's
annulment of the elections by demanding respect for international
democratic norms.
An inquiry by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) verified opposition claims to have won voting in 15 of Serbia's
18 largest cities including Belgrade last November.
Serbia's government grudgingly admitted last week that Zajedno prevailed
in a few of the smaller cities but insisted that in other districts no
party gained a majority or the results were inconclusive and needed
further study.
Dusan Vasiljevic, a student leader, said Perisic promised there would be
``no repeat of 1991'' when Milosevic ordered tanks into Belgrade to
crush an outbreak of demonstrations for democratic change.
Milosevic alienated the army by summarily purging scores of generals
after army forces failed to prevent Croatia's secession from Yugoslavia
in 1991.
Last week, unidentified army officers warned Milosevic after he
unleashed riot police on demonstrators that army troops would not fire
on protesters again.
The opposition movement has also garnered sympathy from the Serbian
Orthodox Church and disgruntled elements of the police whose standard of
living has plunged like most Yugoslavs.
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:: Washington Post
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The Media and Ethnic Violence
Monday, January 6 1997; Page A16
The Washington Post
In his Dec. 23 op-ed column "On a Fault-Finding Mission," Richard
Harwood makes a reasonable attempt to balance the blame directed at the
media for all the world's ills. Unfortunately, while attempting to play
down the significance of mass communications in fomenting civil disorder
and ethnic violence, he cites several examples that argue precisely
against the point he is trying to make.
Contrary to his claim that the "slaughter of Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda,
and of Serbs, Bosnians and Croats in the Balkans were not media
induced," the record shows that hate media had a dramatic, catalytic
role in both of these cases. Radio broadcasts by Hutu extremists were
instrumental in mobilizing the frenzy of ethnic violence that visited
Rwanda in 1994.
Similarly, state-controlled media in Yugoslavia made incessant appeals
to pan-Serbian chauvinism beginning in 1991 as that nation began to
break up. Since then, incitements to ethnic hatred have ruled local
television and radio across Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia -- and in no
small way fueled the brutal war that ravaged that country until last
year. Political hate media, encouraging ethnic separatism and distrust,
remain a serious obstacle to be surmounted for those dedicated to the
healing process that must follow the signing of the Dayton Accords.
Though the distinctions are blurred in Mr. Harwood's column, there is a
difference between the "glamorization" of violence in advertising,
television and motion pictures, and propaganda in an environment in
which countervailing messages are absent.
Incitements to violence and ethnic hatred stirred by "blood libel" can
have a terrible and profound effect in already tense situations. For
centuries, periodic false rumors of Jewish plots to drink the blood of
Christian children swept European communities, setting in motion brutal
pogroms. With the reach and speed of today's media technology, such
furies can be set in motion much more quickly and with far less effort.
RYAN HENRY
C. EDWARD PEARTREE
Washington
The writers are, respectively, visiting senior fellow at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies, and a research analyst in
political-military studies at the same organization.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company
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Belgrade's Barbara Frietchie Shows Her Colors
Gray-Haired Grandmother Becomes Darling of Democracy Demonstrators by
Cheering Them On From Her Balcony
By Michael Dobbs
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, January 6 1997; Page A11
The Washington Post
"Olga! Olga!" yelled the crowds, as they marched past the apartment of
the 82-year-old grandmother who has become an unlikely symbol of
Serbia's democracy movement. The rhythmic chants soon brought the
redoubtable Olga Radovanovic out onto her second-floor balcony,
brandishing a Serbian flag in one hand and waving triumphantly to the
protesters with the other.
For the first time since Serbia's Communist government sent riot police
to "unblock traffic" in Belgrade on Dec. 25, the street below was full
of cheering people. A cacophony of sounds filled the city center -- car
horns, sirens, drums, cymbals, firecrackers, the banging of pots and
pans. And all around was the piercing screech of thousands of whistles,
telling President Slobodan Milosevic that his time is up.
For the past 10 days, police have succeeded in bottling up the
demonstrators in a central square, preventing them from staging daily
marches around the city to protest alleged election fraud by the
Milosevic government in the Nov. 17 municipal elections. But this
afternoon, the demonstrators regained possession of the streets by
resorting to their new tactic of creating gigantic traffic jams.
By turning the center of Belgrade into a snarling mass of honking cars,
they effectively blocked police from blocking their demonstration. Some
of the protesters ostentatiously lifted their hoods and placed breakdown
signs on their cars, while others chanted sarcastically for police
"assistance" in getting their vehicles moving again.
"Serbia has risen up," said Zivojin Davidovic, 46, an architect, honking
the horn of his battered Toyota on Belgrade's main street. "This is no
longer just about the elections. It is about Milosevic's own power."
Hundreds of policemen clad in riot gear sat quietly in buses parked near
the Yugoslav parliament building, holding their helmets and clear
plastic shields on their laps and making no attempt to interfere with
the demonstrations. Some grinned good-naturedly.
Today's cavalcade involved tens of thousands of Belgrade residents and
demonstrated convincingly that, after seven weeks of almost continuous
protest, the Serbian democracy movement is far from running out of
steam. The city erupted into another round of noise-making this evening
as people heeded calls from the political opposition to "drown out"
state television's main news program to protest its virtual blackout on
information about the demonstrations.
At the same time, however, the opposition shows little sign of
broadening the social basis of its assault on Europe's last Communist
regime. For the most part, the demonstrators belong to the impoverished
middle classes and the intelligentsia, which have suffered most as a
result of government economic policies and Serbia's isolation from the
outside world. Many workers remain indifferent, while some are hostile.
"This is pointless," said a bus driver whose vehicle was snarled in the
demonstration. "It is just a struggle for power between one group and
another group; nothing will change." "It is infantile," declared a
stranded bus passenger, Milorad Milosevic, who said he is not a relative
of the Serbian president. "I am for changes, but not with these people."
"At the moment, it is the bourgeoisie and the students who are out on
the streets," acknowledged Radovanovic, the daughter of a World War I
Serbian general and the widow of a prominent doctor, in between saluting
the crowds beneath her balcony. "For the moment, this is just a revolt.
When the workers come out as well, then it will be a revolution."
During the first phase of the street protests, Radovanovic became an
instant celebrity. She was one of the first Belgrade residents to come
out onto her balcony in support of the demonstrators, whom she showered
with flowers and candy. When she failed to appear one afternoon, because
she was resting in bed with a broken arm, there was consternation in the
crowd.
The demonstrators got another morale boost when they were joined by the
77-year-old former governor of the national bank, Dragoslav Avramovic,
widely regarded as the only politician in the country with a stature
approaching that of Milosevic. Avramovic was the key figure in stopping
the country's runaway inflation in January 1994 when he issued a new
currency and regained control of the money supply. He was fired last May
after attacking the government's economic policies.
Avramovic, who requires regular dialysis for a kidney disease, was
originally named as head of Together, the opposition coalition. But he
gave up the post without explanation before legislative elections on
Nov. 3, leading to speculation that the regime had found some way of
silencing him. Beyond saying that he is for "democracy and freedom," he
made few public comments today.
After blocking traffic on the city's central boulevard, the
demonstrators took their traditional route, past the paint-spattered
headquarters of Belgrade television and the state-controlled Politika
newspaper, where they stopped to shout, "Red thieves!" They ended up on
the Square of the Republic, where opposition leader Zoran Djindjic said
the protests "were just a beginning."
Opposition leaders appealed to everyone to join a march by Belgrade
students Monday to the city's main cathedral to mark the Christian
Orthodox Christmas Eve. After two hours of good-natured, ear-splitting
chaos, everyone went home peacefully.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company
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Monday, January 6, 1997
Protest Turns Belgrade Into Gridlock City
<Picture> Balkans: Defying ban on street protests, citizens end seventh
week of demonstrations against government by jamming thoroughfares
with cars.
By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--The center of this capital city became one giant
SigAlert on Sunday as anti-government demonstrators unleashed their
newest weapon--their cars--in the fight against Serbian President
Slobodan Milosevic.
Challenging a ban on street protests, thousands of motorists jammed
their vehicles into principal avenues and brought Belgrade to a noisy
standstill full of horns, car alarms and protesters' whistles.
Demanding that opposition victories in Nov. 17 municipal elections be
respected, the protesters created deliberate gridlock. Many feigned car
trouble as an excuse to park in the middle of the street, or stopped to
change pretend-flat tires, while others simply abandoned their vehicles
and paraded up and down central boulevards.
A sea of cars, buses and taxis, festooned with balloons, flags and oak
branches--symbolic of the Serbian Orthodox Christmas, which comes
Tuesday--filled downtown for miles and for hours.
The stunt was an effort by opposition leaders to reinvigorate daily
demonstrations that on Sunday ended their seventh week. They also hoped
to make a show of recapturing the streets after Milosevic banned
demonstrations that block traffic and deployed a massive police presence
that confined protest rallies to a single town square.
"At last we broke the police blockade!" crowed Nebojsa Kandic, a
32-year-old sound engineer who had raised the hood on his white Yugo and
was sitting in the middle of the massive, festive traffic jam.
Kandic, tongue in cheek, explained that his car trouble was caused by
"wet cables." When Milosevic shut down, then was forced to reopen,
Belgrade's principal pro-opposition radio station, his government
clumsily tried to blame the closure on a technical problem: wet cables.
Demonstrators placed red traffic-hazard triangles on their "stalled"
cars. Some had tailgate parties, serving up beer and French fries.
* * *
On other streets, traffic was snarled by a slow-moving caravan. Cars
traveled about 6 mph, blinking their headlights at hapless traffic cops
who stood at intersections and vainly tried to wave the motorists
onward.
Other police--the heavily armed special forces that Milosevic has
deployed since riots between his supporters and the protesters erupted
Dec. 24--sat in buses and jeeps, engines running, around the federal
parliament building and City Hall. They watched the show unfolding
before them but did not intervene.
"They don't want us walking, so we will protest by car," declared Bogdan
Angelovski, 42, whose red Italian-made compact sat near an intersection.
He had rigged his car alarm and a musical door chime playing Christmas
carols to an amplifier and was broadcasting the ruckus nonstop.
"Milosevic started the war, killed thousands of children in Bosnia and
now drives a BMW and opens luxury hotels," Angelovski said. "He is a
criminal and has to go."
The anti-government demonstrations were triggered by Milosevic's
decision to annul opposition victories in the November balloting.
The opposition, which won key cities, including Belgrade, has earned the
backing of international investigators, the Serbian Orthodox Church and
even some of Milosevic's allies. But Milosevic shows no sign he is
willing to relent beyond token concessions.
Copyright Los Angeles Times
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Utorak, 7. januar 1997.
EVROPSKI KOMENTARI POLITICKE KRIZE U SRBIJI
Rezim sve vise gubi kontrolu
Zapadni izvestaci procenjuju da sa svakim novim danom ulicnih
manifestacija raste i rizik od "fatalne konfrontacije"
Mirko Klarin
dopisnik "Nase Borbe" iz Brisela
Zapadni izvestaci iz Beograda primecuju da se - sa svakim novim danom
ulicnih manifestacija - teziste problema sa neposrednog povoda, tj.
izborne kradje, prebacuje na primarni uzrok politicke krize koja potresa
Srbiju, tj. nedemokratski, ili "poslednji komunisticki", rezim olicen u
predsedniku Milosevicu. Jucerasnji "Herald tribjun", recimo, citira
arhitektu koji za volanom svoje "tojote" zaglavljene u nedelju u centru
Beograda, kaze: "Ne radi se vise samo o izborima. Ovo je o Milosevicu i
njegovoj vlasti." Londonski "Tajms", istim povodom, navodi reci
84-godisnjeg penzionera koji predsednika pominje u kontekstu ratnih
zlocina kojima je "osramotio zemlju i narod", zbog cega mu je, po
njegovom misljenju, "mesto u Hagu." Veteran Bi-Bi-Sija Martin Bel, koji
je u Beograd po svemu sudeci stigao da bi pratio zavrsni cin drame o
kojoj je tri godine izvestavao iz opsednutog Sarajeva, intervjuisao je u
centru grada dve sredovecne gospodje od kojih mu se jedna pozalila da je
"nas predsednik bolestan, kao i njegova supruga", dodajuci kako bi za
njega bio najbolje kada bi sam sebi presudio (upotrebila je, istina,
mnogo direktnije kvalifikacije kako prirode bolesti, tako i resenja koje
predlaze).
Sa svakim novim danom ulicnih manifestacija i njihovim, tako pomerenim,
tezistem - primecuju, dalje, zapadni izvestaci iz Beograda, raste i
rizik od "fatalne konfrontacije." Briselski "Libr Belzik" navodi da je
takva konfrontacija za dlaku izbegnuta 24. i 25. decembra, te da su obe
strane - nakon sto je u Beogradu pala prva krv - "na srecu ispoljile
uzdrzanost, neocekivanu u tako teskom kontekstu." Kljucno pitanje, po
belgijskom komentatoru, glasi koliko ce jos dugo takva uzdrzanost i
umerenost prevladavati i da li ce u narednim danima obe strane uspeti da
sacuvaju hladnokrvnost. "Nista nije manje sigurno od toga", konstatuje
briselski dnevnik i primecuje da rezim svakim danom sve vise gubi
kontrolu nad situacijom, kao i da neki od lidera opozicije pokazuju prve
znake gubitka strpljenja i ne iskljucuju mogucnost pribegavanja
"rumunskom scenariju."
Vecina evropskih komentatora ocenjuje da bi to bila fatalna greska
srpske opozicije. Edvard Mortimer iz londonskog "Fajnensel tajmsa"
konstatuje da su "demonstranti do sada bili veoma disciplinovani, svesni
da bi nasilje islo u prilog Milosevicu." Srpski predsednik bi, navodi
Vilijem Faf u komentaru objavljenom u "Herald tribjunu", "bio u mnogo
laksoj situaciji kada bi opozicija trazila njegovo nasilno svrgavanje."
Ovako, kada opozicija ne poziva na revoluciju vec na postovanje zakona -
na cemu, inace, insistira i medjunarodna zajednica - rezimu je mnogo
teze da posegne za silom. Ni Mortimer ni Faf ne sumnjaju da Milosevic,
mada neosporno "ranjen", ima jos na raspolaganju dovoljno sredstava da
odbrani svoju vlast. "Srbija ima vise od 100.000 do zuba naoruzanih
policajaca koji su koliko se zna i dalje lojalni. To bi bilo vise nego
dovoljno da se skrse demonstracije, da je Milosevic to hteo" - pise juce
Mortimer. A Faf, na istu temu, primecuje kako bi - "da je Milosevic
naredio da se beogradske demonstracije zaustave po svaku cenu, na
ulicama bilo krvi... ali vise ne bi bilo demonstranata."
Uz odavanje priznanja na disciplini, taktickoj domisljatosti i
duhovitosti beogradskih manifestanata, pojedini zapadni izvestaci i
komentatori ukazuju i na "manjak politicke doslednosti" ili "politicku
naivnost" opozicije. Ti nedostaci, po Fafu, izviru delom iz njene
"produzene privrzenosti srpskom nacionalizmu", zbog cega opozicija do
sada nije uspela da razradi koherentan politicki program. U clanku koji
prenosi jucerasnji "Herald tribjun", iskusni balkanski izvestac
"Vasington posta" Majkl Dobs primecuje da opozicija nije za sada uspela
da "prosiri socijalnu bazu svog protestnog pokreta protiv poslednjeg
komunistickog rezima u Evropi." Najvecim delom, navodi Dobs,
demonstranti pripadaju srednjoj klasi i inteligenciji, "koji su najvise
stradali od posledica Miloseviceve ekonomske politike i izolacije Srbije
od spoljnog sveta." NJegov je utisak da su "mnogi radnici ravnodusni, a
neki cak i neprijateljski nastrojeni" prema beogradskim demonstrantima.
Nesto je drugaciji zakljucak Edvarda Mortimera u jucerasnjem "Fajnensel
tajmsu." NJegov je utisak da su mnogi od Srba, koji su Milosevica
svojevremeno docekali kao "nacionalnog spasioca, u medjuvremenu uvideli
da im je on doneo samo nesrecu, te su sada zeljni da povrate postovanje
sveta i obnove svoju ekonomiju." Bez obzira na strahovanja da bi sa
opozicijom "moglo da bude gore", buduci da neke od njenih lidera u svetu
i dalje smatraju "ekstremnim nacionalistima", Mortimer zakljucuje: "Ako
oni uspeju da se otarase Milosevica, niko u svetu ne treba da prolije ni
jednu suzu."
Copyright (c) 1997 Yurope & ,,Nasa Borba"
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vesti.1743dizel,
-> #1742, shimano** ispitati kakva bi se gužva stvorila u SPP/(SDK) u jednom
** takvom inkriminisanom slučaju. ;>
Pa mislim, valjda je neko bio juče u šetnji... Ajde, telefone na
sunce... ;)
Kad potrošite vreme na NET-u, zovite RTK! :)
vesti.1744lexus,
-> #1743, dizel=> Kad potrošite vreme na NET-u, zovite RTK! :)
Igrom slučaja ženski roditelj mi radi u Našoj Borbi ;)
Pa, evo vam par telefona za zivkanje:
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Imam još mnogo njihovih telefona, ali me mrzi da prekucavam, na muzičke
želje ću ipak odgovoriti :)
vesti.1745corto,
-> #1742, shimano> populacija (vec utrenirana za pozivanje jednog broja po 100
> puta) ovde mogla da napravi veliku stetu O:)
Kako bre svi imamo istu ideju :>>>>
vesti.1746corto,
-> #1744, lexus> Imam jos mnogo njihovih telefona, ali me mrzi da prekucavam, na
> muzicke zelje cu ipak odgovoriti :)
Dajte 1 dinar za danasnju "Demokratiju", svi su telefoni tamo ;)
vesti.1747corto,
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Serb Protesters Give Christmas Kisses to Cops
(17:40 01/07/97) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) - Protesters turned the
charm on Serbian police at a pro-democracy rally Tuesday, kissing them
and wishing them a Merry Christmas on the 51st day of unrest.
About 30,000 protesters braved freezing temperatures to mark the
Orthodox Christmas. Opposition leaders asked them to try to win over
security forces, who were out in force again after keeping a low profile
in recent days.
``You men in police uniforms are also a part of our people, it is also
your Christmas, not only ours,'' said Vuk Draskovic, one of the leaders
of the Zajedno (Together) opposition coalition.
``Not even when the Turks ruled Serbia was anything like this ever seen.
The Turkish Pasha of Belgrade never sent troops against the Serb people
to prevent them from celebrating their religious holidays. Not even the
Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito ever deployed police in the streets
at Christmas.''
The protests began after the ruling Socialists annulled local election
results in November which awarded control of 15 of the biggest cities in
Serbia, including Belgrade, to the opposition.
Marchers chatted with good-natured police a few blocks from Republic
Square.
Some protesters jeered and jostled the police but others doled out
Christmas kisses -- on cheeks or on the visors of protective riot
helmets. Draskovic walked along the line of officers, wishing them a
merry Christmas.
Monday, police took no action as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators
flouted a ban on street protests and paralyzed central Belgrade in a
Christmas Eve procession to St. Sava Cathedral for midnight Mass, their
biggest rally yet.
The Orthodox church celebrates Christmas Jan. 7 under the old Julian
calendar, which predated the Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope
Gregory in the late 16th century.
Monday, the Yugoslav Left party led by President Slobodan Milosevic's
wife Mirjana Markovic said a bomb had been thrown at its headquarters,
causing damage but no injuries.
Zajedno leaders denied involvement. Draskovic said the bombing had been
staged to provoke a state of emergency.
Romanian President Emil Constantinescu added his voice to the
international chorus urging the Yugoslav authorities to validate
disputed municipal election results.
``The president of Romania believes that prolonging the crisis in
Yugoslavia will affect the democratic process there and the country's
return to the international community and have a negative effect on
regional stability,'' he said.
More worrying for Milosevic, the speaker of the Montenegrin parliament,
Svetozar Marovic, said the events in Serbia were causing extensive
damage to Yugoslavia, which is made up of Serbia and Montenegro.
Unless a democratic solution was found urgently, ``Montenegro would have
to think seriously about its next moves,'' he said.
Tiny Montenegro has pursued a vigorous privatization program. Some
businessmen say Montenegro would fare better alone without sharing the
international disapproval of Serbia.
An inquiry by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
has confirmed the opposition claims that it was robbed of election
victories.
In Nis, one of the 15 disputed municipalities, students posted hundreds
of mock death notices announcing a ``commemoration for the Municipal
Assembly'' scheduled for Wednesday.
One report quoted an opposition Democratic Party official as saying the
municipal court in Lapovo had returned three seats to Zajedno, restoring
its victory in the town.
Serbia's Socialist government grudgingly admitted last week that Zajedno
prevailed in a few of the smaller cities but insisted that in other
districts no party gained a majority or the results were inconclusive
and needed further study.
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Serb Cops Stop Protest March
By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, January 7, 1997 5:51 pm EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Pro-democracy leaders greeted riot police
Tuesday with Christmas wishes and kisses, but security forces refused to
return the holiday goodwill by allowing the demonstrators to march
against President Slobodan Milosevic.
Thousands of riot police formed cordons in front of more than 20,000
protesters who gathered on a pedestrian mall for their daily rally
against Milosevic, who triggered the protests seven weeks ago when his
courts annulled local elections won by the opposition.
Vuk Draskovic, leader of the opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together,
told the demonstrators to return Wednesday on foot and in cars. A day
earlier, the demonstrators outwitted police by slowly driving downtown
and faking car problems to create traffic gridlock, then marching on
foot.
On Tuesday, opposition leaders approached the police cordons blocking
their path, kissed some officers and wished them ``God's peace,''
marking what for Orthodox Christians is Christmas Day. The officers
smiled, but stayed put.
There also were contradictory signs as to whether Milosevic was prepared
to crack down on the protests, or was looking for another way out of the
crisis.
A court in the small central town of Lapovo ruled in favor of the
opposition coalition, giving it back three seats and control of the town
council.
``We now have our results from Nov. 17 local elections back and we have
the majority,'' Lapovo opposition leader Branislav Todorovic told The
Associated Press by phone.
A similar appeal was heard in Nis, Serbia's second-biggest city.
Opposition leader Zoran Zivkovic said a member of Milosevic's Socialist
Party had faxed the coalition copies of ``falsified election returns''
from Nis, which they would submit to the court Wednesday, when a ruling
also was expected.
International fact-finders last month confirmed opposition victories in
those cities and 12 others, including Belgrade. But Milosevic has
refused to concede defeat.
Students called off their usual daily march because of the Christmas
holiday. But beginning Thursday, their leaders say, they will no longer
retreat when confronted by police, raising the prospect that the
protests could again turn violent.
On Dec. 27, riot police and dozens of people in civilian clothes clubbed
small groups of demonstrators as well as reporters. Dozens were injured.
Meanwhile, Milosevic's Socialist Party condemned an explosion Monday
night in front of the headquarters of its coalition partner, the
Yugoslav United Left party led by Milosevic's wife, Mirjana Markovic.
The explosion -- apparently caused by a hand grenade -- broke several
windows but injured no one.
Opposition leaders accused the party of staging the blast itself to give
the government an excuse to act.
The Socialists, in turn, blamed ``extremist forces ... which aim to make
it difficult for leftist parties to function.''
Another of Milosevic's coalition partners, the New Democracy Party,
called the blast a ``terrorist attack'' and warned the government that
``the tolerance of such acts could lead to tragic consequences.''
Milosevic got a different kind of warning Tuesday from the only other
remaining republic in the Yugoslav federation, Montenegro, which said it
might pull its representatives out of federal institutions.
``Time is passing and the damage is growing,'' said Svetozar Marovic,
speaker of the Montenegrin parliament, referring to the growing Western
criticism of Yugoslavia.
In a radio interview, he added: ``Montenegro must not sit idle while
someone else is making decisions. It should seriously consider its next
move.''
That move, he said, could be the boycott of Yugoslavia's parliament by
Montenegrin representatives.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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:: CNN
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Belgrade protesters celebrate Christmas
<Picture: protest>
Romanian leader urges Milosevic to recant
January 7, 1997
Web posted at: 11:45 p.m. EST (0445 GMT)
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) -- Protesters turned the charm on Serbian
police at a pro-democracy rally Tuesday, kissing them and wishing them a
Merry Christmas on the 51st day of civil unrest.
About 30,000 Zajedno, or Together, opposition protesters braved freezing
temperatures to mark the Orthodox Christmas and engage in friendly
conversations with security forces. The anti-government protesters are
seeking election victories they claim they were denied after local
elections last November.
Meanwhile, The Associated Press reported that a court in the town of
Lapovo ruled in favor of Zajedno Monday, giving it back three seats and
control of the town council. Also on Monday, Romanian President Emil
Constantinescu urged Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to validate
disputed municipal election results in Lapovo and 13 other cities and
towns.
In another setback for the leader, the speaker of Parliament in
Montenegro said, "Montenegro would have to think seriously about its
next moves." Serbia and Montenegro are the only republics left of what
was once Yugoslavia.
Montenegro has pursued a vigorous privatization program, and some
businessmen say the country would fare better without the international
criticism being heaped on Serbia because of the elections dispute.
CNN, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
(c) 1997 Cable News Network, Inc.
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:: Times
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January 7 1997
FORWARD IN BELGRADE
Serbia seeks redemption in witty, brave and peaceful protest
Today, the Orthodox Christmas is celebrated - and nowhere more
sanguinely than in Belgrade, where tens of thousands of protesting
citizens flocked last night to St Sava's Cathedral for a midnight Mass
held in decidedly unorthodox circumstances. As they prepare for their
51st straight day of outfacing and outfoxing the regime of Slobodan
Milosevic, they feel the odds shifting in their favour.
Not only has the battle for democracy in Serbia outgrown its original
cause, President Milosevic's refusal to accept Opposition victories in a
string of municipal elections; it is at last attracting support from
within the hierarchy, which Mr Milosevic cannot so easily pretend to
ignore as he has the daily street carnival of crowds equipped with
little more than eggs, detergent, snowballs and the cacophany of
thousands of whistles, alarm clocks and beaten panlids.
Mr Milosevic still appears in firm control of the levers on which he has
traditionally relied most closely, the mass media, which is key to
retaining the support of rural Serbs, an 80,000-strong cohort of heavily
armed paramilitary police whose loyalty he has taken care to purchase,
and a manipulable legal system. But to many Serbs, the Church and the
Army embody their sense of nationhood far more surely than the apparatus
inherited from communism. His grip on both of these is slipping.
The first serious crack came last week, when the ruling council of the
Serbian Orthodox Church, which notoriously supported Mr Milosevic's
drive to carve out a Greater Serbia, turned on him with a blistering
public attack for "strangling political and religious freedoms" and
"triggering bloodshed" by setting Serb against Serb. It unequivocally
demanded the reinstatement of the local election results. The Church can
reach where opposition media cannot; and because many country people
have remained religious throughout the communist years, once this
message reaches rural pulpits Mr Milosevic's strategy of confining
protest to the urban middle classes will be seriously weakened.
Now the Army is edging off the fence. While pointedly refraining from
any statement of support for the President, it has so far insisted on
its constitutional duty to stay clear of politics. But yesterday General
Momcilo Perisic, the Army Chief of Staff, told a student delegation that
the Army expected the crisis to be resolved "in the manner employed in
democratic countries". For Mr Milosevic, the grave implication is that
if he sets on the demonstrators with tanks, as he did in 1991, he will
have to call on his special police. Faced by a potential army revolt,
they too might hesitate to shoot. For the first time in nine years, Mr
Milosevic appears on shakier ground than his opponents.
If he exercised one of the tactical retreats of which he is master, he
might yet cling to power. If he reversed the local election fraud, as
the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has demanded,
his power would be dented but not destroyed. He would then have nearly a
year to plot his strategy for the federal presidential and parliamentary
elections.
This is the course the West is pressing on him. There is gain if
pressure succeeds, because the cracks in the monolith will widen. But
there is gain, too, if it does not. The more he acts as though the
removal of a single small brick would bring his house down, the more
likely he makes its collapse. By their wit, courage and peaceable
conduct, Serbia's students and burghers have shown their determination
to effect bloodless reform. They have done much to rebuild Serbia's
tarnished reputation; if they win through, it would have a redeeming
influence on the intolerant politics of the Balkans. For all these
reasons, they deserve moral and political support.
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January 7 1997
In an ominous signal to the President, the army last night told students
it would not intervene as protests entered an eighth week. Anthony Lloyd
reports in Belgrade
Whistling protest signals failure of Milosevic regime
NOT even the riot police in their Star Wars outfits can shield President
Milosevic from the clatter of protest that carries up to his office.
It is 7.30pm and the start of state television and radio news. Heeding
the call of Vuk Draskovic, the opposition leader, to block out the
regime's media propaganda with a wall of sound, hundreds of thousands in
the city are blowing whistles, hooting car horns, setting off fireworks,
banging pans, drums - anything to produce an overwhelming noise.
The effect is awesome, a shrill, defiant cacophony that makes the skin
prickle. But it is the noise from looming flats in nearby Banjica that
most disturbs the President. There the sound is frenzied.
More people, more protest, more noise than elsewhere in the city. And
that casts dark shadows into his Christmas Eve. For Banjica is the
military quarter and the thousands of angry people there, the officers,
soldiers and families of the Yugoslav Army, are enraged.
Even the army's supreme command has sought to distance itself.
Yesterday, on the Orthodox Church's Christmas Eve, General Momcilo
Perisic, the most senior commander, issued a public communiqué saying:
"The army will operate within the constitution so that the current
problems will be overcome in a peaceful manner similar to that of
democratic countries."
Something is happening in Belgrade more substantial than protests over
rigged municipal elections; Serbs want their share of the political
change that swept aside dictatorships across eastern Europe. Religion,
nationhood, history, war, passion, darkness and tragedy; the soul in
each Serb is a wild and complex entity.
War has played a disproportionate role in shaping the Serb identity, so
it is no irony that perception of the most recent bloodshed has turned
full circle to confront the man who began it, and that among those most
angry are those most directly involved in the fighting.
"Milosevic led us into war, then lost it and blamed us," says Predrag, a
soldier and veteran of action in Croatia and Bosnia. "Serbs have a
tradition of fighting for noble causes but to get us to fight one
another Milosevic played on our worst trait - our sense of nationhood -
and the whole thing became a ghastly circle of atrocity and cleansing,
shaming us all. We must have been in some kind of psychosis."
The war seems to be in the mind of every protesting Serb, and it is not
merely losing President Milosevic's battle for a Greater Serbia that
makes them angry. "What did Milosevic give us?," asked Mr Draskovic
rhetorically in an inteview with The Times. "Bloodshed, civil war,
hatred, tragedy and graves. The protesters you see on the streets now
represent the face of the real Serbia ... We are for multi-ethnicity and
democracy, not the Serbia Milosevic showed the world, the place of
cleansing and atrocity in which our people shelled cities like Sarajevo,
killed prisoners and performed atrocities."
It is no coincidence that in this gale of self-examination the Orthodox
Church has joined the protesters. After last night's procession through
Belgrade thousands followed His Holiness Pavle, the Orthodox Patriach,
to burn ceremonially the Yule branch at Saint Sava's Catheral - a
symbiosis of protest, confession and contrition.
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:: Washington Post
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Revelers Defy Milosevic, Refill Streets
Yugoslav Army Chief Pledges Neutrality
By Michael Dobbs
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, January 7 1997; Page A10
The Washington Post
As hundreds of thousands of democracy advocates attended Orthodox
Christmas Eve festivities here, the Yugoslav army chief promised
students that his forces would remain neutral in the political crisis
that has shaken the last communist regime in Europe.
Tonight's torchlight procession to the Serbian Orthodox Church of St.
Sava was one of the largest demonstrations in Belgrade since the start
of the popular rebellion in the wake of the Serbian government's refusal
to recognize opposition victories in local elections on Nov. 17. It took
place in defiance of a police ban on marches through the capital that
was imposed on Dec. 26 following clashes between supporters and
opponents of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
Two consecutive days of huge demonstrations suggest that Milosevic's
strategy of playing for time, in the hope that the protests will peter
out, is not working. Instead, the opposition shows every sign of being
reinvigorated by the holiday festivities and is planning new ways of
embarrassing the regime.
Leaders of the student groups that have played a key role in the
demonstrations said after meeting with army and police chiefs this
morning that beginning Thursday they will attempt to march through
police blockades in Belgrade -- capital of both Yugolavia and its
dominant republic, Serbia. The leaders of the opposition coalition,
known as Together, called on supporters to jam the telephone lines of
government ministries and other institutions.
"Call them from dawn until dusk; block their phones for 24 hours. The
less they work, the less harm will be done to this country," opposition
leader Zoran Djindjic told a rally.
Belgrade radio stations, meanwhile, reported that a small bomb had
exploded outside the offices of the Yugoslav United Left party, which is
headed by Milosevic's wife, Mirjana Markovic, and is a coalition partner
of Milosevic's Socialist Party. There were no injuries. The Yugoslav
United Left has become the object of particular hatred among many
Serbians because of its combination of dogmatic left-wing policies and
patronage of businessmen who have made fortunes from political
connections.
In an attempt to win the support of the Yugoslav army, which sent tanks
into Belgrade to crush protest demonstrations in 1991, student leaders
met with Gen. Momcilo Perisic, chief of the general staff. He issued an
ambiguous statement underlining the army's "special interest in seeing
that all current problems are overcome within the legal institutions of
the system in a manner deployed in democratic countries."
The general also called for a solution of the crisis that would allow
Yugoslavia -- now composed of Serbia and its satellite republic,
Montenegro -- to be reintegrated into the European community as rapidly
as possible. European governments have joined the United States in
denouncing the Milosevic regime for election fraud and threatening to
delay normalizing relations with Yugoslavia until the election results
are recognized.
Student spokesmen said Gen. Perisic promised that there would be "no
repeat of 1991," when the army intervened against the demonstrators.
They were less happy about their meeting with Police Minister Zoran
Sokolic, who turned down demands that he lift the ban on marches through
Belgrade.
Over the last few years, the once powerful Yugoslav army has lost much
of its authority; salaries are often paid late, if at all, and housing
conditions are atrocious. By contrast, Milosevic has poured resources
into the 80,000-member police force, which would be expected to bear the
brunt of any attempt to crush the demonstrations.
Despite Sokolic's refusal to lift the ban on marches, there were
scarcely any police in sight tonight as people poured into the streets
to celebrate the eve of the Orthodox Christian Christmas. Some people
carried children on their shoulders, a sign that fear of the police has
begun to subside.
The huge attendance at the Orthodox festivities has coincided with a
turnaround by the church's leadership in its view of the Milosevic
government. After initially supporting a surge of Serbian nationalism in
the late 1980s and early '90s, the church accused Milosevic last week of
"crushing the will of the people" and destroying the country's
institutions.
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Wednesday January 8, 1997 Edition
Serbia's Police Charmed As Protests Stay Peaceful
Scott Peterson, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BELGRADE -- Serbia's feared riot police deploy silently like dark storm
troopers, linking their shields together, streetlights glinting off
rain-swept helmets, truncheons ready.
A mob of whistling and dancing pro-democracy protesters advances, with a
counter assault driven by blaring rock music. Marchers file within
inches of the wall of shields as they are turned back. But smiles
flicker across the faces of some cops as they are called to join the
protest.
Opposition tactics have won hearts - including those of some police -
and may lessen the president's ability to crack down.
In a brave display that dissipates more of the policemen's menace, some
women go further: They brandish lipstick, painting riot shields with
hearts and arrows like Valentines. One kisses the clear plastic shields,
leaving the red imprints of her lips for the fidgeting troops to ponder.
"We will win, because they are with us," she says. Peering over the edge
of one shield, she asks a charmed policeman who tries to hold back a
smile: "You are, aren't you?"
Demonstrations against Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic are creating a
new dynamic between protesters and would-be head-cracking police.
Combined with assurances by the Yugoslav armed forces chief Jan. 6 that
his soldiers would not intervene to prop up the regime, the growing
familiarity with the police - one of Mr. Milosevic's last remaining
power bases - raises fresh questions about the president's ability to
crush demonstrators by force.
For 50 days running, tens of thousands of Serbs have rallied in the
streets, calling for Milosevic's socialist government to recognize
opposition victories in local elections in November. The largest
demonstration so far took place Jan. 6, on the Serb Orthodox Church
Christmas Eve, when tens of thousands defied a ban on street marches and
clogged the mile-long stretch from Belgrade's Republic Square to the
church where Patriarch Pavle gave midnight mass.
Swarming the church, they carried candles, the wind blowing drops of hot
wax onto their hands. Many said they were praying for freedom.
A synod of bishops last week declared the church's support for
protesters, so the number of chinks in Milosevic's political armor seems
to be multiplying.
Gen. Momcilo Perisic, chief of the Army general staff, gave his "firm
assurance," student protesters said after meeting him face to face Jan.
6, that there would be "no repeat of 1991," when Milosevic ordered tanks
onto the streets to squash rebellion.
Slow erosion of support
In a further blow to the president, the statement from the usually
secretive Army confirmed that it wants the crisis solved "legally," and
"in a manner deployed in democratic countries."
<Picture> A LINE IN THE SAND?: Serbian riot police hold the line against
an opposition crowd in Belgrade. Top police officials are some of
President Milosevic1s few remaining supporters. But there are some
signs that policemen in the streets are being swayed by protesters.
(PETAR KUJUNDZIC/REUTERS)
The longer the crisis drags on, Serbs and Western analysts say, the
fewer options Milosevic has. Already, the growing rapport on the streets
undermines his iron-fisted rule and brings democratic concessions closer
in East Europe's last "revolution."
"Milosevic is not going to press a button if it's not going to work,"
says a senior Western diplomat. "What will happen when that order [to
crack down] comes down and it is ignored?"
Still, few expect that smiles along the front lines will persuade the
professional and powerful police to openly side with demonstrators. A
not-too-distant past example is China's Tiananmen Square, where growing
optimism among Chinese pro-democracy demonstrators that they were on the
verge of victory - just as many activists feel in Belgrade today - was
stamped out overnight by the Army in 1989.
Belgrade's riot police and plainclothes agents took on the crowds Dec.
24 and 26, beating protesters. Though people who monitored radio traffic
then reported that police commanders ordered the use of "minimal force,"
there are signs that there may yet be more violence.
The police force has more than 80,000 well-armed, well-paid, and
well-trained professionals - among the largest in Europe for a
population of just 10 million.
Student leaders also met Jan. 6 with Serbia's Interior Minister Zoran
Sokolovic, who controls the police. That meeting was "pointless" and
without assurances of police neutrality, says student leader Dusan
Vasiljevic. He called for a new tactic in which student protesters - who
stage daily protests separate from the main opposition rallies - would
face down the police lines.
"Serbia will explode after Thursday [Jan. 9]," he warned.
Milosevic's ability to react with force, however, is eroding. Cracks
began to appear in the Army a few years ago, when the president sought
to marginalize the conscript force - after defeats in Slovenia, Croatia,
and Bosnia - in favor of the police. Once Europe's fourth-largest army,
the officer corps was purged and neglected, and has become a source of
mistrust for the regime.
"It's clear the Army is fed-up with Milosevic. They blame him for
pushing them to war, and for causing them to lose," says Aleksandar
Vasovic, foreign editor of the opposition Radio B-92.
"They are angry because Milosevic is the one waving the wallet, and
because he is reinforcing the police to counter them," he says.
The other problem with the Army also affects the police: "It's very
difficult to order troops to fire on their own parents and sisters," he
says.
Zoran Djindjic, an opposition leader, has played on that point at
rallies. Milosevic's authority has diminished so much, he says, that "he
can't provoke a civil war because there are not enough people who would
want to, or have an interest to wage war for him."
Serb sources who requested anonymity say the police would work for an
opposition government if one took power. Anger is growing, they say,
"because they see that Milosevic is only trying to save his own power."
"They are drilled, but they are ordinary people," said one. "At one
point they will certainly ask 'Who am I serving?' "
When you can't beat 'em...
A letter from opposition leaders Jan. 5 appealed to the police to join
them: "We have no conflict with you," it read. "You and we have no
secret bank accounts in Cyprus and no spare homeland. We'll have to look
each other in the eye tomorrow." Many believe the appeal will be heeded
by police - some of whom are from Belgrade and have lipstick hearts on
their shields.
"The police have a sense of solidarity and professional compassion, as
long as they are not attacked," says Milos Vasic, of the independent
weekly magazine Vreme. "That is why the biggest fear is of a violent
provocation, which would electrify them."
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Tuesday, January 7, 1997
Yugoslav Army Reportedly Pledges to Steer Clear of Street Protesters
By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--As tens of thousands of anti-government
demonstrators marched through this capital Monday to mark Orthodox
Christmas Eve, Serbian student leaders announced a promise from the
Yugoslav army not to interfere in daily protests challenging President
Slobodan Milosevic.
The reported military pledge emerged from a rare meeting between student
organizers of the demonstrations and the head of the Yugoslav army. It
appears to deprive Milosevic of another tool to fight his opponents, who
are demanding that annulled opposition election victories be restored.
"We have reason to believe that [the] army will not use any kind of
force," Dusan Vasiljevic said after he and four other student
representatives met with army Chief of Staff Gen. Momcilo Perisic.
Students have been a driving force in the 50-day-old wave of unrest, and
on Monday they were prominent again. Led by priests, students and other
activists defied a police ban and marched through Belgrade to the city's
principal church, St. Sava's Cathedral.
Holding torches, candles and oak branches, a symbol of the Serbian
Orthodox Christmas, the massive crowd heard a late-night Mass from the
head of the church, Patriarch Pavle. Under a sky full of fireworks and
smoke from burning branches, Pavle and other priests chanted ancient
hymns and called for peace.
"Respect for law and justice obliges everyone to respect the freely
expressed will of the people," the cleric said in a Christmas message
broadcast earlier.
* * *
Across town, an explosion was reported at the headquarters of the
Yugoslav United Left, the neo-Communist political party run by
Milosevic's wife, Mirjana Markovic. No one was hurt in the blast, which
the party blamed on an "explosive device" that damaged the building.
The church, a critic of Milosevic in recent years, expressed its support
for the opposition last week and accused the government of pitting Serb
against Serb to provoke bloodshed in a bid to retain power.
The army, on the other hand, has remained largely neutral in the
unprecedented fight to force democratic reform on Milosevic. After
Monday's meeting between Perisic and the students, the military press
office quoted the general as saying the army favors a "democratic"
solution to the current crisis that would be in keeping with
international norms and help the rump Yugoslavia--made up of Serbia and
tiny Montenegro--rejoin Europe.
The language appeared to indicate tacit support for the opposition. An
international delegation recently investigated the Nov. 17 municipal
elections and found that the opposition won 15 races that Milosevic
annulled.
"We are on the same side because we both want to respect the
constitution," said student spokesman Cedomir Jovanovic, who attended
the meeting. Vasiljevic, the other student representative, said the
group "received firm assurances that the events of 1991 will not be
repeated."
In March 1991, student protests over state control of the media were
quickly crushed when Milosevic rolled army tanks into the streets. Two
people were killed, while scores were injured and arrested.
The army has been at odds with Milosevic for some time. Many officers
blame him for losing wars in the former Yugoslav republics of Croatia
and Bosnia-Herzegovina that stranded tens of thousands of Serbs as
refugees.
By offering even nominal support to the students, the army may be saying
that the cause of shoring up Milosevic is no longer worth fighting for.
To deal with the demonstrators, however, Milosevic has turned to a
better-equipped, better-paid special police force that has remained
obedient.
Copyright Los Angeles Times
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Sreda, 8. januar 1997.
KANADSKI "TORONTO STAR" O SUKOBU MILOSEVICA I "NEOBICNE OPOZICIJE"
Srbima dosta "pit bul rezima"
Milosevicevi postupci podsecaju na najgore dane komunizma, a stotine
hiljada ucesnika protesta pokazuju kako nisu spremni da kazaljke satova
vracaju unazad
Zoran Mandzuka
specijalni izvestac "Nase Borbe" iz Toronta
Predsednik Srbije je uspeo. I to tamo gde se ne uspeva lako. Izborio se
za privilegiju kakvu nisu imali ni, recimo, Bil Klinton posle izborne,
niti Boris Jeljcin posle bolnicke pobede - dobio je udarno mesto u
kanadskoj stampi u koju ne dospeva bas mnogo toga o onome sto strani
politicari sami rade, ili sta im drugi rade. Slobodan Milosevic je ovde
postao izuzetak. Pri tom se - sto je jedna od manje ocekivanih, ali
sigurno i jedna od najpozitivnijih promena - ovde vodi dosta brige o
tome da predsednik ne ostane - ne bar u Evropi - usamljen. Odjednom se i
to ucestalo govori o "fenomenu Beograda", o neobicnoj opoziciji i o
zacudjujuce istrajnim protestima koji, ukratko, otkrivaju jednu novu
Srbiju. Onu koju treba podrzati.
Predsednik je tako, na primer u samo jednom broju "Toronto stara" sebi
obezbedio jednu gotovo celu, a opoziciji i studentima drugu sasvim celu
stranu. Prethodno je ovaj najtirazniji kanadski list citaocima u
uvodniku saopstio kako smatra da su aspiracije "crvenog bandita" da se
na buducim izborima ponovo kandiduje za predsednika, jednostavno rdjava
sala. On je sve, receno je, podsetio na najgore dane komunizma, a
stotine hiljada ucesnika protesta pokazuju kako nisu spremni da kazaljke
satova vracaju unazad... Mladim Srbima je dosta ovog rezima, korupcije i
represije.
Djindjic kao Klinton
U dugackom portretu opozicije, kanadska novinarka Oliva Vard koaliciju
"Zajedno" stavlja u prostor izmedju, kako kaze, opkoljenog srpskog
naroda i beskrajne voznje vlasti ka politickoj proslosti. Govori o
Draskovicu koji voli da bude prorok, govori o Djindjicu cija je vestina
cik-cak politickog govora danas ravna cak i onoj Klintonovoj, Pesiceva
je, po njoj, najdosledniji opozicioni lider. U mnogo cemu se razlikuju,
smatra kanadska novinarka, ali im je, kada se sve sabere, nesto
zajednicko: zelja za evropskom Srbijom.
NJihovo i jos vise stalno prisustvo i dejstvo brojnih demonstranata u
Beogradu - sa ogromnom novogodisnjom ulicnom zurkom - stalno podseca
Milosevica da su prosli njegovi dani slave i da je ma koliko bio daleko
na putu, na vidiku i - kraj.
Milosevic je - stoji u dugackoj analizi Olive Vard, stalnog dopisnika
lista iz Moskve, ovih dana na radu u Beogradu - covek staklenog,
direktno uperenog pogleda (kao da ga pokrece daljinskim upravljacem).
NJegove reci su uctive i promisljene. Ali, one znace samo jedno: moc. U
njegovoj sorti pit bul politike, on je cvrsto drzao poluge vlasti i u
krizama koje bi druge odavno izbacile iz sedla. Ovom izdrzljivom
predsedniku na proslavi Nove godine ipak je poruceno - vreme ti je
isteklo.
Posto podseca kroz kakva je iskusenja Srbija sve prosla tokom decenije
Miloseviceve vladavine i posto utvrdjuje da je preziveo i ljutnju Zapada
koji ga je smatrao i odgovornim za sukobe, i bes nacionalista koji mu
nisu oprostili "rasprodaju" Srba kada je prihvatio Dejton, Milosevic je
dosao do izbora koji su trebalo da budu rutinski. Oni su, kako se
pokazalo, napravili po njega katastrofalan korak. I sada mu nista ne
pomaze...
Prema Olivi Vard, o Milosevicevim nevoljama indikativnije od samih
akcija opozicije, govore i nagovestaji da neki od njegovih starih
saveznika razmisljaju o napustanju broda. Postoje, uz to, i znaci
razdora unutar same vlasti. On - citira kanadska novinarka jednog
beogradskog politicara - dozvoljava da partija njegove supruge postaje
rak-rana socijalista. Poslednja izborna katastrofa izazvana je, i po
misljenju pristalica i protivnika Milosevica, tvrdolinijska ujedinjena
levica predvodjena, kako ocenjuje kanadska novinarka, omrazenom
suprugom, zenom sa cvetom u kosi i otrovom u peru. A, maco kulturi
Balkana Milosevicev izgled papucica nicim ne doprinosi obnovi njegove
gubece popularnosti. Uz sve to, arogancija i izolovanost bracnog para,
veoma su opasni za zemlju koja je u vecem delu ove decenije zivela na
ivici rata. Umesto da se suoci sa zahtevima za reformama i
demokratizacijom, Milosevic insistira da ce njegova vrsta drzavnog
socijalizma doneti ocajnicki potreban privredni rast i demokratske
promene. Za sada on ne moze da pokaze nista vise osim nezapamceno visoke
nezaposlenosti (40 odsto), zatim velike, 80 procentne inflacije i
prosecne zarade od 130 kanadskih dolara. Pored ekonomske, zemlja sada
ima i politicku krizu. Milosevic, medjutim, jos moze da gvozdenom
pesnicom vlada medijima, sudovima i snagama bezbednosti. Ipak, Milosevic
bi resenje potrazio u vojsci, da je, kao u proslosti, siguran u svoju
apsolutnu kontrolu. Ali, sada je ulog veci, jer bi nasilje moglo izmaci
kontroli.
Copyright c 1997 Yurope & ,,Nasa Borba"
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Slobodan Milosevic priprema konacnu odluku za izlazak zemlje iz
politicke paralize, a najrealnija proreformska opcija je:
Pada Marjanoviceva vlada, novi mandatar mora da nadje mostove prema
opoziciji
<Picture: Mirko Marjanovic>
Politicka karijera Mirka Marjanovica se blizi kraju i pitanje je samo
dana kada ce morati da napusti premijerski polozaj - saznaje ekskluzivno
Nedeljni Telegraf iz redova proreformskih pripadnika vladajuceg
establismenta, radosnih sto su na pragu prve pobede u suceljavanju dva
doktrinarno nepomirljiva stava: jednog koji tvrdi da su reforme samo
skracivanje puta za dolazak opozicije na vlast (kako se smatra u JUL) i
drugog, za koji su reforme neophodni stimulans za onemocali ukupni zivot
u Srbiji.Naravno, ovo ce se ostvariti samo pod uslovom da pristalice
tvrde ruke ne predju u kontraofanzivu i ne odvrate predsednika Srbije od
ulazenja u bilo kakve reforme, pa, znaci, i od radikalnijih politickih
promena.
Predsednik Milosevic je Mirka Marjanovica i njegovu vladu neposredno
posle neuspeha na lokalnim izborima rangirao visoko na listi krivaca za
debakl. Ne samo zato sto penzije i plate drzavnih sluzbenika nisu
isplacene na vreme, vec i zbog citavog niza gafova koje su cinili gotovo
svi clanovi kabineta - od ministra prosvete do samog premijera. Posebna
stavka su afere u koje su bili upleteni mnogi ministri-direktori. Cak ni
drzavni mediji, iako su se trudili iz petnih zila, nisu uspeli u
sizifovskom poslu pobijanja konkretnih optuzbi da barem polovina
Marjanovicevog kabineta vise radi za svoj dzep i bogacenje firmi na
cijem su celu (i gde su primali plate nekoliko puta vece nego sto su
ministarske), nego za dobrobit zemlje.
Vrhunac je bilo Marjanovicevo sudjenje sa Zoranom Djindjicem i
odgovornim urednikom Nedeljenog Telegrafa Draganom Belicem zbog oglasa
Demokratske stranke o izvozu zita. Vrh drzave i SPS bili su zestoko
protiv tog sudjenja ("Time se prvi put priznalo da je Djindjic ozbiljan
politicki protivnik i data su mu krila", kaze za NT jedan od istaknutih
socijalista, "sve je bilo samo plod Marjanoviceve narcisoidnosti i
inata"). Predsednik Milosevic je Mirku Marjanovicu to i licno zamerio.
Posle drugog kruga lokalnih izbora usledila su obecanja pojedinih
ministara da ce do kraja godine biti isplacene sve zaostale plate i
penzije. Ni to nije ispunjeno. Iz vlade je otisao Aleksandar Tijanic, a
na to je vec duze spreman i ministar ekologije Jordan Aleksic (Novu
godinu je docekao sa hiljadama ljudi na beogradskim ulicama).
Osecajuci da mu se drma premijerska fotelja, Mirko Marjanovic je pokusao
da se "dokaze" vrhu pravovernim porukama preko medija. To je bila kap
koja je prelila casu. Izvor NT tvrdi:
- Marjanovic je covek ogranicenih retorickih sposobnosti. Bolje je bilo
dok je cutao. Sta znaci kad kaze da je kao premijer samo izgubio!?
Ispada da je to njemu samo opterecenje, ali, eto, kad ga mole...
Predsednik Milosevic ne voli da moli nikoga. U stvari, sve su to samo
povodi za smenu vlade, a uzrok je vrlo prost - Marjanovicevo vreme je
proslo. Ispraticemo ga sa svim pocastima, jer je on ipak uradio znacajan
posao i za zemlju i za nas kao partiju. Ali, vreme je za druge ljude.
Poslednjih dana prosle godine vodio se zestok boj izmedju pristalica
cvrste ruke i proreformske struje u vlasti. Kad je vec postalo jasno da
su pozicije njihovog istaknutog clana Marjanovica uzdrmane, tvrdorukasi
su pokusali da se izbore da sve ostane u okvirima rekonstrukcije
kabineta, pod dosadasnjim premijerom. Iako se situacija, dodaje izvor
NT, moze preko noci promeniti, s obzirom na cudljivost predsednika
Milosevica, izgleda da je proreformska grupacija izvojevala prvu
znacajniju pobedu kad se on saglasio da se menja i mandatar. Marjanovic
ce se, najverovatnije, povuci "iz zdravstvenih razloga".
Bio bi to i prvi ozbiljniji rez koji bi Slobodan Milosevic preduzeo radi
saniranju politicke krize u kojoj se nasao. Spreman je i na vrlo
radikalne promene u svojoj partiji, ali, tvrdi nas izvor, "nece to
raditi sve dok ovo traje na ulicama, da ne bi ispalo da radi pod
pritiskom i da ne bi povecavao nervozu u partiji". Uz osmeh, nas izvor
dodaje:
- Nesigurni u svoj politicki opstanak, mnogi iz SPS kao da prizeljkuju
da se protesti opozicije nastave. Dok traju - bezbedni su. Cistki nece
biti.
Vlada Srbije je, po opstem misljenju, operativni centar konzervativizma.
U nameri da se zadrze i zastite pojedinacni i grupni interesi, iz nje su
koceni makar i nagovestaji reforme. "Mi jesmo za privatizaciju, ali onu
koja nama odgovara", izjavio je nedavno Mirko Marjanovic.
Predsedniku Milosevicu je sa mnogo strana prosle nedelje sugerisano da
je jedini izlaz sveobuhvatna reforma, koja bi ukljucila i obimnu
privatizaciju. Argumenti su prosti: uz sva naprezanja, proslogodisnja
proizvodnja je povecana samo za sest odsto, a "potroseno" je preko dve
milijarde dolara (koliki je spoljnotrgovinski deficit). Privreda je pred
bankrotstvom, drzava nema para da joj pomogne, strani kapital ni ne
pomislja da zakoraci u ovakvo politicko-ekonomsko okruzenje... Eventulno
bi se moglo nesto para iz inostranstva dobiti preko fondova za pomoc
zemljama u tranziciji, ali tranziciju treba prvo zapoceti... Predsednik
Milosevic je, tvrdi nas izvor, izmedju cekica i nakovnja: ako se udje u
sveobuhvatnu privatizaciju, bez posla ce preko noci ostati nove stotine
hiljada radnika, kojima siromasna drzava nece moci da pomogne jer para
za socijalne fondove nema. A ove godine su parlamentarni i predsednicki
izbori u Srbiji, najverovatnije i vanredni lokalni izbori. Izvor NT
tvrdi:
- Predsednik je svestan da ovoga puta "foliranja" i "zamazivanja ociju"
ne moze biti, ne zbog sveta, vec zbog nas samih. Ako se krene u promene,
moraju biti posteno uradjene. Nisam siguran ni da je prelomio sam sa
sobom, iako je nesto u novogodisnjoj poruci naznacio, a narocito ne sa
snaznim otporima u svom okruzenju. Konture se ipak naziru. Sastavljanje
nove republicke vlade bice ponudjeno licnosti koja moze da ublazi
politicke napetosti i koja uziva bar minimum poverenja svih znacajnijih
cinilaca politickog zivota u zemlji. Prvi zadatak nove vlade ce biti
usvajanje republickog zakona o svojinskoj transformaciji. U nju ce se,
medjutim, krenuti tek posle vanrednih izbora na prolece.
Proreformska struja u vladajucem establismentu vec duze barata sa tri
imena potencijalnih naslednika Mirka Marjanovica. To su: Nebojsa Covic,
Dusan Mitevic i Dusan Mihajlovic.
Nebojsa Covic je, verovatno, sam sebe ("zbog svoje malodusnosti", kako
tvrdi nas izvor) eliminisao. Dusan Mitevic nikad nije prestajao da bude
covek od poverenja Slobodana Milosevica. Poznat je svima, a svoj imidz i
u "drugom delu javnosti" popravio je radeci za Milana Panica. Lider Nove
demokratije Dusan Mihajlovic je covek velikog iskustva, sposoban da
izgradi mostove i sa opozicijom. Politicka carsija je tvrdila da je
neposredno posle Nove godine Slobodan Milosevic premijersko mesto
ponudio Dusanu Mihajlovicu. To nije tacno - vec desetak dana Mihajlovic
se odmara u svojoj vikendici na Povlenu, a tesko da bi takav luksuz neko
kome je ponudjen premijerski polozaj sebi mogao da priusti.
Ratomir Tanic, savetnik Dusana Mihajlovica, za NT kaze:
- Nema nikakvog pretrcavanja Nove demokratije, podrzavamo predsednika
Milosevica, ali, isto tako, podrzavamo slobodno izrazenu biracku volju
gradjana, kao i nuznost temeljnih politickih i ekonomskih reformi u
Srbiji. Problemi Srbije su toliko veliki da je jedino resenje problema u
politickom konsenzusu, u ideoloskom i politickom pomirenju i zajednickim
stavovima o minimumu nacionalnih i drzavnih interesa s jedne, i razvoja
demokratije s druge strane. Mi, takodje, razlikujemo opozicione
demonstrante koji traze rusenje Milosevica, sa cime se ne slazemo, od
vecine gradjana koji prosto traze bolji zivot i reforme, sa cime se
slazemo. Vec dve i po godine mi se kod predsednika Milosevica zalazemo
za temeljne ekonomske i politicke reforme. Videvsi da gube bitku,
tvrdorukasi su pozurili da pronadju i svog kandidata. Za sada se jedino
pominje Dusan Matkovic, direktor "Sartida 1913". Iako uvek u prvim
redovima borbe za partijske interese, Matkovic tesko da moze biti novi
direktor na premijerskom polozaju. Vec i zbog toga sto rezimska glasila
promenu vlade najavljuju i obrazlazu potrebom da se
ministarsko-direktorska simbioza konacno razbije.
Promenu republicke vlade Slobodan Milosevic ce mozda iskoristiti i da na
nju prebaci deo krivice za "izborna brljanja", jer je gotovo sigurno da,
ako se vec odlucio za proreformsku i proevropsku opciju, "preporuke"
OEBS mora prihvatiti. A to je, opet, i jedini nacin da se prekine
paraliza politickog zivota u zemlji. Sa pobedom na saveznim izborima,
recimo, leva koalicija evo vec dva meseca ne moze nista da ucini.
Odugovlacenja vise ne moze biti. Kako NT saznaje iz dobro obavestenih
krugova u Becu, vlastima u Beogradu dat je rok do 16. januara da postupe
u skladu sa "preporukom" OEBS. Posle toga, 20. i 21. januara zaseda
Savet ministara Evropske unije, a Madlen Olbrajt preuzima duznost
drzavnog sekretara SAD. Njihovi odgovori na eventualnu neposlusnost
vlasti u Srbiji bice vrlo ostri.
Sve u svemu, reforme u Srbiji nikako nisu stvar necije dobre volje, one
se cine, jednostavno - iznudjenim. Slobodan Milosevic je spreman na vrlo
radikalne promene u svojoj partiji, ali, "ne dok traju protesti na
ulicama", kako tvrdi izvor NT, dodajuci uz osmeh:
- Nesigurni u svoj politicki opstanak, mnogi iz SPS kao da prizeljkuju
da se protesti opozicije nastave. Dok traju - bezbedni su. Cistki nece
biti
Predsednik Milosevic je Mirku Marjanovicu licno zamerio sto se sudio sa
Zoranom Djindjicem i Draganom Belicem. To je samo jedan na listi grehova
jos uvek aktuelnog premijera Srbije.
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vesti.1757kostja,
-> #1653, acafaca=> Kako se ovo startuje? :(
=> A i nece da ga otpakuje ZIP! Prenosio sam ga iz vise puta, pa mozda
=> zbog toga nece. A u arhivi pise da je naziv fajla xxx.xx.xxx ?!űűű
Nesto tu nije u redu. Kad iz NC-a udjem u arhivu on ne vidi ni jedan
fajl, dok pregledom iz Rar-a vidim fajl ali nece nista da ga raspakuje.
Da nije neka 32-bit verzija Zip-a?
vesti.1758lexus,
-> #1746, corto=> Dajte 1 dinar za danasnju "Demokratiju", svi su telefoni tamo ;)
Primetio sam :(
No, ja bar znam telefone pre vas koji ste kupili Demokratiju " "
(pod navodnicima je mesto za plazeći smajli ;)
vesti.1760guta,
-> #1745, corto
#> Kako bre svi imamo istu ideju :>>>>
Uze mi reč iz usta...
Da ne kažem entry iz TM dial liste ;>
vesti.1761fortuna,
Jebi ga ne mogu da snadjem kada pisete na engleskom pisite lepo srpski pa da
vas svi razumemo:))
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SAD POZDRAVILE SAOPSTENJE GENERALSTABA VJ
Sjedinjene americke drzave su pozdravile kao ,,znacajan razvoj''
dogadjaja cinjenicu da je u saopstenju generalstaba Vojske
Jugoslavije, posle razgovora sa delegacijom beogradskih studenata,
receno da se armija nece mesati u spor izmedju opozicije i
predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica, javlja Rojter, a prenosi
Fonet.
Predstavnik Stejt dipartmenta Glin Dejvis je to ocenio ,,kao
pozitivno saopstenje''.
,,Pohvaljujemo najnovija saopstenja vojnih zvanicnika da ce ostati
neutralni u sukobu i da nece upotrebiti silu protiv mirnih
demonstranata'', dodao je on.
,,Moracemo da vidimo sta to znaci, ali kada vam u ovakvom slucaju
oruzane snage nagovestavaju da ce ostati neutralne u sukobu, to je
veoma znacajan i veoma pozitivan razvoj'', rekao je Dejvis na
brifingu u Stejt dipartmentu.
On je, istovremeno, ponovio poziv Vasingtona vlastima u Srbiji da
hitno prihvate rezultate novembarskih izbora, da pokrenu znacajan
dijalog sa opozicijom i da dozvole slobodu medija.
PROBIJANJE KORDONA: 2:0 ZA STUDENTE
Najznacajnije vesti 48. dana studentskog protesta su najava
sutrasnje akcije studenata ,,Stop kordon!'', odnosno postavljanje
studenata naspram kordona, kao i danasnje probijanje policijske
blokade, koju je jedan neimenovani, a prevareni pripadnik MUP-a
nazvao ,,2:0 za studente''.
Naime, iako je studentima dozvoljena setnja samo Knez Mihajlovom i
ulicama oko Studentskog trga, nekoliko stotina studenata sa
zastavom Rudarsko -- geoloskog fakulteta na celu sjurio se ulicama
7. jula i okolnim, uputivsi se ka ulici Cara Dusana. Zbunjeni
policajci su pristigli tek posle petnaestak minuta i usmerili
studente ka platou ispred Filozofskog fakulteta.
Primetno je bilo da su policajci bili vise nego blagonakloni prema
studentima, a mnogi su se i smesili. Studenti nisu krili
zadovoljstvo zbog toga sto su uspeli da nadmudre policiju,
uzvikujuci: ,,Probili smo kordon''.
Pre setnje, 48. dana studentskog protesta 96. /97. studentima su
se obratili glumac Bogdan Diklic, predstavnik slobodnih gradjana
iz Bogetica Brana Drazic i reziser Goran Paskaljevic.
Clan Inicijativnog odbora Cedomir Jovanovic najavio je da od sutra
studenti zapocinju akciju ,,blokada protiv blokade''. ,,Studenti
ce stajati ispred policijskih kordona sve dok se ne povuku ili nam
se ne pridruze'', naglasio je Jovanovic.
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,,NEDELJNI TELEGRAF'': PADA VLADA MIRKA MARJANOVICA
,,Nedeljni telegraf'' u najnovijem broju pise da predsednik Srbije
Slobodan Milosevic priprema konacnu odluku za izlazak zemlje iz
politicke paralize, a, prema izvorima nedeljnika, najrealnija
proreformska opcija je da ce pasti vlada premijera Mirka
Marjanovica, a da ce novi mandatar morati da nadje mostove prema
opoziciji.
,,Slobodan Milosevic se odlucio na radikalne promene i na obracun
sa cvrstorukasima. NJegova metla krenuce od direktorske vlade
Mirka Marjanovica. Mnogi iz SPS, uvereni da Slobodan Milosevic,
nece ici u ostrije rezove dok traju protesti na ulici, prizeljkuju
da se demonstracije opozicije nastave. U svakom slucaju, vanredni
izbori se ocekuju na prolece, a posle njih i sveobuhvatnija --
privatizacija'', pise ,,Nedeljni telegraf''.
,,Poslednjih dana prosle godine vodio se zestok boj izmedju
pristalica cvrste ruke i proreformske struje u vlasti. Kada je vec
postalo jasno da su pozicije njihovog istaknutog clana Marjanovica
uzdrmane, tvrdorukasi su pokusali da se izbore da sve ostane u
okvirima rekonstrukcije kabineta, pod dosadasnjim premijerom''.
,,Iako se situacija, dodaje izvor NT, moze preko noci promeniti, s
obzirom na cudljivost predsednika Milosevica, izgleda da je
proreformska grupacija izvojevala prvu znacajniju pobedu kad se on
saglasio da se menja i mandatar. Marjanovic ce se, najverovatnije,
povuci 'iz zdravstvenih razloga'''.
,,Nedeljni telegraf'' predvidja da ce ,,promenu republicke vlade
Slobodan Milosevic mozda iskoristiti i da na nju prebaci deo
krivice za 'izborna brljanja', jer je gotovo sigurno da, ako se
vec odlucio za proreformsku i proevropsku opciju, 'preporuke' OEBS
mora prihvatiti''.
Kako NT saznaje iz dobro obavestenih krugova u Becu, vlastima u
Beogradu je dat rok do 16. januara da postupe u skladu sa
preoporukama OEBS-a. Posle toga, 20. i 21. januara zaseda Savet
ministara Evropske unije, a Madlen Olbrajt preuzima duznost
drzavnog sekretara SAD. Njihovi odgovori na eventualnu
neposlusnost vlasti u Srbiji bice vrlo ostri, zakljucuje
,,Nedeljni telegraf''.
,,BLIC'': JUL U VLADI SRBIJE?
Do kraja meseca bi trebalo da dodje do rekonstrukcije republicke
vlade, nezvanicno saznaje ,,Blic'' u dobro obavestenim izvorima u
Socijalistickoj partiji Srbije.
Nova vlada, kako tvrdi izvor ,,Blica'', formira se na insistiranje
Jugoslovenske levice i u njenom sastavu bi poslanici JUL trebalo
da budu zastupljeni srazmerno odnosu snaga u Saveznom parlamentu.
,,Za realizaciju ove inicijative Mira Markovic je angazovala svog
bliskog saradnika Zorana Todorovica Kundaka, koji bi, navodno, u
konsultacijama sa sefom poslanicke grupe SPS u Republickoj
skupstini Goricom Gajevic (koja, napominje nas izvor, vazi za
coveka JUL), trebalo da razmotri listu kadrova levice'', pise
danasnji ,,Blic''.
Izvor ,,Blica'' kaze i da je ,,neizvesno da li ce u
rekonstruisanoj republickoj vladi biti mesta za predstavnike Nove
demokratije zbog njihovog kritickog stava prema dogadjajima u vezi
sa lokalnim izborima u Srbiji''.
,,NASA BORBA'': COVIC PODRZAVA ZAHTEVE STUDENATA
Gradonacelnik Beograda Nebojsa Covic je na sednici Izvrsnog odbora
Glavnog odbora Socijalisticke partije Srbije izjavio da podrzava
zahteve studenata, pise danasnja ,,Nasa Borba'', pozivajuci se na
,,izvor blizak vladajucoj partiji''.
Sastanku odrzanom u ponedeljak je, kako saznaje ,,Nasa Borba'',
predsedavao generalni sekretar SPS Gorica Gajevic, a prisustvovali
su, izmedju ostalih, Milan Milutinovic, Nikola Sainovic, Dragan
Tomic, Dusan Matkovic, Ivica Dacic, Branislav Ivkovic, Milomir
Minic, Goran Percevic.
,,Nasa Borba'' pise da se Milutinovic obratio prisutnima, ,,kako
bi ih podrobnije obavestio o izvestaju Oraganizacije za evropsku
bezbednost i saradnju o izborima u Srbiji i uopste o stavu OEBS i
mogucim odukama te instance u slucaju neprihvatanja ovog izvestaja
od strane rezima u Srbiji''.
,,Umesto planirane i zakazane rasprave o tom pitanju, na
insistiranje Tomica, pokrenuto je pitanje statusa Covica u
Gradskoj skupstini. Pojedini funkcioneri podrzali su Tomica u
zahtevu da Covic javno demantuje napise u stampi o svom odlasku sa
mesta gradonacelnika. Covic je u dvadesetominutnom monologu
odregovao dosta ostro i odbio da demantuje novinske napise'',
saznaje ,,Nasa Borba''.
,,Cutao sam 50 dana uveren da ce se svi oni koji su lose odradili
ove izbore uzeti u pamet i pokusati da promene odluke koje su
direktno uslovile ovakvo stanje koje danas imamo u svim vecim
gradovima u Srbiji -- rekao je Covic i odbio da prihvati
odgovornost da svojim poslednjim potezom kovertiranjem ostavke
nanosi stetu partiji'', tvrdi izvor beogradskog lista.
,,Covic je prisutnim partijskim kolegama ponovio da ce i dalje
podrzati zahteve studenata koji su 'jedini iskreni u celoj
prljavoj igri oko izbora''', navodi ,,Nasa Borba''.
List saznaje da je Covic monolog ,,zavrsio javnom prozivkom nekih
funkcinera SPS, kojima je jos jednom predlozio da preispitaju
svoje radnje koje su nanele veliku stetu SPS i predsedniku Srbije
u zemlji i svetu, nakon cega je sastanak zakljucen bez rasprave''.
,,Sainovic, Gorica Gajevic, Ivkovic, Tomic, Matkovic su pohitali
ka vratima da napuste salu, dok je ostatak clanstva ostao u duzem
razgovoru, izrazavajuci podrsku zahteva Covica 'da se situacija u
partiji najzad razbistri''', pise ,,Nasa Borba''.
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KOSTUNICA: OPASNOST OD POLOVICNIH USTUPAKA
Predsednik Demokratske stranke Srbije, Vojislav Kostunica, ocenio
je danas da bi bilo opasno ako bi se opozicija zadovoljila
polovicnim ustupcima rezima.
,,Vecina demonstranata nije na ulici zbog kradje rezultata
lokalnih izbora od 17. novembra, vec zbog odsustva demokratije u
Srbiji'', izjavio je Kostunica na konferenciji za novinare.
Prema Kostunicinim recima, predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic
uporno odbija da prizna stvarne izborne rezultate, ali ce, pre ili
kasnije, morati da popusti, ,,osim ako ne odluci da posegne za
masovnim politickim nasiljem''.
To bi, medjutim, njegov kraj ucinilo izvesnijim, ocenio je
Kostunica.
On je izjavio da je Organizacija za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju
u svom saopstenju o izborima u Srbiji ,,pruzila sansu
Milosevicu''.
,,OEBS je aminovao Milosevicevu kradju na saveznim i lokalnim
izborima, presavsi preko nje. Ocena o valjanosti saveznih izbora
je data pausalno, bez uvida u izborni materijal. Na saveznim
izborima je rezim krao kao i na lokalnim, mada je metodologija
bila drugacija. Vise se kralo pre izbora, nego posle'', rekao je
Kostunica.
On je ocenio da Milosevic, ,,taktikom odugovlacenja, radi ne samo
na svoju, vec i opstu stetu''.
,,To se vidi u obaranju kursa dinara, obezvredjivanju plata'',
izjavio je Kostunica, postavivsi pitanje: ,,Ko ce u ovakvu zemlju
biti spreman da ulaze?''
Povodom eksplozije u dvoristu beogradskog sedista Jugoslovenske
levice, Kostunica je rekao: ,,Mislim da se pre radi o politickoj
provokaciji, izvedenoj da bi se uticalo na nasilni rasplet u
Srbiji, nego o pravoj bombi. Na to upucuje i cinjenica da nekim
izvestacima nije dozvoljen pristup na mesto dogadjaja''.
MICUNOVIC: ZABRINUTOST ZBOG AUTIZMA VLASTI
Predsednik Demokratskog centra Dragoljub Micunovic je na danasnjoj
konferenciji za stampu ocenio da odgovornost za postojecu
situaciju pada pre svega na vlasti koje su generisale krizu
ponistavanjem rezultata lokalnih izbora od 17. novembra.
Micunovic smatra da bi vlasti morale doneti nekoliko
,,racionalnih'' odluka, a najpre da ispune preporuke OEBS-a, ciju
su misiju same pozvale.
Druga takva odluka bi, prema njegovim recima, bilo sazivanje
okruglog stola na kome bi uzeli ucesce svi relevantni politicki
faktori, odnosno sve stranke koje imaju poslanike u parlamentu.
Lider DC je rekao da se i ,,unutar sistema pojavljuju pritisci za
donosenje racionalne odluke''.
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OSTAVKA DIREKTORA KLINICKOG CENTRA U NISU
Direktor Klinickog centra u Nisu prof. dr Branislav Tiodorovic
podneo je danas neopozivu ostavku na tu funkciju.
,,Osnovni razlog za taj potez su materijalni i drugi problemi u
centru sa kojima ne mogu da izadjem na kraj'', izjavio je na
koneferenciji za stampu Tiodorovic.
Tiodorovic je odbacio svaku pomisao da njegova ostavka ima veze sa
aktuelnim politickim dogadjajima u Nisu i lokalnim izborima, mada
je on 27. decembra prosle godine uputio svojoj partiji i javnosti
pismo da ga ,,izbori ne interesuju''.
Tiodorovic je bio kandidat socijalista za odbornika i u drugom
krugu i pored toga sto nije dobio dovoljan broj glasova. Izborna
komisija je ponistila rezultate i uputila ga u treci krug, sto je
on odbio.
Tiodorovic je pred novinarima okrivio najvise republicke instance
kao kljucne krivce sto se nisu realizovali znacajni projekti u KC.
DRLJEVIC: SRBIJA DOSTAMPAVALA DINAR ZA PENZIJE
Potpredsednik crnogorske vlade Slavko Drljevic izjavio je da je do
iznenadnog i skokovitog rasta nemacke marke na crnom deviznom
trzistu, tokom proteklih dana, doslo i zbog dostampavanja novih
kolicina dinara bez deviznog pokrica, napominjuci da je to
uradjeno u Srbiji uoci Nove godine da bi se isplatile penzije,
javlja Montena faks.
,,Crno devizno trziste je veoma osjetljivo i brzo reaguje na svako
monetarno pomjeranje. Do skoka njemacke marke na crnom trzistu ne
bi moglo doci da se nijesu pojavili dinari, stampani bez deviznog
pokrica. Istini za volju, prije Nove godine, u Srbiji je takvim
dinarima isplacen dio penzija, ali smo mi reagovali i ta isplata
je zaustavljena'', izjavio je za danasnju ,,Pobjedu'' Slavko
Drljevic.
Prema njegovim recima, nezahvalno je davati bilo kakve procene
odakle su stigle neke nove kolicine svezeg novca, jer se ne
raspolaze podacima o stanju ziro-racuna banaka i posta tokom
proteklih dana.
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,,PRAVO'': CRNA GORA TRAZI VLASTITI PUT
Sve cesce kritike na adresu ,,velikog brata'' pokazuju da Crna
Gora pokusava da nadje vlastiti put i ne postane ,,srpska
provincija'', pise u danasnjem komentaru ceski dnevnik ,,Pravo''.
Kritike su deo slozenijeg cvora odnosa, ukazuje se u komentaru, i
navodi da je predsednik Crne Gore Momir Bulatovic, ,,doskora jedan
od najvernijih Milosevicevih pristalica, obecao srpskom
predsedniku podrsku za kandidaturu na mesto predsednika savezne
drzve, ali samo pod uslovom da se ne menja ceremonijalni karakter
ove funkcije bez vecih ovlascenja''.
,,Pravo'' prenosi i spekulacije o tome da crnogorsko rukovodstvo
,,nema nameru da Srbiji prepusti mesto saveznog premijera, upravo
iz straha da zemlja ne bi postala 'srpska provincija'''.
Na kraju se u komentaru belezi kao kuriozitet da su, zahvaljujuci
relativnom liberalizmu, od nedavno plate u Crnoj Gori po prvi put
posle rata vece nego u Srbiji.
SUTRA NOVO SUDJENJE ZARKU LAUSEVICU
Pred vecem Viseg suda u Podgorici, kojim ce predsedavati sudija
Miras Radovic, sutra ce poceti novo sudjenje Zarku Lausevicu i
njegovom bratu Branimiru, ranije osudjenim na 13, odnosno dve
godine zatvora, zbog krivicnog dela ubistva u prekoracenju nuzne
odbrane.
Kako javlja Montena faks, Savezni sud je sredinom prosle godine
ukinuo ranije presude i predmet vratio na ponovno sudjenje.
Zahtev advokata Momcila Knezevica, koji je odredjen da po
sluzbenoj duznosti brani bracu Lausevic, da Vrhovni sud Crne Gore,
od ponovnog sudjenja u ovom predmetu, izuzme predsednika Viseg
suda, Marka Dakica, zatim sudiju Mirasa Radovica i sudije
porotnike Dimitrija Sekulica, Radomira Barovica i Dimitrija
Dragovica, odbijen je uoci Nove godine, uz obrazlozenje da je
neosnovan.
Braca Lausevic su, podseca Montena-faks, osudjeni zato sto su, u
svadji u podgorickom kaficu ,,Ejpl'', u leto 1994. godine, kako je
sud utvrdio, ,,prekoracivsi nuznu odbranu'' ubili dva mladica i
ranili treceg.
Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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SAOBRACAJ UMESTO OPOZICIJE -- BLOKIRALA POLICIJA
Jake snage policije bile su i glavni akter i glavna tema 50.
jubilarnog protestnog dana u Beogradu. U 14 casova i 30 minuta
kada su se na poziv lidera koalicije ,,Zajedno'' gradjani uz
zvizdanja pistaljki i sirene automobila uputili u centar grada u
nameri da sprovedu jos jednu blokadu, desetine i desetine vodova
specijalaca rasporedilo se po centralnim gradskim ulicama.
Po, u nedelju oprobanom, receptu prvu blokadu u centru grada
nacinilo je nekoliko automobila koji su sa podignutim
sofersajbnama zakrcili Kolarcevu ulicu i tako hiljadama gradjana
omogucilo okupljanje na Terazijama. Ubrzo je, medjutim, postalo
jasno da pesacku zonu od Slavije do Kalemegdana prave zapravo
kordoni policije koji su se na gotovo svakih 50 metara nalazili u
ulici Srpskih vladara.
Oko 15.20 pred sedistem DS, pojavili su se Vuk Draskovic i Vesna
Pesic. Buduci da su u to vreme hiljade gradjana vec preplavile
Vasinu ulicu i Trg Republike, vozilo koalicije ,,Zajedno'' sa
ozvucenjem nije uspevalo da se probije kroz Kolarcevu, pa se
predsednik SPO-a obratio gradjanima sa prozora sedista Demokratske
stranke. Optuzivsi JUL za pretvaranje Beograda u gulag i
izvodjenje specijalaca pred gradjane, Draskovic je pozvao
Beogradjane da ipak krenu u mirnu protestnu setnju i voznju.
Probijanjem vozila sa ozvucenjem, kod Palate Albanija formirano je
celo kolone, koje su predvodili Vesna Pesic i Vuk Draskovic. Veoma
lagana setnja odvijala se, medjutim, tek nekoliko stotina metara
Ulicom Srpskih vladara, jer se kod zgrade ,,Protokola'' isprecio
veliki kordon specijalaca, koji je bas kao i kordon na raskrscu ka
Trgu Nikole Pasica stavio do znanja koloni da proci nece.
Tada se okupljenima, ali i specijalcima obratio Vuk Draskovic.
,,Izborne rezultate nije pokrala policija, vec Slobodan Milosevic
i Mira Markovic. Ne demonstriramo mi protiv policije, vec protiv
lopova iz vrha vlasti. Pitanje dana je, kada ce otici ova i doci
nova demokratska vlast'', rekao je Draskovic. On je podsetio da,
iako je obrazlozenje za izvodjenje policije na beogradske ulice
bilo ,,da bi se omogucilo nesmetano odvijanje saobracaja'',
saobracaj je zaustavila sama policija.
,,Ova vlast pada. Policija ce ubuduce postojati da bi stitila
licnu i imovinsku sigurnost gradjana, a ne da bi bila necija
sluskinja. Nicija nije gorela do zore -- morate biti ljudi da
sutra mozete svoje sinove, oceve i bracu da pogledate u oci'',
porucio je Draskovic policajcima.
Kolona se, zatim, okrenula nazad prema Trgu Republike gde je
odrzan zavrsni skup danasnjeg protesta.
Predsednik Gradjanskog saveza Srbije Vesna Pesic je ocenila da je
danasnji protest uspeo, ,,jer smo uspeli i da se setamo i da se
vozimo i to na Terazijama''.
Ona je rekla da su ,,gospoda iz JUL-a'' napisala pismo svim
stranim ambasadama, u kome se zale na koaliciju ,,Zajedno'' i
nazivaju je teroristickom.
Lider GSS je izjavila da poslednji rast kursa stanih valuta treba
da upozori sta nas ceka ako sadasnja vladajuca garnitura ostane na
vlasti.
,,Mi nismo ovde samo zbog glasova vec i zato sto zelimo da zivimo
normalno. Ne damo im ni nase glasove, ni nase dzepove'', rekla je
ona.
Za veceras je najavljeno nastavak akcije pod nazivom ,,Beograde,
uhvati ritam'' u kojoj gradjani dizu buku u vreme odvijanja drugog
dnevnika RTS-a,
Za sutra u 15.00 na Trgu Republike najavljeno je novo, 51.
protestno okupljanje koalicije ,,Zajedno''.
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NOVO SAOPSTENJE MINISTARSTVA PRAVDE O IZBORIMA U NISU
Koalicija ,,Zajedno'' osvojila je u Nisu 37 odbornickih mesta u
skupstini grada, Socijalisticka partija Srbije 32, a Srpska
radikalna stranka jedno, zakljucilo je Ministarstvo pravde Srbije
na osnovu dokumentacije u koju je ostvarilo uvid.
To se kaze u danasnjem saopstenju republickog Ministarstva za
informacije, izdatom posle sednice Vlade Srbije, a koje su preneli
beogradski mediji.
Vlada istovremeno ocekuje da Gradska izborna komisija Nisa,
odlucujuci u punom sastavu o prigovorima politickih stranaka,
uvazi ovu neospornu cinjenicu, povuce svoju odluku o ponavljanju
izbora za odbornike Skupstine grada Nisa u 17 izbornih jedinica i
utvrdi konacne rezultate izbora, cime se sticu uslovi za
konstituisanje Skupstine grada Nisa, navodi se u saopstenju.
Vlada je istovremeno nalozila Ministarstvu pravde da preduzme mere
neophodne za utvrdjivanje odgovornosti svih onih koji su doveli do
nepravilnosti u izborima za odbornike Skupstine grada Nisa.
ZIVKOVIC: SAOPSTENJE VLADE JE PRAVNO NEOSNOVANO
Saopstenje Vlade Srbije je bezvredno i pravno neosnovano, izjavio
je za Radio B92 jedan od celnika koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u Nisu,
Zoran Zivkovic i objasnio:
,,Vlada bi morala da izda saopstenje u kome treba da kaze, koja je
prva informacija, koji su ucesnici pravili te nepravilnosti, kakve
su te nepravilnosti, protiv koga je podneta krivicna prijava, na
osnovu cega oni, osim svog uvida utvrdjuju ko je koliko dobio
glasova.
Po jedinim relevantnim podacima o izborima u Nisu, a to su oni
koje mi imamo, koalicija 'Zajedno' ima 41 odbornika, 1 odbornika
ima SRS, 16 odbornika ima SPS i na 12 mesta moraju da se ponove
izbori zato sto su funkcioneri SPS krali i unistavali zapisnike sa
tih mesta'', rako je Zivkovic komentarisuci saopstenje
Ministarstva pravde Srbije.
MILAN BOZIC: NE ZANIMA NAS TAKAV POPUST
,,Nema nikakave sumnje da je posle 50 dana ogromnih protesta
gradjana Srbije i gigantskog medjunarodnog pritiska, ova
tvrdokorna, da ne kazem sumanuta vlast, konacno pocela da
popusta'', izjavio je za Radio B92 poslanik SPO, Milan Bozic, ali
je naglasio:
,,To je tehnika davanja ustupaka na kasicicu. Ne zanima nas takav
popust, nego nas zanima da vlasti u Srbiju priznaju izbornu
kradju, posle koje bi smo mi poceli pregovore'', rekao je Bozic,
objasnjavajuci da se ,,oglasilo se nenadlezno telo. Vlada Srbije
nije nadlezna cak ni za raspisivanje, a kamoli za kontrolu nad
izborima. Ona je izvrsni organ skupstine, a same izbore sprovode
komisije a presudjuju sudovi. Sve dok odbornicima u gradskoj
skupstini Nisa ne budu urucena resenja, mi to shvatamo kao oblik
detoniranja jedne tempirane bombe koja otkucava poslednje dane
ovog rezima''.
,,Ironicna je komponenta da se saopstava kako treba raditi u
institucijama sistema, a vlada je nenadlezna za ova pitanja.
Znaci, oglasio se ponovo nepravni sistem, ali se ima utisak da on
erodira'', dodao je Bozic.
Na pitanje da li ce posle ovoga otupeti ostrica protesta, Milan
Bozic konstatuje da je to verovatno jedna od ideja vlasti i
naglasava: ,,Mi cemo pojacati proteste, zato da bi isterali lisicu
iz jame. Gradjani protestuju sada ne samo zbog lokalnih izbora vec
zbog jednog sistema koji je prevazidjen i koji treba da ode na
smetliste istorije''.
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DJINDJIC: I ZA MALU VLAST TREBA POBEDITI VELIKU VLAST
Predsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic izjavio je danas u
Nisu da je demokratski maraton gradjana Srbije pri kraju i da se
posle 52 dana okupljanja nazire pobeda.
Na protestnom mitingu koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u Nisu kojem je,
uprkos hladnom i sneznom vremenu, prisustvovalo vise hiljada
ljudi, Djindjic je rekao da strpljivo cekanje vlasti nece ukloniti
proteste sa ulice.
,,Sve dok smo na trgovima, mi smo pobednici'', rekao je Djindjic i
dodao da je osnovni uslov da se u Srbiji prvo ostvari opsta
demokratizacija.
,,U Srbiji nije moguce ni malu vlast preuzeti, dok se velika vlast
ne pobedi'', naglasio je on.
Djindjic je rekao da kabinetska vlast kakva je u Srbiji ne moze
opstati jer su svi organi poceli da joj otkazuju.
,,Otkazuju joj gradjani, studenti, vojska, policija'', primetio je
on i dodao da se protesti nece zavrsiti dok drzavni mediji ne budu
oslobodjeni.
,,Za svoje prosute lazi u protekla 52 dana, morace da odgovaraju
RTS i drugi mediji'', rekao je Djindjic i nastavio da je cilj
potpuna reforma zemlje i povratak u svet razvijenih.
Potpredsednik DS iz Nisa Zoran Zivkovic je na mitingu izjavio da
mu je jedan visoki funkcioner niskih socijalista, koji je zeleo da
ostane anoniman, predao prosle noci falsifikovane biracke
spiskove.
Zivkovic je ocenio da je to krunski dokaz za tvrdnju koalicije o
falsifikaovanju lokalnih izbora u Nisu, na kojima je, po
rezultatima te politicke organizacije, opozicija odnela apsolutnu
pobedu.
On je pokazao sa govornice ,,famozne'' biracke spiskove, sto je
izazvalo revolt okupljenih.
VASILJEVIC: STUDENTI OD SUTRA ORGANIZOVANO ISPRED KORDONA
Portparol studentskog protesta 96/97 Dusan Vasiljevic izjavio je
da ce studenti od sutra, nakon programa na Platou, u organizovanim
grupama stajati ispred policijskih kordona u Vasinoj ulici sve dok
se ovi ne povuku.
,,Organizovali smo se u tri grupe, sa tri podgrupe, koje ce se
svakih sat vremena rotirati ispred kordona, a setnja ce se
organizovati na cetiri sata'', objasnio je Vasiljevic na
konferenciji za stampu.
Po njegovim recima, svih devet grupa imace po najmanje sto
studenata, dok ce desetu, ,,operativnu grupu'' ciniti clanovi
Inicijativnog i Glavnog odbora studentskog protesta.
Centri za hranu i tehnicku pomoc bice na Prirodno-matematickom,
Filoloskom i Filozofskom fakultetu, a na tim fakultetima
organizovace se tribine i projekcije filmova za odmor studentskih
grupa.
,,Fakulteti ce sutra ispred policijskih kordona organizovati svoje
posebne hepeninge: studenti Filoloskog fakulteta citace pesme, dok
ce studenti Medicinskog fakulteta objasnjavati policajcima da
teret od 30 kilograma krivi kicmu'', rekao je Vasiljevic.
Na konferenciji, novinarima je urucen faks profesora Medicinskog
fakulteta Bogdana Belesina upucen dekanu ovog fakulteta Radivoju
Grbicu u kome Belesin salje uplatnicu sa cetrdeset odsto plate
koju je primio za odrzavanje nastave.
Vasiljevic je za 11. januar najavio sastanak Studentskog protesta
Srbije na kome ce prisustvovati predstavnici svih gradova u kojima
univerziteti protestuju.
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REKTOR TRAZI NADOKNADU NASTAVE
Kako iz pouzdanih izvora saznaje Radio B92, rektor beogradskog
Univerziteta, Dragutin Velickovic, zatrazio je danas od dekana
svih fakulteta da odmah pocne nadoknada nastave koja nije odrzana
od pocetka Studentskog protesta. U faksu koji je stigao na sve
fakultete se, kako navode nasi izvori, posebno zahteva da se vodi
stroga evidencija studenata koji posecuju nadoknade, odnosno onih
koji to ne cine. Rektor je takodje na fakultetima, zabranio
lepljenje svih plakata koji se na ticu nastave.
IVAN MARKOVIC O NAPADU NA DIREKCIJU JUL-A
Portparol Jugoslovenske levice Ivan Markovic danas je u saopstenju
za javnost, napad na zgradu Direkcije JUL-a okarakterisao kao
,,jedan u nizu akata organizovanog nasilja ciji je cilj izazivanje
nesigurnosti kod gradjana i destabilizacija zemlje''.
,,Posle svakog poziva na bombe, puske, pajsere i motke, koje upute
lideri koalicije 'Zajedno', dogodi se neki od takvih teroristickih
akata'', navodi se u saopstenju JUL-a i dodaje da je ovo peti
napad eksplozivnim napravama na prostorije levo orjentisanih
snaga.
,,Planirani akti terorizma za krajnji cilj imaju rusenje ustavnog
poretka i legalno izabranih institucija sistema. Organizator tih
akata nasilja je deo opozicije, nezadovoljan rezultatima izbora,
finasijski i politicki pomognut iz inostranstva'', ocenjuje se u
saopstenju.
HASKI TRIBUNAL POZVAN DA OPTUZI MILOSEVICA
U tekstu Pola Vilijamsa i Normana Sigara, koji objavljuje danasnji
,,Internesenel herald tribjun'', haski Tribunal se poziva da u
interesu demokratije u Srbiji i mira na Balkanu odmah podigne
optuznicu protiv Slobodana Milosevica, javlja za FoNet dopisnik
Nase Borbe Mirko Klarin.
Optuznica bi mogla da bude podignuta po tri osnova: Milosevic bi
se mogao tretirati kao direktno odgovoran za genocid koji su
izvrsile vojne i paravojne snage pod njegovom zvanicnom ili
efektivnom kontrolom, zatim kao saucesnik, koji je pomagao u
vrsenju ratnih zlocina, te, konacno, po osnovu takozvane komandne
odgovornosti -- jer nije sprecio, ili kaznio, zlocine za koje je
znao ili bio duzan da zna.
Pol Vilijams i Norman Sigar nisu tekst napisali ,,napamet''.
Njihov danasnji clanak je, naime, tek veoma sazeti prikaz opsezne
studije koju su -- o odgovornosti Slobodana Milosevica --
napravili po nalogu Balkanskog instituta iz Vasingtona.
Institut je osnovan maja 1995. sa ciljem da doprinese razumevanju
prirode balkanske krize i njenih humanitarnih, politickih i vojnih
posledica, kao i promovisanju demokratije, politicke stabilnosti i
ekonomskog razvoja u tom trusnom regionu. O ozbiljnosti ustanove,
svedoci poduza lista uglednih americkih politicara, diplomata,
akademskih licnosti i umetnika, koji su u njenom Upravnom odboru.
To su, izmedju ostalih, Morton Abramovic, Zbignjev Bzezinski,
Frenk Karluci, Maks Kampelman, Dzejn Kirkpatrik, Pol Nice, Dzordz
Sulc, Helmut Zonenfeld, Pol Voker, Eli Vizel...
Studija Vilijamsa i Sigara je u celosti nedavno objavljena u
Londonu, pod naslovom ,,Prima facie slucaj za optuznicu protiv
Slobodana Milosevica''.
,,Prima facie'' je, naime, onaj slucaj za koji je utvrdjeno
postojanje ,,osnovane sumnje''. Autori su se, kako se navodi u
predgovoru knjige, striktno ogranicili na pravni okvir
uspostavljen Statutom, Pravilima postupka i dokazivanja kao i do
sada podignutim optuznicama haskog Tribunala.
Podjednako striktno, Vilijam i Sigar su se -- u svom istrazivanju
-- koristili iskljucivo javnim, svima dostupnim izvorima, kao sto
su podaci prikupljeni od medjunarodnih organizacija i stranih
vlada; potkrepljeni izvestaji lokalnih (narocito srpskih) i
medjunarodnih medija; te objavljene izjave srpskih paravojnih
lidera (Arkan, Seselj, Bokan ...), zatim drzavnih i partijskih
funkcionera (Borisav Jovic, Radmilo Bogdanovic, Milo Djukanovic,
Zoran Lilic...), kao i vise generala i oficira bivse JNA (od
Veljka Kadijevica do Veselina Sljivancanina).
U haskom Tribunalu odbijaju da komentarisu poziv na ,,optuznicu
smesta'' -- koji im je upucen sa stranica IHT. Ukazuju, samo, da
su ,,optuznice pravne odluke, koje se zasnivaju na
zadovoljavajucim dokazima, a ne na politickom tajmingu ili
politickim posledicama''. ,,Tajming i posledice nas ne
interesuju'' -- izjavio je, tim povodom, port-parol Tribunala
Kristijan Sartije.
Prema Sartijeu, haskom tuzilastvu je ,,poznata studija gospode
Vilijama i Sigara''. Kao sto mu je ,,poznato manje-vise sve
znacajnije sto je o pitanjima iz nadleznosti Tribunala objavljeno
u svetu'', buduci da tuzilastvo ima posebnu sluzbu koja to prati i
analizira.
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VASINGTON I DALJE SAMO UPOZORAVA MILOSEVICA
Americkoj administraciji veoma je jasno da predsednik Slobodan
Milosevic u krizi oko opstinskih izbora u Srbiji primenjuje svoju
poznatu taktiku odugovlacenja, ali je i pored toga nagovesteno da
Vasington nece nista preduzimati dok se ne saceka 16. januar i
zvanicno izjasnjavanje Organizacije za evropsku bezbednost i
saradnju oko nezadovoljavajuceg odgovora iz Beograda na izvestaj
Gonzalesove komisije.
Kako za FoNet javlja dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe'' Slobodan Pavlovic, u
Vasingtonu je izrazeno javno iscekivanje da ce se ulicni protesti
u Beogradu i u ostalim vecim gradovima u Srbiji na kraju ipak
zavrsiti onako kako to od Milosevica traze demokratska opozicija i
studenti, podrzani u tom zahtevu i od svih zapadnih zemalja.
Razlog za ovaj najnoviji optimizam americka administracija
pronasla je u saopstenju koje je objavljeno u ponedeljak, posle
razgovora nacelnika Generalstaba Vojske Jugoslavije Momcila
Perisica sa delegacijom studenata Beogradskog univerziteta.
PLAVSIC: DEMONSTRANTI NE ZELE ETIKETU TOTALITARNOG REZIMA
Predsednik Republike Srpske Biljana Plavsic, komentarisuci
aktuelnu situaciju u Srbiji, ocenila je danas da su demonstranti
pokazali da ne zele da etiketa totalitarnog rezima, koji je
upropastio Srbe, bude zalepljena za srpski narod, javlja SRNA.
Prema njenim recima, ,,narod vec skoro dva meseca svakodnevno
izlazi i protestuje, sto znaci da se u Srbiji ne radi o stranackim
ili ideoloskim ubedjenjima, vec ljudi jednostavno hoce da skinu
jaram s vrata''.
,,Pruzila sam podrsku studentima, jer oni demonstriraju samo onda
kada su ugrozene opste i temeljne vrednosti naroda i drzave, kao
sto su sloboda i demokratija'', rekla je Plavsic u specijalnom
intervjuu Srpskom radiju, povodom Dana Republike Srpske, 9.
januara.
Ona je izrazila nadu da ce medjunarodna zajednica resiti problem
arbitraze dela medjuentitetske linije u oblasti Brckog postujuci
odredbe Dejtonskog sporazuma i na nacin koji nece ugroziti mir.
Predstavnici Republike Srpske, Federacije BiH i medjunarodni
posrednici trebalo bi danas u Rimu da otpocnu razgovore o
resavanju problema dela medjuentiteske linije razgranicenja u
oblasti Brckog.
,,Nadam se da ce medjunarodna zajednica pristupiti arbitrazi
drzeci se Dejtonskog sporazuma, po kome grad nije predmet
arbitraze, nego medjuentitetska linija razgranicenja u oblasti
Brckog'', istakla je Plavsic.
POCELI RAZGOVORI O BUDUCNOSTI BRCKOG
U Rimu su danas poceli medjunarodni pregovori o buducnosti Brckog,
javlja Rojter, pozivajuci se na diplomatske izvore.
Pregovorima predsedava americki pravnik Roberts Oven i predvidjeno
je da traju do subote.
Prva sednica trebalo bi da pruzi sansu obema stranama -- i
muslimanskoj i srpskoj -- da podnesu dokazni materijal o svojim
pretenzijama na tu oblast. U arbitraznoj komisiji su Oven, Cazim
Sadikovic iz Muslimansko-hrvatske federacija i Vitomir Popovic iz
Republike Srpske.
Lideri bosanskih Srba najavljuju mogucnost obnavljanja rata
ukoliko Brcko ne pripadne RS, posto uzani koridor koji tuda
prolazi povezuje istocni i zapadni deo srpskog entiteta u Bosni.
Muslimanska strana insistira na cinjenici da je pre rata
stanovnistvo Brckog vecinom bilo muslimansko i da grad treba da
pripadne Federaciji.
SUTRA CENTRALNA PROSLAVA U BRCKOM
Centralna proslava Dana Republike i krsne slave Republike Srpske
-- Svetog arhidjakona Stefana -- bice odrzana sutra, 9. januara, u
Brckom, javlja SRNA.
U crkvi Uspenja presvete Bogorodice u Brckom sluzice se
arhijerejska litugija, a u Domu kulture, u 12.00 casova, bice
odrzana Svecana akademija.
TUDJMAN ODLAZI?
Predsednika Franje Tudjmana vec neko vreme nema u javnosti, pa
rastu sumnje da je toliko bolestan od raka da ce mozda za nekoliko
meseci napustiti duznost, prenosi Rojter procene zapadnih
diplomata u Zagrebu.
Tudjman se poslednji put pojavio pre vise od nedelju dana na
Hrvatskoj televiziji, koja je inace pedantno iz dana u dan pratila
njegove aktivnosti.
Na snimku iz novogodisnje veceri na Trgu bana Jelacica, Tudjman je
bio upadljivo bled i mrsav.
Drzavni radio je poslednji put emitovao vest o Tudjmanu 31.
decembra, kada je receno da je primio novog ministra unutrasnjih
poslova.
Americki izvori su tokom Tudjmanovog jednonedeljnog boravka u
Vasingtonu novembra prosle godine otkrili da hrvatski predsednik
ima po svemu sudeci inoperabilni rak stomaka i godinu dana zivota.
Zapadne diplomate danas procenjuju da je njegova nesposobnost za
dalje obavljanje duznosti i eventualna smrt samo ,,pitanje
meseci''.
U nezavisnoj stampi pojavili su se nedavno tekstovi o tome da je
stanje zdravlja predsednika gore nego sto se prikazuje i da mu je
preostalo nekoliko meseci zivota.
Zagrebacki nedeljnici ,,Globus'' i ,,Nacional'' naveli su izjave
lekara koji potvrdjuju da je Tudjman svakodnevno podvrgnut
transfuzijama krvi i infuzijama hranljivih materija i vitamina,
kako ne bi naglo gubio na tezini. Medicinski krugovi navode da se
za Tudjmana priprema i specijalan apartman u Novoj bolnici u
Zagrebu, bivsoj klinici JNA.
Zvanicno, komentara o Tudjmanovom zdravlju nema, jer je to tabu
tema. Tudjmanov kabinet ogranicio se prosle nedelje na recenicu
koja glasi: ,,Predsednik je u zemlji i obavlja svoje duznosti''.
Analiticari se sada bave time ko bi mogao da zameni autoritarnog
vlastodrsca, koji se smatra ,,ocem nacije''.
Predsednicki izbori bi trebalo da se odrze ove godine, ali
analiticari kazu da do njih mozda nece ni doci ukoliko se sve
manje popularna Hrvatska demokratska zajednica odluci da promeni
ustav i jednostavno ih zaobidje.
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MILOSEVIC NIKAD NIJE IZGOVORIO IME SVOG POLITICKOG PROTIVNIKA
Vojin Dimitrijevic, profesor pravnog fakulteta u Beogradu i
,,predvodnik'' Odbora zapravna pitanja koalicije ,,Zajedno''
govori za NIN o svojim utiscima nakon susreta sa misijom OEBS u
Beogradu.
-- Na osnovu razgovora sa delegacijom OEBS-a, a ucestvovao sam dva
puta u tom razgovorima, imam utisak da oni ovde nisu bili samo
zbog utvrdjivanja cinjenica o lokalnim izborima, nego da su
trazili i odgovor na pitanje -- da li je ovdasnja opozicija sada
vec u stanju da preuzme politicke obaveze i odgovornosti, ima li
kompetenciju i da li bi sutra bila sposobna da upravlja drzavnim
poslovima. I, mislim da je u ovim razgovorima, pored argumenata
koje smo mi predocili, znacajnu ulogu imao i njihov utisak o nasoj
kompetenciji. Pokazalo se da je na strani koalicije ,,Zajedno''
veca sposobnost nego na strani ljudi koji sada vode Srbiju,
odabranih sistemom duplo destilisane negativne selekcije.
Naravno, oni su trazili i odgovor na pitanje -- da li su SPS, JUL
i Nova demokratija sada politicke stranke u pravom smislu reci ili
samo vlast partijske drzave. Da li oni mogu da razgovaraju sa
svojim partnerima kao sa politickim oponentima ili ih tretiraju
iskljucivo kao neprijatelje?
-- I, sta su zakljucili?
-- Odgovor na to pitanje proizilazi vec iz cinjenice da ni
predsednik Srbije, niti jedan od njihovih politicara nije dosada
izustio ime nekoga od svojih politickih protivnika. Niko od njih
nikada nije rekao ime Zorana Djindjica, Vuka Draskovica, Vesne
Pesic. Oni uvek govore iskljucivo klasicnim staljinistickim
recnikom i pominju samo ,,neke snage'', govore samo o ,,delu
opozicije'', valjda da bi se stavilo do znanja da postoji i jedan
dobar opozicionar, najdrazi predsednikov opozicionar. Mislim da je
vec na osnovu toga svima valjda jasno o cemu se ovde radi, kaze za
NIN Vojin Dimitrijevic.
EMIR KUSTURICA: A. SIDRAN -- TRAGEDIJA PROVINCIJSKOG GIGANTA
NIN je u poslednjem broju objavio, kao specijlani dodatak tekst
Emira Kusturice pod nazivom ,,Abdulah Sidran -- tragedija
provincijskog giganta'' u kome poznati reditelj govori o saradnji
sa svojim nekadasnjim saradnikom, sarajevskim piscem i
scenaristom, kao i o ratu u Bosni i oko njega. Donosimo odlomke iz
ovog teksta:
-- Ubrzo nakon nabijanja na pero u Vox-u, Andric je stradao i u
Visegradu. Tamo je srusen spomenik nasem nobelovcu. Kada sam pitao
jednog druga sto im smeta Andric, on mi je odgovorio: ,,Ma pusti,
ba, Murata Sabanovica, napio se, nema to veze''; pred rat je u
Sarajevu malo sta sa cim imalo veze. Tek kasnije, u ratu, sve je
doslo u vezu sa svacim. Muslimani su stradali vise nego ikada do
tada a u Sarajevu su spaljivali Andriceve knjige i oni kojima
vatra nije trebala da se ogriju. Prije nego sto su Andriceva
sabrana djela gorjela po ratnom Sarajevu, njegovo ime se vuklo po
sarajevskim stanovima. Veliki pisac je bio kriv za sve. Cak je i
moj susret sa predsjednikom Izetbegovicem prosao u znaku Andrica.
Sreli smo se u stanu njegovog sina i vodili o svemu nezanimljiv
razgovor. Mislio je da je Milosevic po uticajem Dobrice Cosica pa
je hteo da ih povezem. Na kraju su se nasli u ,,Holidej Inu'' i
mnogo prije etickih ciscenja u Bosni dogovorili o stvaranju cistih
teritorija. Muslimani i Srbi bi se, po nijma dvojici mirno
preseljavali ako bi se Jugoslavija raspala. Kasnije se to i
desilo, ali nije bilo mirno...
-- Razgovor sa Izetbegovicem se vrtio oko straha od rata i mrznje
koja do rata dovodi. Ja sam rekao da je taj strah i mrznju
najbolje opisao Andric. Nije mu bilo drago da to cuje ali nije to
pokazivao. Tek na hodniku kada smo, odlazeci, obuvali cipele, on
me upitao: ,,Je li, bogati, ti ono hoces da snimas 'Na Drini
cupriju'! Ja mu velim: 'Mislio sam ali je skupo, veliki film.' On
kaze: 'Nemoj, bolan, u njega je literatura puna mrznje, on ti je
bio podvornicko kopile.' Ja sam tada otisao iz stana njegovog sina
i znao da on ne moze biti moj predsjednik. Ne zbog toga sto nikada
niko nije dobio Nobelovu nagradu zbog mrznje. Nisam zeleo da moj
predsjednik tako govori o mojim idolima...''
O tome kako mu se knjizevnik, Nedzad Ibrisimovic, uselio u stan
Kusturica kaze:
-- Mislio sam, nije naodmet da mu dam poneki savet. Posebno zbog
toga sto znam da je on ranije ziveo po garsonjerama. Odustao sam
kada mi je rodjak javio da je Nedzad napravio spisak stvari i
obecao da ce voditi racuna o njima, posebno o knjigama. To je bilo
na kraju rata. Pola godine kasnije moj rodjak je sreo Nedzada i
pitao ga moze li doci po knjige. ,,Nemoj, molim te'', rekao je
pisac, ,,ja sam se na sve te stvari navikao. Prosto bi mi bilo zao
da se tu nesto dira'', dodao je on i zagonetno se nasmijao. U tom
gradu tvrde da Nedzad ne kaci Biltov zakon o stanarskom pravu.
Kaze da ni Olbrajtova ne bi pomogla u sprovodjenju ovog zakona.
Postupak adaptacije je kod Nedzada isao mnogo brze nego kod
partizana 1945. Kazu da je Iliji Matericu poslije Drugog rata
trebalo i pet godina da navikne na kucu nekih gradjana koje je
Udba istjerala na ulicu...
-- Dok je Karadzic iz ,,samoodbrane'' bombardovao Sarajevo, vojna
policija vojske Bosne i Hercegovine je praktikovala dvije stvari:
odbranu grada od agresora i pljacku stanova. Predvodjeni Edom
Lucarevicem ovi borci za civilnu Bosnu su opljackali stan moga oca
u Ulici Kate Govorusic 9a. Na kraju su iz jedne kese u sulundaru
ukrali majcinu ustedjevinu; poslije su, brze-bolje, na to mjesto
stavili bombu. U zapisniku, koji drzim u Parizu, pise kako su
pozvane komsije potvrdile da je u stanu cetnickog teroriste Murata
Kusturice pronadjeno oruzje; ofanzivna rucna bomba M52-P3,
serijski broj 9024. Danas sam uvjeren da je to bio odgovor Alije
Izetbegovica kako on nije general nepostojece vojske, kako sam
renije napisao u ,,Mondu''.
Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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STUDENTI ZOVU BEOGRADJANE DA STANU ISPRED POLICIJE
Studentski protest 96--97 u danasnjem letku ,,roditelje i
prijatelje'' da izadju na ulice, ,,da stanemo ispred policije i
pogledamo joj u oci''. ,,Mi vasa deca, studenti Beogradskog
univerziteta, dosledni nauku predaka o slobodarskoj tradiciji i
osecaju pravednosti koji smo od vas nasledili, vise od 45 dana
protestujemo ulicama Beograda protiv bezocne kradje i samovolje
jednog odlazeceg rezima. Mi nismo kriminalci i lopovi, huligani i
profasisti, koji ruse ovaj grad. Policija ima pune ruke posla, a
ne da stoji na putu buducnosti. Mi hocemo jaku i postenu drzavu.
Pravi policajac preci ce na nasu stranu, ako ima drugih neka sa
svima onima koji su upropastili ovu zemlju odu'', stoji u letku
Studentskog protesta. Akcija je pocela danas u 14 casova pod
nazivom ,,Kordonom protiv kordona''.
KINKEL I VAN MERLO POZIVAJU MILOSEVICA
Nemacki i holandski ministri inostranih poslova Klaus Kinkel i
Hans van Merlo pozvali su predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica
da ne gubi vreme i da odmah prizna pobedu opozicije na lokalnim
izborima u pojedinim gradovima, javlja AFP, a prenosi FoNet.
,,Trazimo od gospodina Milosevica da prizna ono sto komitet OEBS
smatra ispravnim'', izjavio je Kinkel posle razgovora sa
holandskim kolegom. OEBS je ustanovio da je opozicija dobila
Beograd i vecinu velikih gradova Srbije. Kinkel je takodje pozvao
Milosevica da ,,uspostavi demokratske odnose na Kosovu i da ne
dozvoli da manjina tretira vecinu na nedemokratski nacin''. Na
pitanje da li Evropska unija razmatra mogucnost uvodjenja sankcija
protiv Srbije ukoliko Milosevic ne poslusa medjunarodnu zajednicu,
nemacki i holandski ministar su rekli da se u Uniji o tom pitanju
razmislja, ali da do sada nikakva odluka nije doneta.
KINESKA AGENCIJA O NISU
Kineska agencija Hsinhua pise danas da je priznavanje izbornih
rezultata u Nisu, drugom po velicini gradu u Srbiji, ocevidan
ustupak srpske vlade ucinjen posto je Koalicija ,,Zajedno''
organizovala tokom pedeset dana proteste protiv ponistavanja
izbornih rezultata, javlja dopisnik FoNeta Aleksandar Novacic.
Agencija ponavlja da opozicija tvrdi da je pobedila u 15 od 18
vecih gradova u Srbiji i da je delegacija OEBS, koja je posetila
Beograd, potvrdila njenu izbornu pobedu. U siroj informaciji iz
Beograda, Hsinhua prenosi zvanicna saopstenja ministarstva za
informacije, odnosno ministarstva pravde o odluci da istina bude
ustanovljena i da javnost o tome bude odmah obavestena. Kinezi i
dalje ne objavljuju vlastite komentare ili ocene situacije u
Srbiji, iako je poslednjih dana vidljivije uravnotezenije
izvestavanje, pri cemu se paznja posvecuje i zvanicnim izjavama,
ali i stavovima koje iznosi opozicija, odnosno onim ocenama koje
je potvrdila delegacija evropskih predstavnika.
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DT: ZORAN TODOROVIC SMISLIO DIVERZIJU NA SEDISTE JUL-A
Diverziju na beogradsko sediste Jugoslovenske levice smislio je i
organizovao sekretar Direkcije JUL-a Zoran Todorovic, pise
,,Dnevni Telegraf'', pozivajuci se na izjavu ,,clana najuzeg
rukovodstva JUL-a, koji je po svaku cenu zeleo da ostane anoniman
za javnost''. ,,Prema tvrdnji ovog izvora, Todorovic je 'bacanje
eksplozivne naprave na Direkciju JUL-a' zeleo da predstavi kao
dokaz navodnog teroristickog karaktera i ambicija koalicije
'Zajedno''', navodi list. ,,Poslednjih nedelja u 'Dnevni Telegraf'
sa vise strana stizu informacije da je Todorovic kljucni covek
trenutne politicke krize u Srbiji. Kako se navodi, on ima veoma
veliki uticaj na predsednicu Direkcije JUL-a Miru Markovic i na
samog predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica i vrlo cesto se
predstavlja kao nosilac vaznih poruka iz kabineta Milosevica vrhu
Socijalisticke partije Srbije, olicenom u Nikoli Sainovicu, Gorici
Gajevic, Draganu Tomicu i drugima'', tvrdi list.
MARKOVIC: MILOSEVIC SE MORA POVUCI
U danasnjem listu ,,Blic'', nekadasnji clan najuzeg drzavnog i
partijskog rukovodstva Srbije i bivse SFR Jugoslavije Dragoslav
Markovic ocenjuje da, ma kako se zavrsili masovni protesti
nezadovoljstva u Srbiji, ,,oni znace otvaranje procesa
definitivnog kraja jedne, po srpski narod, katastrofalno pogresne
politike. Posle ovoga, pozicija rezima i Slobodana Milosevica
nikad ne moze biti ono sto je bila''. ,,Tesko je predvideti kada,
ali on (Milosevic) se mora povuci'', istakao je Markovic. Na
pitanje novinara ,,Blica'' da li Mira Markovic ima uticaj na svog
supruga, Markovic je odgovorio da ,,sudeci po javnim istupima,
moglo bi se zakljuciti da je njen uticaj jos veci nego sto je
normalno''.
SK-PJ NA KONFERENCIJI ZA NOVINARE
,,U interesu je mira i stabilizacije da se otklone sve
nepravilnosti, koje se ticu lokalnih izbora'', rekao je na
konferenciji za novinare predsednik jugoslovenskog odbora Saveza
komunista -- Pokreta za Jugoslavije Ratko Krsmanovic. On je
optuzuio kao potencijalne aktere haosa i anarhije koaliciju
,,Zajedno''.
,,NASA BORBA'' O SUKOBIMA UNUTAR JUL-A
Na jucerapsnjem sastanku sekretarijata Direkcije JUL-a, po prvi
put je doslo do otvorenog sukoba izmedju dve suprotstavljene
struje, pise danasnja ,,Nasa Borba''. Do polemike je, kako pise
,,Nasa Borba'', doslo zbog razlicitog pristupa resavanju aktuelnih
politickih prilika u Srbiji i ostre kritike su upucene Zoranu
Todorovicu Kundaku zbog poteza, koje je on povlacio u vezi sa
rezultatima lokalnih izbora. Todorovica su najvise kritikovali
Nenad Djordjevic i Nebojsa Maljkovic, a branio ga je samo Slobodan
Cerovic, dok je predsednik Direkcije JUL-a Mirjana Markovic
raspravu mirno posmatrala, ne mesajuci se, pise beogradski
dnevnik.
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MARKO NICOVIC ZA RADIO B92
Sve veci broj policajaca na ulicama Beograda i studentska akcija
,,Kordonom protiv kordona'', ucinili su da ovaj 9. januar mnogi
proglase danom ,,visokog rizika''. Predstavnici Ministarstva
unutrasnjih poslova nisu bili raspolozeni za bilo kakav razgovor,
ali se nasem pozivu odazvao nekadasnji prvi policajac Beograda, u
skorije vreme proglasen za ovdasnjeg Eliota Nesa -- gospodin Marko
Nicovic. ,,Dvomesecni protesti zbog ponistavanja rezultata
lokalnih izbora, sasvim sigurno su rezultirali politickom krizom i
blokadom sistema'', ocenio je Marko Nicovic, jer smatra da
policijski kordoni ne mogu resiti nastalu situaciju zato sto
,,nema tako brojne policije, koja se moze suprotstaviti narodu''.
U nadmudrivanju sa policijom studenti ne mogu da izgube, smatra
Nicovic: ,,Ipak je to sudar duha sa grubom silom, a na duzi
vremenski period uvek je pobedjivala snaga duha. Ovih i narednih
dana, studenti ce izmisljati nove trikove, a mladost tesko mozete
da na malom prostoru kontrolisete. Tesko da ce policija biti
mudrija od studenata''. Upitan koliki je uticaj Mirjane Markovic i
JUL-a, stranke ciji je clan, na ponasanje policije, Marko Nicovic
je odgovorio da s tim ,,nije upoznat'', a i veruje da u ime
policije ,,ne moze da odlucuje niko osim onih u policiji''.
Naravno, ,,policajci su na platnom spisku vlasti'' i sve odluke se
donose na zvanicnim nivou.
,,POBJEDA'': KO SU NAREDBODAVCI, A KO PROVALNICI
,,Da se dodje do novih novcanica i poveca novcana masa na trzistu,
dovoljan je bio, mozda, samo jedan dan. Za oporavak -- bice
potrebna godina'', konstatuje danasnja ,,Pobjeda'', u komentaru
pod naslovom ,,Bura umjesto zatisja'', koji prenosi Montena faks,
te FoNet. U tekstu posvecenom iznenadnoj ,,buri'' na crnom
deviznom trzistu ,,Pobjeda'' ukazuje da ce inflacija dotuci domacu
valutu ,,ukoliko se odstampani novac odmah ne povuce sa ulica, ili
se ne obezbijedi devizno pokrice''. List naglasava da je ,,ovaj,
posljednji slucaj dobar povod da se vec jednom i konacno pokrene
pitanje: kako se to stampa novac u ovoj zemlji, ko sve drzi
kljuceve stamparije u Topcideru, da li je Narodna banka
Jugoslavije samostalna ustanova, ko su naredbodavci, a ko
provalnici... ?'' ,,Mi o dinaru mozemo misliti sta hocemo, ali on
je jak ili slab tacno onoliko koliko jeste ili nije pod uticajem
politike'', pise ,,Pobjeda'', konstatujuci, uz ostalo, da
,,finansijaka 'operacija', koja je izvedena u Topcideru, sigurno
nije put ka boljem sjutra'', te da, izmedju ostalog, ,,ona
automatski odlaze i prijem Jugoslavije u medjunarodne finansijske
i druge institucije''.
SONJI LIHT NAGRADA MEDJUNARODNE LIGE ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA
Ugledna americka organizacija Medjunarodna liga za ljudska prava,
osnovana 1941, dodelila je svoju ovogodisnju nagradu predsednici
Izvrsnog odbora Fonda za otvoreno drustvo za Jugoslaviju Sonji
Liht. Kako za FoNet javlja dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe'' Slobodan
Pavlovic, na prigodnoj svecanosti, Sonji Liht je u Njujorku
uruceno ovo znacajno medjunarodno priznanje za oblast ljudskih
prava i mira, sa obrazlozenjem da se ono dodeljuje licnosti koju
su, pored ostalog, ,,krasili vera i optimizam u trenutku kad su
stotine hiljada ljudi angazovane u jednom pokretu za demokratiju u
Srbiji''. Ta ,,druga Srbija'' -- kako je istaknuto na svecanosti u
Njujorku -- sada je na ulicama Beograda i ostalih gradova
,,pokazujuci, na svom primeru, da je srpski narod sposoban za
demokratiju'', istaknuto je svecanosti u Njujorku, uz isticanje
angazovanja i doprinosa kako samog laureata, tako uopste i Fonda u
humanitarnoj, medicinskoj i ostaloj pomoci koja je poslednjih
godina pruzana narodu u Srbiji. Nosilac nagrade Medjunarodne lige
za ljudska prava bio je prosle godine Sergej Kovaljov, a
svojevremeno je nosilac ovog priznanja bio ruski Nobelovac Andrej
Saharov, kao i poznati jugoslovenski disident, knjizevnik i
publicista Mihajlo Mihajlov. Specijalna nagrada Medjunarodne lige
za ljudska prava dodeljena je ove godine i juznoafrickom
predsedniku Nelsonu Mendeli. Medjunarodna liga za ljudska prava
angazovana je u brojnim akcijama koje sprovode UN, a posebno u
misijama ciji je cilj zastita prava najmladjih -- narocito borba
protiv eksploatacije dece u raznim krajevima sveta.
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INFLACIJE U POSTKOMUNISTICKIM ZEMLJAMA
Prosecna stopa inflacije u evropskim postkomunistickim zemljama
pala je prosle godine na 30 odsto -- sa 128 procentna poena koliko
je iznosila 1995, pokazuju najnoviji podaci Medjunarodnog
monetarnog fonda, koje u analizi u danasnjem broju objavljuje
najtirazniji ceski dnevnik ,,Mlada Fronta-Dnes'', prenosi FoNet.
Na ovakav trend najvise su uticala kretanja u Rusiji u kojoj je
inflacija lane smanjena na 48 odsto (pretprosle godine 190 odsto).
Najnizu inflaciju imala je bivsa jugoslovenska republika Hrvatska
-- tri odsto, a najvisu Bugarska -- 122 odsto. Procenjuje se da se
nad tom zemljom nadvija avet hiperinflacije poslednjih meseci.
Jednocifrenu inflaciju imali su, takodje, Slovacka (sest odsto),
Ceska republika (8,8) i Slovenija (9,5 odsto). Medju zemljama koje
su imale najvisu inflaciju su, pored Bugarske i Rusije, Ukrajina
(70 odsto) i Rumunija (45) dok je oko proseka rast cena u
Litvaniji (29 odsto), Madjarskoj (23,5) i Poljskoj (18,5 odsto).
Podataka za SR Jugoslaviju nema najverovatnije zbog neregulisanog
statusa zemlje u MMF-u.
RS NECE DOZVOLITI NIKAKVE INTEGRATIVNE TOKOVE
Predsednik Vlade Republike Srpske Gojko Klickovic naglasio je u
intervjuu za Srpski radio da je opredeljenje drzavnih organa RS ne
samo da ocuvaju, vec i da ojacaju sve elemente njene drzavnosti,
prenosi SRNA, te FoNet. ,,Stav Vlade je da nece dozvoliti nikakve
integrativne tokove u dejtonskoj BiH i da vlast u RS nema pravo da
narusi i napusti principe za koje se njen narod borio i izborio'',
izjavio je Klickovic. Govoreci o problematizovanju pitanja Brckog,
Klickovic je naglasio da ce se na tome ,,istrajati do kraja'' i da
se nece dopustiti nikakvo po RS nepovoljno resenje.
RADIO B92 -- HOT SITE ZA 6. JANUAR
Radio B92 je obavesten da je Web Site ovog radija od strane lista
USA Today izabran za HOT Site dana 6. januara. U dopisu ovog lista
se kaze da je ,,ova nagrada vrlo znacajna. Bas kao i sa filmovima
i TV programima, svakodnevno trazimo Web Site-ove koji bi mogli da
imaju velikog uspeha kod publike -- sajtove koji teze da oduseve i
zapanje, informisu i zabave -- kroz odlicnu grafiku, sadrzaj ili i
jedno i drugo''. Pogledati
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vesti.1777junior,
-> #1770, corto> koji to ne cine. Rektor je takodje na fakultetima, zabranio
> lepljenje svih plakata koji se na ticu nastave.
:)))
Pitam se, da li je taj ikad bio na etf-u? :)
vesti.1778zmax,
-> #1744, lexusEvo onih brojeva iz demokratije.
NAPOMENA: Brojevi u Beogradu koji počinju na 33 i 34
mi deluju sumnjivo. Mislim da je nedavno
ubačena dvojka između prve i druge cifre.
Daklem dobili bi 323... i 324...
Prijatno telefoniranje.
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3282681
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vesti.1779dragosh,
-> #1778, zmaxcit>> mr Aranđel Markićević
cit>> dr Leposava Milićević
Ovde nisam izdržao da se ne javim (samo se nadam da ću posle ovoga
biti živ i zdrav i da Sezam nije tako veliki...) :
Naime,ćerka od "mr Aranđela Markićevića" i sin(stariji) od "dr Leposave
Milićević"
idu u istu školu i u isto odeljenje (gde čuda!) i to zajedno samnom ! ;))
E sad,to nije tako važno; bitno je ovo : Vukašin Milićević(sin Leposave)
je protiv protesta koalicije "Zajedno",ali podržava ŠEŠELJA ! Dobro,za
ovo može da se kaže da se zaje*ava, ali Jelena Markićević (ćerka od
Aranđela) je VIĐENA(ja sam je lično video) na dočeku nove godine na
Trgu koju je,kao što svi znamo, organizovala koalicija "Zajedno".
Ona takođe i ne krije da ih podržava ;)))
Zanimljivo,ha ?
poz.
vesti.1780corto,
-> #1777, junior> Pitam se, da li je taj ikad bio na etf-u? :)
Sta etf ;))) Neka dodje malo na citanje na filozofski :)))
vesti.1781corto,
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51. MITING U BEOGRADU
Protestnom skupu koalicije ,,Zajedno'' na Trgu Republike u
Beogradu prisustvovalo je danas vise desetina hiljada gradjana,
kao i veliki broj policajaca rasporedjenih u ulicama koje vode ka
centru grada. Na 51. dan protestnih okupljanja zbog ponistavanja
rezultata lokalnih izbora u Srbiji, govorili su lideri koalicije
Zajedno Zoran Djindjic, Vesna Pesic i Vuk Draskovic, koji su za
sutra najavili nastavak protestnih voznji. Policija je danas
blokirala Kolarcevu ulicu, koja od Trga Republike vodi na
Terazije, i zaustavila saobracaj u njoj, pa je protest gradjana
dobio formu protestne setnje pesackom zonom u Knez Mihailovoj
ulici. Predsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic, koje je juce
bio na prostestnom skupu u Nisu, rekao je da koalicija ,,Zajedno''
nije zadovoljna informacijom Ministarstva pravde da je opozicija
osvojila 37 mandata u skupstini tog grada. ,,Zakinuti smo za
cetiri mandata i ocekujemo da nam se ti mandati vrate do 14.
januara'', rekao je Djindjic. U suprotnom, dodao je on, ,,Nislije
ce automobilima doci u Beograd i ici na Dedinje''.
Predsednik Gradjanskog saveza Srbije Vesna Pesic pozvala je
gradjane da se ulicama Beograda voze ,,brzinom, kojom rade nase
institucije sistema -- 20 kilometara na sat''. Pozdravljajuci
okupljene koji demonstriraju vec vise od mesec i po dana, ona je
rekla da se gradjani Beograda vec mogu nazvati ,,profesionalnim
demonstrantima'', koji su na ovim protestima diplomirali, a uskoro
ce i doktorirati. Predsednik Srpskog pokreta obnove Vuk Draskovic
rekao je da je sef jugoslovenske diplomatije Milan Mulitinovic
preneo OEBS-u da ,,nema te sile koja moze predsednika Srbije
Slobodana Milosevica naterati da preda Beograd opoziciji''. ,,Mi
nemamo mandat da trgujemo izbornim rezultatom. Ne damo Beograd, ne
damo ni jedan grad u kome smo pobedili'', istakao je Draskovic.
Lider SPO je rekao da je obavesten da je uoci Bozica, Miloseviceva
supruga lider JUL-a Mirjana Markovic odrzala sastanak ,,sa
Kundakom i jos nekima'' i doslovno rekla da do 12. januara hoce da
se prekinu sve demonstracije u Srbiji.
Draskovic kaze, tvrdeci da je informacija ,,sto posto istinita'',
da je Mirjana Markovic tada zakljucila da se to ne moze uciniti
ako se narod prethodno ne zaplasi i da je dodala: ,,Zato trazim
Vukovu glavu''. Lider SPO je dodao da je zato ,,izdao naredjenje
nasim ljudima u armiji, policiji'' i, kako je rekao, ,,specijalnim
jedinicama i grupama demokratske Srbije'', sa uputstvima kako da
postupe ,,ako Mirjana Markovic uspe u onome sto je naumila''. ,,Ja
joj kazem da Slobodan Milosevic, Mirjana Mrakovic, Nikola
Sainovic, Mirko Marjanovic, Zoran Sokolovic -- nece imati to
zadovoljstvo da posmatraju moju sahranu. Odnece ih mrak pre
toga'', kaze Draskovic, prenosi FoNet.
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KORDONI POLICIJE SE POMERILI, STUDENTSKI PROTEST SE NASTAVLJA
Na pocetku danasnjeg, 49. dana protesta, organizacioni odbor
studenata saopstio je da je prvi zahtev studenata korigovan i da
od danas studenti traze priznavanje i proglasavnje rezultata
drugog kruga lokalnih izbornih od 17. novembra i to na osnovu
originalnih birackih zapisnika i izvestaja komisije Organizacije
za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju. Vise desetina hiljada
studenata, koji su se danas okupili na Platou protestujuci zbog
ponistavanja drugog kruga lokalnih izbora u Srbiji, krenulo je
danas popodne u protestnu setnju, nakon koje ce organizovane grupe
studenata stajati ispred policijskih kordona u Vasinoj ulici.
,,Podelili smo se u tri grupe: crvenu, plavu i belu od kojih svaka
ima svoje tri grupe'', objasnio je studentima clan Inicijativnog
odbora studentskog protesta Cedomir Jovanovic.
,,Crvena I grupa ce dezurati ispred kordona od 15 do 16 casova,
plava I od 16 do 17, bela I od 17 do 18, kada cemo svi krenuti u
setnju, a nakon setnje opet ce se dezurati po grupama ispred
kordona i tako sve dok se policija ne povuce sa ulica'', naglasio
je Jovanovic. Studentski program poceo je citanjem studentskog
proglasa sa zahtevima, a zatim su se studentima obratili novinar
iz Sapca Hanibal Kovac, predstavnik slobodnih gradjana iz Valjeva
Predrag Vuletic, muzicar Srdjan Saper i profesor 13. beogradske
gimnazije Zivorad Colovic. Pred pocetak setnje, podrsku studentima
dali su predstavnici studentskih delegacija iz Nisa i Novog Sada,
studenti Boban Arsenijevic i Stanko Lazevic. Policijski kordoni
postavljeni su u Vasinoj i Knez Mihailovoj ulici sa obe strane, na
pocetku ulice Brace Jugovica i u Zmaj-Jovinoj, prenosi Fonet.
Kordoni milicije u Vasinoj ulici, ispred kojih su stajali ucesnici
studentskog protesta, povukli su se danas posle podne u trenutku
kada su organizovane grupe studenata pocele planirana
,,dezurstva''. Milicija se povukla prema Trgu Republike kada se
vecina od vise desetina hiljada studenata, posle okupljanja na
Platou ispred Filozofskog fakulteta, a zatim u Vasinoj ulici,
razisla cekajuci svoj red na stajanje ispred policijskih kordona.
Njihovo povlacenje studenti su pozdravili uzvicima ,,Plavi,
plavi'', smatrajuci da je njihova danasnja akcija uspela. Kordoni
milicije su se, medjutim, postavili kasnije na uglu Vasine i ulice
7. jula i u Kolarcevoj. Grupe studenata su ispred njih nastavile
svoja dezurstva, prema za danas najavljenom planu. Studenti
okupljeni u velikom broju na Studentskom trgu nastavljaju veceras
protest.
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PROTESTI DO POTPUNOG PRIZNAVANJA IZBORNIH REZULTATA U NISU
Odluka Vlade Srbije i republickog Ministarstva pravde o
priznavanju u Nisu 37 odbornickih mandata Koaliciji ,,Zajedno'',
32 Socijalistickoj partiji Srbije i jednog Srpskoj radikalnoj
stranci je iznenadjujuca i neprihvatljiva, izjavio je danas
potredsednik Srpskog pokreta obnove dr Zvonimir Budic, izvestava
FoNet. ,,Istina moze da bude samo jedna, a to su realni rezultati
izbora od 17. novembra prosle godine, na kojima je Koalicija
osvojila 41, socijalisti 16, radikali jedan odbornicki mandat, dok
na 12 izbornih jedinica glasanje treba ponoviti'', rekao je Budic
na konferenciji za stampu kojoj su prisustvovali potpredsednici
SPO Milan Komnenic i Ilija Radulovic. On je naglasio da su podnete
krivicne prijave protiv svih koji su se bavili falsifikovanjem i
krsenjem izborne procedure. Budic je rekao da ce protesti u Nisu
biti nastavljeni sve do potpunog priznavanja volje gradjana u
drugom krugu lokalnih izbora.
Komnenic je rekao da Koalicija ,,Zajedno'' nece pristati na
,,podesavanje'' rezultata drugog kruga loklanih izbora, cime kako
je istakao, vlast zeli smanjivanje razlike izmedju broja
odbornika. On je zatrazio da gradovi istraju na doslednom
postovanju rezultata izbora, dodavsi da ce se posle toga
prihvatiti dijalog sa vlascu preko okruglih stolova, a kao prva
tema bice oslobadjanje medija. Predstavnici Koalicije su izjavili
da ce se u gradovima i opstinama gde je pobedila ta organizacija
za sistem organizovanja vlasti primeniti klauzule iz dogovora o
koaliciji. ,,Mesto gradonacelnika i predsednika Skupstine opstine
rezervisano je za pobednicku partiju'', rekao je Komnenic i dodao
da u gradskoj vladi nece biti mesta za socijaliste. Kako je
najavljeno, pre preuzimanja vlasti, Koalicija ce formirati
finansijsku komisiju koja ce utvrditi cime pocinje nova vlast.
PROTEST NISKIH STUDENATA
Studentski protest u Nisu danas je izveo scenario navodnog
,,hapsenja'' Gradske izborne komisije, zbog falsifikovanja glasova
u drugom krugu lokalnih izbora. Ispred Opstinskog suda nekoliko
hiljada studenata ,,sprovelo'' je studente obucene u zatvorska
odela, sa natpisom na transparentu ,,zatvor'', simbolizujuci
hapsenje clanova Komisije. Studenti u zatvorskim ,,uniformama''
neprekidno su, pri tom, uzvikivali ,,Tito je nas, mi smo Titovi''.
Povorka studenata zatim je krenula ulicama grada do Gradske
skupstine, prenosi FoNet.
SESELJ OSUDIO MILOSEVICA ZBOG RAZGOVORA SA STUDENTIMA
Predsednik Srpske radikalne stranke Vojislav Seselj izjavio je
danas da osudjuje predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica,
republickog ministra unutrasnjih poslova Zorana Sokolovica i
nacelnika Generalstaba Vojske Jugoslavije general-pukovnika
Momcila Perisica sto su primili ,,navodne predstavnike studenata,
a nisu smogli snage da razgovaraju'' sa liderima koalicije
,,Zajedno'' Vukom Draskovicem i Zoranom Djindjicem. ,,Draskovic i
Djindjic predvode gradjanski protest. Ma koliko ih mi osudjivali,
ne moze se prenebreci cinjenica da su oni legalni lideri jednog
dela naroda. Sa njima je trebalo otvoriti dijalog, a ne sa
studentima'', rekao je Seselj na konferenciji za novinare. On je
naglasio da studentski protest ne smatra ozbiljnim. ,,Kada se
studenti pojave sa politickim zahtevima, ocekujem da su prethodno
formirali svoju partiju'', izjavio je Seselj. Prema njegovim
recima, Milosevicev rezim smatra da moze da ucini isto sto je i
Josip Broz Tito uradio 1968. godine -- da podrzi studente, a
kasnije ih, kada se napetost smanji, ,,razjuri''.
Naglasivsi da ,,crnogorsko rukovodstvo preti blokiranjem savezne
drzave'', Seselj je izjavio: ,,Moguce je da su Amerikanci
promenili prioritet i sada prednost daju otcepljenju Crne Gore, u
odnosu na otcepljenje Kosova''. Prema Seseljevom misljenju, ,,sve
konce drze Amerikanci'' i ,,nije slucajno'' sto je odmah posle
Draskovicevog poziva crnogorskom rukovodstvu da povuce poslanike
iz Savezne skupstine usledila izjava predsednika parlamenta Crne
Gore Svetozara Marovica da je dugo razmisljao o takvom potezu.
Istakavsi da se moze ocekivati devalvacija, posle koje ce jedna
nemacka marka vredeti pet dinara, i dalje pogorsavanje ekonomske
situacije, Seselj je rekao: ,,Niko ne moze predvideti ishod
krize''. Na pitanje vezano za priznavanje pobede opozicije na
lokalnim izborima u Nisu, Seselj je odgovorio da bi se, ,,da je na
mestu lidera koalicije 'Zajedno''', odlucio za ,,meksu politiku,
za meko prizemljenje rezima''. Pod tim Seselj podrazumeva
ispunjenje zahteva za smenu republicke vlade Mirka Marjanovica,
obnavljanje direktnih prenosa skusptinskih zasedanja, ukidanje
medijske blokade i vracanje ,,otetih'' opozicionih poslanickih
mandata. ,,Ako je rezim prinudjen na ustupke, treba ih prihvatiti
u ovom trenutku'', izjavio je Seselj, ocenivsi da koaliciji
,,Zajedno'' ,,nedostaje promisljenost''. ,,Oni bi bacili pod noge
celu drzavu, da bi uzeli vlast u delu drzave. Otvoreno huskaju
Demokratsku partiju socijalista Crne Gore da se otcepi od
Jugoslavije'', rekao je Seselj.
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GORICA GAJEVIC I PANEL
Sef poslanicke grupe Socijalisticke partije Srbije u republickom
parlamentu, Gorica Gajevic, uputila je danas pravila o radu panel
rasprave i poziv svim predsednicima poslanickih grupa da ucestvuju
u debati. Tri poslanicke grupe, Socijalisticka partija Srbije,
Nova Demokratija i Prvi decembar, postigle su saglasnost o
pravilima rada panela, ciji je cilj ostvarivanje konstruktivnog
dijaloga izmedju zainteresovanih politickih subjekata. Nakon
iscrpljenja svih tema o kojima bi se raspravljalo na panelu,
odrzace se zavrsna sesija na kojoj bi se usvojili zakljucci. Ti
zakljucci dostavice se poslanicima republickog parlamenta i Vladi
Srbije. Ucesnici panela se obavezuju da ce se politicki zaloziti
da se usvojeni zakljucci realizuju kroz odgovarajuce institucije.
,,ZAJEDNO'': POLICAJCI, KOJI SU TUKLI GRADJANE, KRIVICNO CE
ODGOVARATI
Informativna sluzba Koalicije ,,Zajedno'' saopstila je danas da ce
pripadnici interventnih snaga MUP-a Srbije, koji su juce tukli
gradjane na uglu ulica Srpskih vladara i Kneza Milosa, krivicno
odgovarati. Ovaj incident ocenjen je kao ,,jos jedan u nizu
bezumnih pokusaja rezima da se obracuna sa demokratskim pokretom i
ugusi visemesecne demonstracije'', uz napomenu da Koalicija
,,Zajedno'' raspolaze video-snimcima policajaca koji tuku
gradjane, te da su i njihova imena poznata, prenosi FoNet.
JUL PODNEO TUZBU PROTIV ,,DNEVNOG TELEGRAFA''
Jugoslovenska levica je saopstila da je podnela tuzbu zbog klevete
protiv lista ,,Dnevni Telegraf'', jer je danas na prvoj strani
objavio vest da je napad na sediste JUL-a organizovao sekretar
Direkcije te stranke Zoran Todorovic. ,,JUL zahteva da, ne samo
povodom ovog, nego i drugih natpisa uperenih i organizovanih u
cilju rusenja ugleda drzavnih organa i legalnih drustvenih
organizacija, kao i pojedinaca, javni tuzilac preduzme mere iz
svoje nadleznosti'', kaze se u saopstenju, koje je potpisao
portparol JUL-a Ivan Markovic, prenosi FoNet.
,,ZAJEDNO'' POBEDILA U VRSCU
Vrhovni sud Srbije usvojio je zalbe koalicije ,,Zajedno'' iz Vrsca
zbog ponistavanja izbornih rezultata i potvrdio njenu pobedu u tom
gradu, izjavio je za Radio B92, predstavnik kolicije ,,Zajedno'' u
Vrscu, Zoran Petrov. Prema njegovim recima, koalicija ,,Zajedno''
u Skupstini opstine ima 24, a SPS 19 odbornika.
GIK U NISU
Gradska izborna komisija u Nisu ni danas pre podne nije donela
odluku o rezultatima izbora za gradske odbornike, izjavila je za
Radio B92, predstavnik koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u izbornoj komisiji,
Biserka Zivkovic. Prema njenim recima, clanovi izborne komisije
nisu mogli da se opredele da li ce uvaziti jucerasnju odluku vlade
Srbije ili, pak, novu presudu opstinskog suda, koji su ustanovili
razlicite rezultate izbora u Nisu. Tokom veceri GIK je nastavio sa
radom, ali jos nije donela nikakvu odluku. GIK je samo obavesten
od Ministarstva pravde da su uvidom u izborni materijal stekli
utisak da je moguce konstituisanje skupstine sa opozicionom
vecinom. GIK sutra nastavlja sa radom.
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JOS NEKOLIKO DEKANA PODRZALO STUDENTE
Apel, koji su dekani devet fakulteta Beogradskog univerziteta
uputili predsedniku Srbije Slobodanu Milosevicu, podrzali su i
dekani Pravnog, Stomatoloskog i Fakulteta fizicke kulture. Dekani
od predsednika Srbije traze da prihvati studentski zahtev za
priznavanjem rezultata izbora od 17. novembra i da raspravu u vezi
sa krivicom za nastalu situaciju prenese u institucije sistema.
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KATI MARTON TRAZI OBNAVLJANJE PROGRAMA RADIJU BOOM 93
Kati Marton, predsednik Komiteta za zastitu novinara i supruga
bivseg americkog mirovnog posrednika Ricarda Holbruka, zatrazila
je danas od predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica da ucini sve
sto moze kako bi se radiju BOOM 93 iz Pozarevca omogucilo da
emituje program, prekinut 3. decembra. U pismu Milosevicu, Kati
Marton istice da je program BOOM 93 prekinut istovremeno sa
onemogucavanjem rada beogradskog Radija B92. ,,Radio B92 je bio u
stanju da nastavi emitovanje 52 casa kasnije. Od izuzetne je
vaznosti da se ne zaboravi na probleme BOOM 93'', naglasila je
Kati Marton. Ona je istakla da BOOM 93, pocev od 1994. godine,
nije dobijao odgovor od saveznih vlasti na zahteve za dobijanje
frekvencije za stalno emitovanje programa i obnavljanje dozvole za
privremeno emitovanje. Kati Marton je podsetila Milosevica da je,
prilikom njihovog susreta 8. decembra, potpisao da daje podrsku
slobodi stampe u Srbiji. ,,Bila sam tako srecna sto sam imala
sansu da sa vama razmenim poglede proslog meseca u Beogradu. Bila
sam posebno ohrabrena vasim opredeljenjem da podrzite pravo na
slobodu stampe u Saveznoj Republici Jugoslaviji. Sigurna sam da
situacija Radija BOOM 93 moze biti resena bez suvise teskoca sada
kada ste svesni problema'', kaze se u pismu koje je Kati Marton
uputila Milosevicu, prenosi FoNet.
U BEOGRAD DOLAZI FRANCUSKI IZASLANIK
Francuska ce u Beograd poslati specijalnog izaslanika, koji ce
vlastima preneti francuski stav da se moraju postovati
medjunarodne preporuke o priznavanju pobede opozicije na lokalnim
izborima u novembru, javlja AFP, a prenosi FoNet. Francusko
ministarstvo inostranih poslova je saopstilo da ce u Beograd
otputovati direktor odeljenja za kontinentalnu Evropu u tom
ministarstvu Pol Pudad, koji ce se sastati sa jugoslovenskim
ministrom inostranih poslova Milanom Milutinovicem i drugim
zvanicnicima. Predstavnik ministarstva Zak Rimelar je rekao da ce
se Pudad sastati i sa liderima opozicije Vesnom Pesic, Vukom
Draskovicem i Zoranom Djindjicem. Cilj njegovog putovanja u
Beograd je da se osnazi poruka vec poslata Beogradu, kojom se
trazi da vlasti predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevic priznaju
pobedu opozicije na izborima. Francuska je ranije uputila poruku
Milosevicu da je ,,osnovno da se postuju izborni rezultati''. ,,To
mora svako da prihvati'', rekao je Rimelar. ,,Danas je od
sustinskog znacaja da se preporuke predstavnika OEBS-a Felipea
Gonsalesa sprovedu u delu u potpunosti i odmah'', dodao je on.
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MEDLIN OLBRAJT -- NOVI DRZAVNI SEKRETAR SAD
Komitet za spoljnu politiku americkog Senata na putu je da
jednoglasno verifikuje postavljenJe Medlin Olbrajt za novog
drzavnog sekretara SAD, javlja za FoNet dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe''
Slobodan Pavlovic. Predsednik Bil Klinton imenovao je pre mesec
dana Olbrajtovu da zameni Vorena Kristofera na mestu sefa americke
diplomatije, a potvrda senatskog komiteta predstavljala je obavezu
koja proistice iz Ustava -- mada je u ovom jucerasnjem slucaju
predstavljala cistu formalnost, imajuci u vidu ugled koji je
Medlin Olbrajt stekla proteklih godina i medju republikancima i
medju demokratima u Kongresu na svojoj dosadasnjoj duznosti
stalnog predstavnika SAD u UN. Posle jucerasnjeg propitivanja
Olbrajtove, koje je potrajalo punih sest sati, odluceno je da se o
njenom postavljenju na mesto sefa Stejt Departmenta glasa 20.
januara, na dan Klintonove ponovne inauguracije za americkog
predsednika.
Sasvim je izvesno, medjutim, da ce se to glasanje zavrsiti
apsolutnom potvrdom Klintonove odluke da 59-godisnja Medlin
Olbrajt, koja se sa roditeljima doselila iz Cehoslovacke u Ameriku
1948, bude postavljena za prvu zenu drzavnog sekretara u istoriji
SAD. Istupajuci pred senatskim Komitetom za spoljnu politiku,
Medlin Olbrajt posebno je juce naglasila da ce Amerika nastaviti
da se bori protiv krsenja ljudskih prava i demokratskih sloboda u
svetu, napominjuci pritom da tekuci dogadjaji u Srbiji
predstavljaju ,,sliku autoritarnog rezima, koji je u ugnjetavanju
naroda otisao toliko daleko da je ponistio narodnu volju izrazenu
na izborima 17. novembra''. Upozoravajuci da vlada SAD pazljivo
prati razvoj dogadjaja u Srbiji, Medlin Olbrajt ponovila je
poznati stav Vasingtona da se u razresavanju ove krize od
predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica ocekuje za pocetak da
odmah oslobodi medije i prihvati zahteve, koje mu je postavila
komisija OEBS.
PROSLAVA PETOGODISNJICE RS
Svecanom arhijerejskom liturgijom u crkvi Uspenija presvete
Bogorodice jutros je u Brckom pocela proslava petogodisnjice
drzavnosti i krsne slave Republike Srpske -- Svetog arhidjakona
Stefana, javlja SRNA, a prenosi Fonet. Bogosluzenju Njegovog
preosvestenstva vladike zvornicko-tuzlanskog gospodina Vasilija
prisustvovali su predsednik RS Biljana Plavsic, predstavnik RS u
Predsednistvu BiH Momcilo Krajisnik, predsednik Narodne skupstine
Dragan Kalinic, premijer Gojko Klickovic, nacelnik Generalstaba
Vojske RS general-major Pero Colic sa saradnicima, te funkcioneri
grada domacina i brojni gradjani Brckog. U nastavku svecanosti, u
govoru na centralnoj proslavi u Brckom, predsednik RS Biljana
Plavsic pozvala je medjunarodnu zajednicu da realno sagleda
problem arbitraze, upozoravajuci da svako poigravanje sa sudbinom
ovog grada znaci ,,novo prizivanje aveti rata na ovim
prostorima''. Plavsiceva je istakla da se ,,iskreno nada'' da niko
u medjunarodnoj zajednici nije toliko neoprezan da ne shvata da
pogresno resenje moze dovesti do potpunog kraha Dejtonskog
sporazuma.
,,Grad, koji je spona dve polovine RS, zila kucavica naseg zivota,
ne moze biti predmet spora'', ponovila je ona, dodajuci da je
Brcko ,,srpski grad i da tako mora i ostati''. Plavsiceva je
odbacila mogucnost da se Brcko stavi pod strani protektorat ili
pod jurisdikciju centralnih institucija, isticuci da su sve te
,,kampanje u sluzbi jedne jasne ideje vodilje -- ugusiti RS i
preseci je na dva dela''. ,,Govori se o nekakvom etnickom ciscenju
u Brckom, koje je pre rata bilo vecinski muslimansko, a sta je sa
citavim nizom nasih gradova u zapadnoj Bosni, Sarajevom, da ne
govorim o Krajini'', upitala je Plavsiceva. Predsednica RS je
odbacila i argumente da bi Federacija, koja koristi 98 odsto
medjunarodne pomoci, morala imati izlaz na Savu, jer je vec dobila
izlaz preko 'Arizona puta' do Orasja. Ona je ponovila da ce RS
postovati Dejtonski sporazum, ali da nece dozvoliti da joj se
uskrate prava koja po njemu ima, niti ce dozvoliti da njegova
kriva interpretacija osteti srpske nacionalne interese.
,,Dejtonski mirovni ugovor dao nam je veliki stepen suvereniteta,
iako je po mnogim resenjima za nas daleko manji od idealnog'',
istakla je predsednik RS.
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SSSJ UPOZORAVA SAVEZNU VLADU
U danasnjem javnom upozorenju SSSJ navodi se da je pocetak ove
godine obelezen rastom cena gotovo svih proizvoda, posebno
prehrambenih, i skokom vrednosti nemacke marke na crnom trzistu.
,,Time je ozbiljno devalviran jedan od retko pozitivnih rezultata
ekonomske politike prethodne godine, a ugrozeni su temelji tek
usvojene politike za 1997'', stoji u upozorenju koje je potpisao
predsednik SSSJ Dragan Radulovic. ,,Neizvesna politicka situacija
u svemu tome koristi se i kao paravan za nastali ekonomski haos u
kome dalje siromase radnici i najveci deo stanovnistva, a
nastavlja se beskrupulozno bogacenje privilegovanih pojedinaca'',
stoji u upozorenju. Ne ulazeci u osnovne uzroke ozbiljnih
poremecaja, koji destabilizuju ekonomski i politicki sistem
zemlje, a smatrajuci Saveznu vladu bitno odgovornom za novonastalu
situaciju, pre svega zbog sive emisije dinara i povecanja poreza
na promet, ,,zahtevamo da ona sama i u saradnji sa republickim
vladama odmah preduzme neophodne mere za smirivanje situacije na
trzistu i spreci preteci hiperinflacioni talas'', navodi se u
upozorenju SSSJ.
Uz napomenu da za odrzavanje zivota medju zaposlenima, koji zive
na sramno niskom nivou standarda, vise nema nikakvih rezervi, da
ima kolektiva cije se kasnjenje u isplati zarada vec meri i
godinama, a da su novim propisima radnici prepusteni na milost i
nemilost direktorima, SSSJ zahteva od Savezne vlade da odmah
izadje ,,sa detaljnim i materijalno utemeljenim socijalnim
programom, koji bi bio adekvatna brana ponovnim ekonomskim
ekscesima''. ,,U nasim uslovima, socijalni program je i neophodna
pretpostavka duboke reforme ekonomskog i socijalnog zivota zemlje,
bez koje nema izlaska iz stanja neizdrzivog i ubrzanog ekonomskog
i socijalnog propadanja cije su najvece zrtve upravo osiromaseni
radnici'', stoji na kraju upozorenja Veca SSSJ, koje prenosi
FoNet.
ZEBIC: MARKA ZA KOJI DAN ISPOD CETIRI DINARA
Kurs nemacke marke danas je u vecini gradova izmedju 4,2 i 4,5
dinara. Potpredsednik Savezne vlade Jovan Zebic izjavio je danas u
emisiji ,,Novosti dana'' Prvog programa Radio-Beograda da je
,,kurs marke izasao iz normale, ali mi verujemo da je to delom
sticaj niza raznih okolnostii i siguran sam da ce se taj kurs za
nekoliko dana spustiti ispod cetiri dinara'', rekao je on.
UKRATKO
Hrvatsko Ministarstvo pomorstva, saobracaja i veza danas je
obavestilo zagrebacki Radio 101 da mu se privremeno, do 31.
januara, produzava dozvola za emitovanje programa na istoj
frekvenciju.
Upravni odbor Radio televizije Kragujevac, koji je danas
konstituisan na celu sa Vidosavom Stevanovicem, odlucio je da
pokrene krivicni postupak protiv republickog ministra za kulturu
Nade Popovic Perisic i predsednika Upravnog odbora Radio
televizije Beograd i direktora ove kuce Dragoljuba Milanovica,
zbog ,,najvece pljacke veka u Kragujevcu''. ,,Zgrada Radio-
televizije Kragujevca zatvorena je za nas. Skriveni u blizini,
nadziru je i cuvaju specijalni odredi policije. Zaposleni u nasoj
kuci naterani su da potpisu izjavu lojalnosti kradljivcima iz
Beograda'', rekao je Stevanovic i naglasio da se ,,ne treba
sklanjati pred lopovima niti uzmicati pred nasilnicima'' i najavio
nove programe razvoja.
,,Sukob se sve vise zaostrava, mi smatramo da nijedna strana ne
doprinosi resenju, tako da ce Nova Demokratija ostati izvorno
vezana za svoj program i ostace samostalna stranka politickog
centra'', rekla je portparol Nove Demokratije Rebeka Srbinovic na
danasnjoj konferenciji za stampu.
Na konstitutivnoj sednici Skupstine Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine
danas je za novog predsednika izabran kandidat Socijalisticke
partije Srbije i dosadasnji pokrajinski sekretar za zdravstvo
Zivorad Smiljanic. Od 91 prisutnog poslanika, za izbor Smiljanica
glasao je 71, trojica su bili protiv, a 17 se uzdrzalo.
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APEL AKADEMIKA
Pedeset troje clanova Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti potpisalo
je javni apel u kome se trazi da se u potpunosti priznaju
rezultati izbora od 17. novembra i da se sa ulica povuku
policijske snage. Akademici, medju kojima su i Matija Beckovic,
Andrej Mitrovic, Predrag Palavestra, Milorad Pavic i Vladeta
Jerotic, takodje zahtevaju da se obezbedi potpuna nezavisnost
sudstva i da se spreci prekoracivanje ustavnih ovlascenja cime bi
se zauvek onemogucila neogranicena licna vlast. ,,Svoju
nesposobnost u upravljanju zemljom i svoju ravnodusnost za sudbinu
naroda, ovaj rezim vise ne moze da sakrije ni od sopstvenih
pristalica'', kaze se, izmedju ostalog, u javnom pismu akademika,
koji napominju i da zemlju od totalne policijske diktature i
gradjanskog rata mogu spasiti samo duboke promene i reforme.
DT: ,,NISMO NI BILI U BEOGRADU''
Specijalna antiteroristicka jedinica (SAJ) se uopste nije 27.
decembra nalazila na ulicama Beograda, tvrdi za DT Zoran Simovic-
Tutinac, komandant jedinice, povodom krivicne prijave, koju je
koalicija ,,Zajedno'' podnela protiv njega i jos petorice njegovih
kolega zbog ,,teroristickog napada na gradjane'' u centru grada.
Krivicna prijava je samim tim neosnovana, smatra Simovic i
procenjuje da je njenim podnosenjem i objavljivanjem ova jedinica
iskompromitovana. ,,Onaj ko je hteo da nanese stetu jedinici,
naneo je'', istice Simovic i uzvraca pitanjem: ,,Bas bih voleo da
znam odakle Dnevnom Telegrafu ta prijava''? Na odgovor novinara da
su i druge dnevne novine objavile sadrzinu prijave, Simovic je
kratko prokomentarisao: ,,Objavili su 'Dnevni telegraf',
'Demokratija', i 'Nasa borba', sve zuta stampa''.
DESA CAVIC PISE DJINDJICU
Urednik Informativnog programa televizije ,,Studio B'' Desa Cavic
uputila je danas otvoreno pismo predsedniku Demokratske stranke
Zoranu Djindjicu povodom spiskova sa brojevima telefona pojedinaca
i institucija, koji su objavljeni u listu ,,Demokratija'' i
pozivom gradjanima da te telefone blokiraju. U toj akciji se
gradjani pozivaju da celog dana okrecu telefone svih
ministarstava, RTS, Tanjuga i drugih sluzbi da bi blokirali
pomenute pojedinice i institucije koji su, kako je objasnjeno,
,,stetocine'', i da bi oni ,,nanosili manju stetu svom narodu''.
Urednica Studija B navodi da je licno odgovarala na mnoge,
,,razume se, anonimne pozive'' od kojih su se mnogi svodili na
prostacko vredjanje. ,,Ne znam ko je pravio spiskove 'neprijatelja
naroda', ali znam da koalicija Zajedno, koja je potpisnik ovog
javnog poziva na kolektivni linc ima i svoj pravni savet'', stoji
u pismu u kome Desa Cavic podseca da su se neki clanovi tog saveta
svojevremeno javno protivili akciji slicnog tipa. ,,Sada su vasi
spiskovi, razume se, duzi, a za dve naredne godine, kako ste
poceli, mozda ce na njih poimenicno da stane i cela Srbija'',
smatra ona. ,,Gospodine Djindjicu, spiskovi kakve ste vi napravili
ne razlikuju se ni po cemu od onih kakvi su vec vidjeni na ovim
prostorima. Zasto mislite da su Vasi drugaciji i lepsi? Hocemo li
se opet izjasnjavati ko je za Tita, a ko za Staljina i da li ce
jedina mustra za informisanje u Srbiji biti glasilo Vase
stranke?'', kaze se u pismu Dese Cavic, koje prenosi FoNet.
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DT: POSLE AKCIJA ,,BLOKIRAJMO STETOCINE''
Najnovija akcija koalicije ,,Zajedno'' (radni naziv ,,Blokirajmo
stetocine''), u kojoj gradjani shodno obelodanjenim brojevima
telefona ,,vaznih'' licnosti i institucija treba da stalnim
telefoniranjem onemoguce stetan rad istih, prema rezultatima
provere novinara DT tokom jucerasnjeg dana, trajala je s
promenljivim uspehom. Osim nekoliko ocigledno najtrazenijih
licnosti (Mira Markovic, Slobodan Milosevic...), koje je bilo
nemoguce dobiti, novinari DT uspeli su da stupe u vezu sa vecinom
ostalih ,,brojeva'' i da razgovaraju sa sekretaricom. U svim
slucajevima, izuzev Aleksandra Vulina, trazena gospoda nisu bila
na svojim radnim mestima, vec ,,na terenu'', ,,sastanku'',
,,sluzbenom putu''... Same sekretarice isticale su da su ,,veze
sasvim normalne'' ili ,,uobicajeno otezane'' shodno svakodnevnim
telefonskimm pozivima ,,u spicu''. Ne treba iskljuciti, pored
svega, ni najverovatniju mogucnost da su trazene licnosti spas od
blokade pronasle u ,,mobilnoj telefoniji'', buduci da brojevi iz
tog sistema nisu obznanjeni (izuzetak broj ,,mobilnog'' Ljubise
Ristica).
CIGARETE POSKUPELE OD 10 DO 20 ODSTO
Cene cigareta juce su na beogradskim ulicama i u trafikama
poskupele u proseku 10 do 20 odsto. Prodavci najavljuju da ce u
skladu sa porastom crnog kursa nemacke marke, proporcionalno rasti
cene cigareta, kao uostalom i svih drugih proizvoda koje
nabavljaju u devizama. Najprodavaniji ,,bond'' koji se mogao
kupiti po ceni od 3,50 do 4,00 dinara, sada kosta od 4,00 do 5,00
dinara dok je ,,laki strajk'' uglavnom poskupeo za dinar i prodaje
se po ceni od 6,00 dinara. ,,Marlboro'' je sa 7,50 ,,skocio'' na
8,00 a ,,LM'' se moze kupiti za 5,50 dinara.
FRANCUSKI GLUMAC ZAN MARK-BAR U LISTU ,,DEMOKRATIJA''
,,Demokratija'': Sta znate o desavanjima u Beogradu, kako
komentarisete proteste?
Zan Mark-Bar: Bio sam u Egiptu, pa sam, sto se informisanja tice,
bio vezan za ITN, CNN i druge satelitske stanice. Njihova verzija
borbe za demokratiju u Rusiji i ostalim istocnim zemljama bila mi
je pomalo bljutava, ali ovog puta mi je, po prvi put simpaticna.
Kada vidite sta se desava u Beogradu, vidite da su Srbi, koje su
ti isti mediji cetiri godine demonizovali, odjednom postali svetla
tacka planete. Cuo sam za protest vozaca prvo od Irine (njegova
zena), a onda i u vestima. Znate, to su kratke vesti od po
nekoliko minuta, ali slika je impresivna. Uz vas sam potpuno.
Nadam se da ce sve to uspeti.
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ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis
Odraz B92 vesti do 22 sata, 9. januar 1997.
U SUSRET JUBILARNOM DVADESET PETOM FEST-U
Dvadeset peti FEST je na pragu. Predsednik filmova strane
produkcije, nekoliko retrospektiva radova poznatih umetnika, sest
programa u okviru festivala, brojni gosti... Projekcije filmova
bice u Velikoj sali Centra ,,Sava'' (programi ,,Popodnevna vreva''
-- ,,pitkija'', laka ostvarenja, ,,Festival filma'' -- dela
prikazana na znacajnijim festivalima u svetu i ,,Pretponocna
groznica'' -- ,,brzi'', aktuelni filmovi), Maloj sali SC (programi
,,Balkino'' -- filmovi autora sa Balkana i ,,Pad zida'' --
ostvarenja koja prikazuju zivot od pocetka procesa tranzicije u
Istocnoj Evropi), Domu omladine (,,Forum mladih'' -- dela o
mladima i dela mladih stvaralaca) i u Muzeju Jugoslovenske
kinoteke (gde ce biti prikazane retrospektive Larsa fon Trira,
Gorana Paskaljevica i Rumuna Dan Pila). Za selektora ovogodisnje
smotre filmova koja pocinje poslednjeg vikenda januara, proglaseno
je Umetnicko vece koje cine Borislav Andjelic, Radoslav Zelenovic,
Miroljub Vuckovic i Bozidar Zecevic.
Osnivac FEST-a, Skupstina grada Beograda, do sada je u festival
ulozila oko 400.000 dinara, a planirana su i dodatna sredstva.
Gosti festivala jos uvek nisu tacno utvrdjeni buduci da se termini
prikazivanja filmova jos ne znaju, a u vreme odrzavanja FEST-a
traju i filmski festivali u Geteborgu i Roterdamu. Po recima
Andrica, kao gosti bi rado bili vidjeni Vudi Herelson, Majkl
Cimino, Zan Mark Bar, Nil Dzordan, Nikol Kidman, neko iz ekipe
Majka Lija i mnogi drugi. Festival ce otvoriti film ,,Tajne i
lazi'' Majka Lija (V. Britanija), a na zatvaranju ce biti prikazan
,,Majkl Kolins'' Nila Dzordana (V. Britanija). U okviru
,,Festivala filma'' publika ce moci da vidi filmove poput ,,Milost
moga srca'' Alison Anders (SAD), ,,Poplaveli u licu'' (Vejn Vanga
i Pola Ostera (SAD), ,,Ah Cung'' Ceng Tso Cija iz Tajvana,
,,Koliba u krosnjama'' Stiva Busemija (SAD), ,,Sin necije majke''
Teri Dzordza (Velika Britanija), ,,Knjiga za pod glavu'' Pitera
Grineveja (V. Britanija), ,,Sjaj'' Skota Hiksa (Australija),
,,Kapetan Konan'' Bertransa Tavernijea (Francuska), ,,Razbojnici''
Otara Joselianija (Gruzija), ,,Maborosi'' Kore Ede (Japan),
,,Sunce moze da cuje'' Jim Hoa (Kina), ,,Portret jedne dame''
Dzejn Kempion (Novi Zeland), ,,Kavkaski zarobljenik'' Sergeja
Bodrova (Rusija), ,,Vestice iz Salema'' Nikolasa Hajtnera (SAD),
,,Ona je ta'' Edvarda Brnsa (SAD), ,,U potrazi za Ricardom'' Al
Pacina (SAD), ,,Preziveti Pikasa'' Dzejmsa Ajvorija (SAD) i
,,Crash'' Dejvida Kronenberga...
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ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis
Odraz B92 vesti do 22 sata, 9. januar 1997.
NE PROPUSTITE: KOMENTAR DNEVNIKA 2!
I pored buke, kojom se i veceras nadjacavao Dnevnik 2 RTS-a,
zabelezelili smo komentar, koji prenosimo u celini: Objavljivanjem
dobro cuvane tajne na stranicama ,,Nedeljnog Telegrafa'' da je
akcija demonstriranja u Beogradu i Srbiji isplanirana pod sifrom
,,Mozdana oluja'', popunjena je praznina u mozaiku, izuzetno
znacajna za sagledavanje dogadjaja na ulicama nase zemlje.
Analize, koje su sacinjene u odredjenim inostranim centrima do
kojih se doslo, pokazuju da su u osmisljavanju akcija ,,Mozdana
oluja'' ucestvovale i pojedine licnosti, koje su ucestvovale u
medijskoj pripremi i planiranju ,,Pustinjske oluje'' u Iraku i
akcije ,,Oluja'', odnosno, napadu hrvatske vojske na Krajinu.
Strategija akcije ,,Mozdana oluja'', pokazuju te informacije, u
mnogome se razlikuju od prethodnih ,,olujnih'' operacija. Dok je u
njima oruzana akcija bila prioritet, u ovom slucaju je ona
ostavljena kao poslednje sredstvo, a znacajna razlika je i u
izvrsiocima: dok je u dva prethodna slucaja oruzana sila dve ili
vise zemalja bila suprotstavljena drugoj oruzanoj sili, u slucaju
operacije ,,Mozdana oluja'', predvidjen je, u krajnjoj instanci,
sukob unutar jedne zemlje u kome bi se uzajamno sukobili sami
njeni gradjani. Akcenat je stavljen na mentalno i psihicko nasilje
nad gradjanima i institucijama sistema.
Potezima, koji se cine, treba stvoriti atmosferu razdora,
podvojenosti, psihickog pritiska i polarizacije medju gradjanima,
atmosferu u kojima bi gradjani bili suprotstavljeni jedni drugima.
Prema utvrdjenoj strategiji, trebalo je obavezno isprovocirati
policiju kako bi se odgovornost njoj pripisala. Nakon toga, na
scenu bi stupile pojedine zemlje medjunarodne zajednice. Medjutim,
razvoj dogadjaja i naknadne studije, koje su sacinili tvorci
akcije ,,Mozdana oluja'', pokazali su da gradjani Srbije, bez
obzira na razna politicka opredeljenja, ne zele nasilje i
krvoprolice. Jos manje zele da u tome sami ucestvuju. Ideju
nasilja, prema tim podacima, podrzalo je svega 0,04 odsto
gradjana. Te analize pokazuju da je sadasnji sastav policije
visoko profesionalizovan, odlucan da deluje samo u skladu sa
Ustavom i zakonom, ali cvrsto opredeljen da ne naseda i odgovara
na provokacije. Zbog toga je sada glavni zadatak autora akcije
pronalazenje nacina za zavrsetak demonstracija. Buduci da lideri
koalicije ,,Zajedno'' definitivno ne mogu ispuniti zadatke, koji
su im povereni. Pitanje je kako zavrsiti akciju, a ne dovesti
lidere koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u situaciju da gradjanima
objasnjavaju zasto su ih toliko dugo obmanjivali i toliko dugo
drzali na ulici. Ono sto najvise prizeljkuju i lideri koalicije i
njihovi nalogodavci, verovatno je odluka vlasti da zabrani
demonstracije. Zbog toga poslednjih dana cine sve ne bi li
napravili incident, koji bi mogao da da povod za takvu odluku.
STUDENTI: STOP KORDON!
U danasnjoj akciji studenata da stoje ispred kordona milicije,
zabelezili smo niz poduhvata: studenti su policajcima citali
odlomke iz dela Margerit Jursenar, stampe, pevali su im pesmu iz
popularne emisije za decu ,,Kocka, kocka, kockica'', davali im
kokcie i zvake, igrali i pevali ,,Igrale se delije'', a dvojica su
veceras primecena kako ispred policajaca igraju -- sah. Glavna
parola, koja je uzvikivana specijalcima: ,,Idite kuci -- mama ce
vas tuci!''
Pripremio(la): Zoran Penevski
vesti.1792lexus,
-> #1778, zmax=> Evo onih brojeva iz demokratije.
=> NAPOMENA: Brojevi u Beogradu koji počinju na 33 i 34
=> mi deluju sumnjivo. Mislim da je nedavno
=> ubačena dvojka između prve i druge cifre.
=> Daklem dobili bi 323... i 324...
Nije još kod svih... Ali jeste kod većine, vredi pokušati
na oba načina.
vesti.1793corto,
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:: Reuter
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YU NIS,YUGOSLAVIA, 8 JAN 97 - Opposition leader Zoran Djindjic (R)
salutes supporters of the Zajedno (Together) coalition during an
anti-government rally at a square in the southern Serbian town of Nis,
January 8. President Slobodan Milosevic conceded January 8 that an
opposition coalition won municipal elections in Serbia's second largest
city, Nis. mz/ev/Photo by Zvezdan Mancic REUTERS
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:: Associated Press
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Riot Police Block Yugo March
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, January 8, 1997 1:07 pm EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Riot police blocked traffic in downtown
Belgrade today, preventing opposition supporters from driving their cars
for another protest against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
With riot police preventing them from marching for two weeks, opposition
leaders had called on supporters to converge on the capital in their
cars to create another traffic gridlock like the one they caused Sunday.
But they were foiled by tens of thousands of heavily-armed riot police
who, instead of trying to keep traffic flowing like they normally do,
formed cordons blocking all cars from entering or leaving downtown
Belgrade.
``It's unbelievable,'' said opposition leader Vuk Draskovic as he sat in
his car amid hundreds of other horn-blowing drivers. ``They should be
regulating traffic and not preventing it.''
The standoff caused a huge traffic jam downtown, with drivers leaving
their cars and booing and jeering at police.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of riot police, wearing bullet-proof vests
and shields, prevented about 3,000 students from marching on Belgrade.
Authorities banned the marches two weeks ago, saying they disrupted
traffic. On Sunday, the protesters had created a huge gridlock by
driving downtown slowly to mock the official reason for the ban and
faking car problems. They then went ahead with their march on foot.
Meanwhile, the neo-communist party of Mirjana Markovic, Milosevic's
wife, issued a statement today accusing the opposition of ``wanting to
topple the legally elected Serbian leadership'' and called on
authorities to act against the ``enemies of the state,'' who ``are
financed from abroad.''
``Terrorism, violence, anarchy and jeopardizing normal life in the
cities is not the road for democracy,'' said the statement, carried by
the state Tanjug news agency.
Students and leaders of the political opposition have been marching
daily since Milosevic-controlled courts annulled local election
victories won by the opposition on Nov. 17.
The three-party opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together, was looking
to the courts to restore its victories.
A court in the small central town of Lapovo ruled in favor of the
opposition Tuesday, giving it control of the town council. A ruling on
an appeal in Nis, Serbia's second-largest city, was expected today.
International fact-finders last month confirmed opposition victories in
those cities and 12 others, including Belgrade. But Milosevic has
refused to concede defeat.
Opposition leaders announced a new method of protests by asking
supporters to block all telephone lines by repeatedly calling police
stations, the state-run television, Tanjug news agency and the Politika
newspaper. The media outlets have been blasting the opposition and
giving biased, pro-Milosevic, reports about the protests.
Students leaders said that, as of Thursday, they will no longer retreat
when confronted by police, raising the prospect that the protests could
again turn violent.
On Dec. 24, riot police and dozens of people in civilian clothes clubbed
small groups of demonstrators dispersing from a protest. One man later
died and dozens were injured.
Milosevic got a different kind of warning Tuesday from the only other
remaining republic in the Yugoslav federation, Montenegro, which said it
might pull its representatives out of joint institutions if the Serbian
president doesn't recognize the opposition's local election victories.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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:: Associated Press
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Serbia Confirms Opposition Win
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, January 8, 1997 3:18 pm EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- In a major concession to pro-democracy
demonstrators, the Serbian government today acknowledged that the
opposition won local elections in the second-largest city of Nis.
The decision was announced in a Justice Ministry statement read on state
television.
Annulments of Nov. 17 opposition victories in Nis, Belgrade, and 12
other municipalities sparked the mass protests that went into their 51st
day today.
On Tuesday, a court in the small central town of Lapovo ruled in favor
of the opposition, giving it control of the town council.
Nis, a former industrial powerhouse and bastion of support for Serbian
President Slobodan Milosevic, has fallen on hard times since he
bankrolled wars in Croatia and Bosnia -- and got hit with economic
sanctions in return.
Control of Nis would enable the opposition to dent the president's
strong grip on media outside Belgrade by starting a television station
and other independent media there that could reach out through southern
Serbia.
International fact-finders last month confirmed several opposition
victories, including Belgrade. But Milosevic so far has refused to
concede opposition victory in the capital.
Before the announcement, riot police blocked traffic in downtown
Belgrade, preventing opposition supporters from driving their cars for
another protest against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
With riot police preventing them from marching for two weeks, opposition
leaders had called on supporters to converge on the capital in their
cars to create another traffic gridlock like the one they caused Sunday.
But they were foiled by tens of thousands of heavily-armed riot police
who, instead of trying to keep traffic flowing like they normally do,
formed cordons blocking all cars from entering or leaving downtown
Belgrade.
``It's unbelievable,'' said opposition leader Vuk Draskovic as he sat in
his car amid hundreds of other horn-blowing drivers. ``They should be
regulating traffic and not preventing it.''
The standoff caused a huge traffic jam downtown, with drivers leaving
their cars and booing and jeering at police.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of riot police, wearing bullet-proof vests
and shields, prevented about 3,000 students from marching on Belgrade.
Authorities banned the marches two weeks ago, saying they disrupted
traffic. On Sunday, the protesters had created a huge gridlock by
driving downtown slowly to mock the official reason for the ban and
faking car problems. They then went ahead with their march on foot.
Meanwhile, the neo-communist party of Mirjana Markovic, Milosevic's
wife, issued a statement today accusing the opposition of ``wanting to
topple the legally elected Serbian leadership'' and called on
authorities to act against the ``enemies of the state,'' who ``are
financed from abroad.''
``Terrorism, violence, anarchy and jeopardizing normal life in the
cities is not the road for democracy,'' said the statement, carried by
the state Tanjug news agency.
Students and leaders of the political opposition have been marching
daily since Milosevic-controlled courts annulled local election
victories won by the opposition.
Leaders of the three-party opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together,
announced a new method of protests by asking supporters to block all
telephone lines by repeatedly calling police stations, the state-run
television, Tanjug news agency and the Politika newspaper. The media
outlets have been blasting the opposition and giving biased,
pro-Milosevic, reports about the protests.
Students leaders said that, as of Thursday, they will no longer retreat
when confronted by police, raising the prospect that the protests could
again turn violent.
On Dec. 24, riot police and dozens of people in civilian clothes clubbed
small groups of demonstrators dispersing from a protest. One man later
died and dozens were injured.
Milosevic got a different kind of warning Tuesday from the only other
remaining republic in the Yugoslav federation, Montenegro, which said it
might pull its representatives out of joint institutions if the Serbian
president doesn't recognize the opposition's local election victories.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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Milosevic concedes opposition win in second largest city
<Picture: Milosevic>
January 8, 1997
Web posted at: 4:00 p.m. EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- In a major concession to its opponents,
the Serbian government Wednesday announced that the opposition Zajedno
(Together) coalition won the November elections in Serbia's second
largest city.
President Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party annulled November 17
election results in Nis and 14 other towns, sparking a wave of
pro-democracy demonstrations now in their seventh week.
<Picture: protestors>
The opposition welcomed the government announcement but called the move
inadequate and said that street demonstrations will continue.
Last week, the government said opposition candidates had won election
victories in nine Belgrade districts and three smaller cities.
Street protests continued on Wednesday, the 51st day of the
demonstrations, despite government efforts to stop them. Protesters
again used their automobiles to circumvent a no-marching edict,
pretending that the vehicles were broken down throughout the city.
The protesters were also orchestrating a campaign to shut down
government operations by flooding the offices with telephone calls.
<Picture: police>
The Zajedno coalition wants Milosevic to recognize what it says were
opposition victories in many major municipalities, including the
capital, Belgrade. The demonstrations are expected to continue, despite
the unexpected announcement by the Serbian government.
The official Serbian news agency Tanjug said the decision to award the
victory to Zajedno came after a Justice Ministry inquiry, which was
ordered by Milosevic late last month.
Tanjug said the inquiry determined that Zajedno candidates won 37 seats
in the city government's assembly, to the Socialists' 32. The Serbian
Radical Party took one seat.
The news agency said that there had been "irregularities" in the voting,
the government's stated reason for voiding the election result in
November, but that Zajedno proved the winner.
Correspondent Brent Sadler and Reuters contributed to this report.
(c) 1997 Cable News Network, Inc.
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:: Reuter
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Protesters Jam Belgrade; Milosevic Wavers
(16:07 01/08/97) BELGRADE (Reuter) - Serbian protesters on foot and in
cars jammed central Belgrade in defiance of police and picked up support
from their Bosnian kin Wednesday on the 52nd day of protests against
President Slobodan Milosevic.
Milosevic, in a big concession to the pro-democracy protesters in their
eighth straight week of demonstrations, admitted that an opposition
coalition had won recent municipal elections in Serbia's second largest
city, Nis.
His Socialist (SPS) government also promised to rectify ``every
irregularity'' in connection with its decision to annul opposition
election victories in 15 Serbian cities.
That annulment has unleashed a massive outpouring of public discontent
orchestrated by the opposition Zajedno movement, which accuses the
government of robbing it of victory.
In acknowledging their loss in Nis, the Socialists wavered seriously for
the first time in a marathon battle of wills with Zajedno over the
outcome of the voting.
On Wednesday, opposition leader Vuk Draskovic urged anyone not already
out in the streets to bring their car into the middle of the capital to
join the demonstration.
``If the police block us, we shall block them. Everyone must go out into
the streets, wherever you are -- take whistles, pots and pans and go out
into the streets. There must be half a million people,'' Draskovic said.
Several cars pretended to break down at the entrance to the tunnel
running under the main Terazije throughfare. Drivers set up red
emergency triangles on the highway and stood peering at their engines.
Hundreds of people feigning concern surrounded a car which pretended to
stall on the tram tracks on Revolution Boulevard. Police sent out tow
trucks ready to remove vehicles.
Students played cat-and-mouse with police deployed to prevent them from
marching and at one point managed to pass through the police cordon and
come up on them from behind.
Thursday, the students plan to line up in front of the police and refuse
to leave until they are let through. Groups of about 100 will rotate
every hour.
Zajedno came up with the idea of giant traffic jams to get around a ban
on protest marches imposed after clashes between opposition and
pro-government demonstrators on Dec. 24.
The Yugoslav Left party of Milosevic's wife Mirjana Markovic wrote to
foreign embassies asking them to ``raise their voice against the public
call to terrorism, violence, intolerance and intimidation being made by
the Zajedno coalition under the guise of democracy.''
The party said a bomb was thrown at its headquarters Monday, causing
damage but no injuries. Zajedno denied involvement and said the bombing
was staged.
Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic expressed support for the
demonstrators, saying they had shown that not all Serbs wanted to be
tarred with the brush of totalitarianism.
``I have offered my support to the students because they protest only
when fundamental values of the people and the state such as freedom and
democracy are under threat,'' she said.
Bosnian Serbs resent Milosevic for helping force them into a 1995 peace
accord with Muslims amd Croats preserving a single Bosnia after
initially backing their war for a separate state.
But the Serb nationalist member of Bosnia's collective presidency,
Momcilo Krajisnik, said he could not support all elements of the
opposition coalition.
``We have no right to support people who wholeheartedly worked against
the Serb people and the RS (Bosnian Serb entity), made public apologies
to Muslims and called on the international community to bomb Serbs,'' he
told Pale radio.
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Real Divisions Emerge in Heart of Milosevic's `Real Serbia'
By Michael Dobbs
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, January 8 1997; Page A18
The Washington Post
For weeks now, the Communist regime of Serbian President Slobodan
Milosevic has focused its political hopes on the "real Serbia." As
depicted by state-run television, the real Serbia is populated almost
exclusively by honest, hard-working citizens who support their
government and have little patience with the demonstrations for
democracy that have been snarling the streets of Belgrade for weeks.
If this almost-mythical state could be said to have a capital, then it
is probably Pozarevac, a market town of 60,000 people in central Serbia
that also happens to be the home town of Milosevic and his politically
influential wife, Mirjana Markovic. Last month, Pozarevac was one of the
towns where Milosevic supporters were rounded up and bused 50 miles to
Belgrade on Dec. 24 to show their love for the president.
"Belgrade is an excited and disturbed city," said Vaslav Andjelkovic, a
senior local official of Milosevic's Socialist Party who organized
transportation for the counter-demonstration. "There are a lot of young
hooligans there with no job, ready to do anything for a small amount of
money. . . . The real Serbia is the Serbia that showed up in Belgrade on
Dec. 24."
But if it is true that there are two Serbias, it is also true that there
are two Pozarevaces. Traditionally, the town has long been a bedrock of
support for the Milosevic government, the last surviving communist
regime in Eastern Europe. At the same time, however, Pozarevac has not
been immune from the political upheavals sweeping the rest of the
country.
An invitation from a reporter to come look for the "real Serbia" in the
nearby village of Lucica, supposedly a Milosevic stronghold, quickly
turned into an embarrassment for Andjelkovic. Of the first six people
stopped at random on the ice-covered main street, four attacked the
government for "lies" and election fraud and expressed support for the
opposition coalition known as Together.
"Change, any kind of change," urged Jovan Janjic, a prosperous-looking
farmer out on his tractor. "The Communists have tried to pass the same
tests for 50 years now and have always failed. Now they are trying to
use violence."
"Many elderly people support Milosevic because they are scared. They
think life can get even worse," said Dragan Jovanovic, the owner of a
small shop. "But the young people are different. We want life to get
better."
Zoran Jovanovic, a fruit juice producer, said he did not trust state-run
Belgrade television. "They never show the other side," he complained.
Instead, he said, he gets his news from the Voice of America, which
broadcasts in Serbian. Other villagers said they tuned into British and
German television.
Finally, a wizened 63-year-old peasant came down the road on a bicycle,
carrying a bag full of yogurt and bread, for which he had traded his
milk and eggs in Pozarevac. Zivorad Jevremovic greeted Andjelkovic
warmly, explaining that he had gone with him to Belgrade to join the
pro-Milosevic rally.
"Of course I voted for Slobo. He is our boy," he said. "Everything we
have, we owe to him. I do not need anything more. I get my salary from
the agricultural cooperative. My wife gets her pension. We have enough
to live on."
The anti-Milosevic sentiment that has swept Belgrade erupted after
opposition electoral victories on Nov. 17 were disallowed by the
government. But here in Pozarevec, pro-Milosevic parties won the Nov. 17
election with some 60 percent of the vote. Many of the votes appeared to
have come from people like Jevremovic, who feel that the Socialist Party
is somehow "looking after" them. Others came from entrepreneurs who have
flocked to join Markovic's Yugoslav United Left party, known as JUL,
because it promises a measure of protection against the arbitrary
bureaucracy.
"If you are a factory director and you want to keep your job, or you are
a worker and you want to get ahead, the easiest option is to join JUL,"
said Slavoljub Matic, an opposition leader in Pozarevac, noting that the
party's local branch had signed up 2,000 members in the past year alone.
During the election campaign, walls were plastered with the slogan "JUL
je cool" -- JUL is cool.
Support for the Milosevic regime in a provincial town like Pozarevac is
broad rather than deep. Now that the war in neighboring Bosnia is over,
the Serbian president does not inspire a great deal of enthusiasm, even
among his countrymen. Instead, he relies on a mixture of economic
self-interest and fear of the unknown. When buses plastered with
Milosevic posters rolled into Lucica to take people to the
counter-demonstration in Belgrade, only a handful of villagers responded
to the call.
The political consequences of this lackluster support were visible on
the streets of Belgrade on Dec. 24. By most counts, the Milosevic
supporters were outnumbered at least 3 to 1 by opposition supporters.
Western diplomats described the counter-demonstration as a flop, and the
regime has made no attempt to organize a sequel.
Milosevic and Markovic still maintain a house in Pozarevac and come here
often at weekends to visit their son Marko. An auto rally driver with a
penchant for crashing cars, Marko Milosevic owns a discotheque and
several cafes in the town. His network of business associates is said to
control downtown development.
Last month, the government closed down the only independent radio
station in Pozarevac, Radio Boom, which receives support from the Open
Society Foundation founded by American multimillionaire George Soros,
ostensibly because it was operating without a license. The owner of the
FM station, Milorad Tadic, said that JUL officials had earlier
unsuccessfully attempted to persuade him to change his political
allegiance and support the government.
The government took similar action against an independent radio station
in Belgrade, B-92, a primary source of information about the street
demonstrations in the capital. But it backed down under pressure from
the United States, which offered to retransmit B-92 programs on the VOA
and Radio Free Europe. Radio Boom, by contrast, remains closed.
"Milosevic is frightened of losing control," said Tadic, as his staff
amused themselves by playing computer games. "It is like World War II
here. People get their information by tuning in to foreign radio
stations."
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Wednesday, January 8, 1997
Serbian Opposition Plans New Pressures
<Picture> Balkans: Leaders say they will file charges against officials,
and they urge followers to swamp government switchboards.
By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--Frustrated by their failure to extract significant
concessions from Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic despite seven
weeks of street protest, opposition leaders Tuesday plotted new
in-your-face tactics aimed at pressing their demands for electoral
justice.
From announcing plans to file criminal charges against officials to
urging the deliberate swamping of government switchboards, the
opposition is struggling both to sustain its own momentum and to crack
Milosevic's stubborn refusal to cede power.
Students, activists, pensioners and middle-class families have been
rallying in Belgrade and other cities for the last 51 days to protest
Milosevic's decision to annul municipal elections won by the opposition
Nov. 17.
The demonstrations pose the greatest challenge ever to Milosevic's
nearly decade-old authoritarian rule. Opposition activists have won
approval, overt or tacit, from the Serbian Orthodox Church and state
institutions.
But the Serbs who really count, such as the police, apparently remain
loyal to the president of the country, which with Montenegro makes up
the rump Yugoslavia.
With the opposition and Milosevic, who has deployed riot police to
contain the demonstrations, at a tense stalemate, opposition leaders are
seeking new ways to exert pressure--raising the possibility of
escalating violence if either side is provoked.
"We want to break down the state institutions, piece by piece," said
Slobodan Vuksanovic, spokesman for the opposition coalition known as
Zajedno (Together).
Zajedno officials said Tuesday that they have identified men in civilian
dress who, working alongside police, beat demonstrators after a Dec. 27
rally and left more than 30 people injured.
Zajedno said it would file criminal charges against Interior Minister
Zoran Sokolovic and his deputy, Radovan Stojicic, who is said to be
close to Milosevic's powerful wife, Mirjana Markovic.
The two officials stand accused of ordering the beatings. While
citizens, under Yugoslav law, may file criminal charges, the likelihood
a case would prosper in Milosevic-controlled courts is minimal.
Also Tuesday, opposition leaders said they will mount a new challenge to
police blocking marches. Demonstrators will attempt to surround them,
strike up conversations and present them with letters.
Vuk Draskovic, a principal opposition leader, walked up to a police
commander after the rally Tuesday and wished him a merry Christmas.
(Christmas in the Orthodox religion was Tuesday this year.)
In a similar vein, students who have taken a lead role in the
demonstrations announced that starting Thursday they will not back down
from face-offs with police. It was unclear how far the students are
willing to go, but some suggested a sit-in along police cordons.
And in another ploy, opposition leaders urged followers to tie up
telephones of all government offices, including the hated state
television, by making frequent calls.
"Call them from morning until dark, block them for 24 hours," opposition
leader Zoran Djindjic said. "The less they work, the less harm will be
done to this country."
The opposition is a mishmash united only in its anti-Milosevic
sentiment. Zajedno is a coalition of disparate political parties with
little practice in democracy and, in the case of some leaders, past
associations with the same nationalistic policies that brought
international scorn on Milosevic.
As a consequence, the opposition's ability to formulate long-term
strategy in the fight against Milosevic is a permanent question mark.
On Monday night, the headquarters of Milosevic's wife's neo-Communist
political party was damaged by a grenade, and an allied Communist
organization Tuesday blamed the opposition. Opposition leaders, however,
accused Milosevic allies of staging the explosion to create a pretext
for cracking down on demonstrators.
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January 9 1997
Milosevic concedes opposition won poll in second city
FROM MARK HEINRICH IN BELGRADE
IN A major concession to pro-democracy protesters, President Milosevic
of Serbia admitted yesterday that an opposition coalition did win recent
municipal elections in the country's second largest city, Nis.
His Socialist (SPS) Government also promised to rectify "every
irregularity" in connection with its decision to annul opposition
election victories in 15 Serbian cities including Nis and Belgrade, the
capital.
In acknowledging their loss in Nis, the Socialists wavered seriously for
the first time in a marathon battle of wills with the opposition over
the outcome of the polls.
Cancellation of the November 17 election results triggered a wave of
street protests, now in their eighth week, shaking the foundations of
left-wing rule in Serbian-led Yugoslavia dating to 1945.
Tanjug, the official news agency, said the Serbian Government agreed
that the Zajedno opposition group had won Nis after a Justice Ministry
inquiry ordered by Mr Milosevic late last month, when he met protesting
students from the southern city.
"On the basis of documents inspected by the Justice Ministry, the
Zajedno political organisation won 37 seats, the Socialist Party of
Serbia 32 and the Serbian Radical Party one seat in Nis local council,"
Tanjug said.
"The Government expects the [SPS-dominated] municipal electoral
commission in Nis ... to recognise this indubitable fact, withdraw its
earlier decision on repeating local elections in 17 Nis districts and
establish the final results of the elections, thereby creating the
necessary conditions for forming a new local council in Nis," it said.
Zajedno claimed to have won 41 seats on the Nis council and demanded
that its victories, verified by a visiting team from the Organisation
for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), should be reinstated in
full in exchange for ending its protests.
After hearing of Tanjug's report, Zajedno said the Government's decision
was a "confirmation of the correctness of the Nis court ruling 15 or so
days ago". That court ordered Zajedno's victory to be restored, but the
municipal election commission disregarded the directive and decided to
rerun the voting in 17 wards.
Vesna Rakic-Vodinelic, Zajedno's legal spokeswoman, was quoted as saying
it remained to be seen whether the Nis electoral commission would heed
the Government's decision.
Zoran Djindjic, a Zajedno leader, said the opposition coalition would
contest the Government's finding that it won 37, not 41 seats, in Nis.
"We will not be satisfied and will continue our protests until all the
November 17 election results are recognised and until the media and
judiciary are freed in Serbia," he said.
Tanjug said that, apart from Nis, "the Government would like to make
clear that every [election] irregularity established, regardless of
protests, will be rectified in keeping with the law and within legal
institutions".
The Government had responded to the OSCE inquiry last week by admitting
that Zajedno had prevailed in nine wards of Belgrade and three smaller
provincial cities.
But the Socialists said nothing about Belgrade's policy-making municipal
assembly and contended that, in the other cities, no party won a
majority or that the results required further examination.
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January 9 1997
Belgrade rebels tune in to discontent
FROM ANTHONY LOYD IN BELGRADE
PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC is losing the propaganda battle to the rebel FM
Radio B92, Belgrade's only professional independent station whose slogan
is "Don't trust anyone - not even us".
On air round the clock, it draws 700,000 listeners from the capital's
population of two million. Its audience has doubled since demonstrations
began more than seven weeks ago against Mr Milosevic's reversal of
municipal election results. Serbia has no independent television and the
regime's propaganda machine has vast assets at its disposal, including
the country's leading newspapers, the state news agency and radio. But
in Belgrade the Government's humourless, lugubrious voice is being
undermined by the 35 staff of B92 and their mix of news, music and
satire.
Founded in May 1989 as a youth programme for an experimental six-month
period, B92 continued to operate without any state-approved contract for
the next seven years. Funded through its own ventures in publishing,
video and film production, as well as private donations, it became
essential listening for the capital's liberal urban elite, sickened by
the Socialist regime.
B92's editorial policy promotes democracy, social justice and
"undermining the morbid seriousness of the totalitarian regime in
Serbia".
It was first closed down by Mr Milosevic in March 1991 when he crushed
demonstrations in Belgrade. It reopened soon afterwards, only to be
closed down again early last December after it had been jammed for
several days - although the Milosevic regime denies that. B92 was in
action again two days later after intense international pressure and was
grudgingly granted a contract.
Two US-funded radio stations, Radio Free Europe and the Voice of
America, had threatened to rebroadcast its reports unless B92 was
reopened.
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Cetvrtak, 9. januar 1997.
"INTERNESNEL HERALD TRIBJUN"
Zbog mira na Balkanu optuzite Milosevica odmah
Optuznica protiv predsednika Srbije mogla bi da se zasniva na osnovama
direktne odgovornosti, saucesnistvu i odgovornosti za komandovanje,
tvrde autori komentara u jucerasnjem izdanju americkog dnevnika
Pol R. Vilijams i Norman Sigar
<Picture> Ilustracija objavljena u "Herald tribjunu"
uz tekst autora G. Vilijamsa i G. Sigara
Vasington. - Besprizorno ponistavanje opstinskih izbora u Srbiji od
strane predsednika Slobodana Milosevica i talas protesta koji je zbog
toga usledio iznenadili su Sjedinjene Drzave.
Ali, jedino pravo iznenadjenje je to sto Sjedinjene Drzave do sada nisu
shvatile da g.Milosevic nije kljuc mira u bivsoj Jugoslaviji, vec da je
pre brava na vratima. Dok pokusavaju da otkljucaju ta vrata, Sjedinjene
Drzave bi morale da se sete da je Stejt dipartment u decembru 1992.
godine identifikovao g. Milosevica kao glavnog odgovornog za izvrsenje
ratnih zlocina u bivsoj Jugoslaviji.
Vise nego ikada, Sjedinjene Drzave sada moraju da podrze istragu o
odgovornosti g. Milosevica za neke od najgorih ratnih zlocina pocinjenih
u Evropi od Drugog svetskog rata. Skrivanje ovog pitanja pod diplomatski
tepih potkopace opominjucu vrednost pravde, a pozive na licnu osvetu
zrtava bice jos teze utisati. Istinski mir, za kojim svi tragamo od
postizanja Dejtonskog sporazuma - i demokratija u Srbiji - bice zrtve
oklevanja Amerike da deluje.
Optuznica za g.Milosevica mogla bi da se trazi na sledecim osnovama:
Direktna odgovornost. Kada god da zapadne sile, predvodjene Sjedinjenim
Drzavama, odluce da deluju na osnovu svoje retorike o ratnim zlocinima,
one mogu da se oslone na Medjunarodni sud za ratne zlocine u Hagu, koji
je, s obzirom na svoje predjasnje gonjenje Srba optuzenih za ratne
zlocine, vec polozio pripremni rad za optuzivanje g.Milosevica, na
osnovama toga da su snage i agencije Jugoslavije i Republike Srpske i
paravojne armije pod njegovom kontrolom pocinile genocid.
Saucesnistvo. G.Milosevic je pomogao izvrsavanju ratnih zlocina
usmeravanjem snaga Republike Srpske i agencija pod svojom kontrolom,
ukljucujuci Ministarstvo odbrane i Ministarstvo unutrasnjih poslova
Srbije, da asistiraju u organizaciji i operaciji srpskih paravojnih
formacija kao sto su Arkanovi Tigrovi, cetnici Vojislava Seselja i Beli
orlovi Mirka Jovica. Preciznije, g.Milosevic je taj koji je snabdeo ove
paravojne armije oruzjem, obucavanjem, novcem i prevozom u Bosnu, gde su
bile ohrabrivane da ubijaju civile u oblastima osiguranim od strane
regularne armije.
Odgovornost za komandovanje. Konacno, g.Milosevic bi mogao da bude
optuzen za svoju sveukupnu odgovornost u komandovanju Jugoslovenskom
armijom i federalnim snagama koje su pokusale da sprovedu u delo njegov
plan o etnicki cistoj Velikoj Srbiji. Kao dominantni clan odbora koji
kontrolise Jugoslovensku armiju - Jugoslovenskog vrhovnog vojnog saveta
i njegovog naslednika, Vrhovnog saveta odbrane - g.Milosevic je, na
osnovu medjunarodnog prava, bio obavezan da spreci svoje snage da
pocine, odnosno ohrabruju i omogucavaju drugima da pocine ratne zlocine.
Na zalost, Sjedinjene Drzave nastavljaju da se zavaravaju da je
g.Milosevic jedina osoba sposobna da osigura da se bosanski Srbi drze
svojih obecanja iz Dejtona. Tvorci americke politike jednostavno
ignorisu to da nijedna od odredbi Dejtonskog sporazuma nije istinski
sprovedena u delo, izuzimajuci zadatke direktno vezane za mirovne snage
NATO.
Ocigledan razlog ovog neuspeha je to sto je interes g.Milosevica bio da
potpise Dejtonski sporazum kako bi izbegao ratni poraz i osigurao
podizanje sankcija, ali u njegovom interesu nije promovisanje postovanja
ljudskih prava, jaka bosanska vlada, a svakako ne hapsenje i izrucivanje
ratnih zlocinaca.
To vise ne moze biti uobicajeni posao za Zapad. Na odgovornost
g.Milosevica za ratne zlocine, udruzenu sa njegovim potpunim prezirom
osnovnih demokratskih principa, trebalo bi odgovoriti obnovljenim
ekonomskim sankcijama i diplomatskom izolacijom.
Dok se demonstracije u Beogradu nastavljaju, Sjedinjene Drzave moraju
priznati da kljuc sprovodjenja Dejtonskog sporazuma i osiguranja mira i
demokratije u bivsoj Jugoslaviji ne drzi ratni zlocinac. Umesto toga,
kljuc ce biti pronadjen pruzanjem pomoci snagama koje traze promenu
Milosevicevog rezima koji je sve vise represivan i nelegitiman.
G. Pol Vilijams je visoki saradnik Karnegijeve fondacije za medjunarodni
mir. G.Sigar je profesor studija za nacionalnu bezbednost Skole za
savremenu ratnu strategiju korpusa americkih marinaca.Svoj komentar oni
su ustupili Internesnel herald tribjunu.
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Milosevic Protests To Intensify
By JOVANA GEC
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, January 9, 1997 7:28 am EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Slobodan Milosevic has acknowledged defeat
in Serbia's second-largest city, but the opposition says it will
intensify its protests against the Serbian president until he concedes
all of their election victories.
It was a painful concession for Milosevic, whose absolute grip on power
appears to be eroding after nine years of autocratic rule. Among other
things, Milosevic's ruling Socialists will no longer be able to
exclusively control the news media, because the opposition says it will
encourage independent stations in the areas it controls.
The Serbian government conceded authority over Nis, Serbia's
second-largest city, late Wednesday. When and how control would be
handed over was not clear.
The independent Belgrade newspaper Dnevni Telegraf reported Thursday
that Milosevic, facing disarray within his Socialist Party ranks, plans
to concede electoral losses in more Serbian cities this week to get
himself out of the worst political crisis since he came to power in
1987.
It also said Milosevic plans to purge from party ranks officials close
to his neo-Communist wife, Mirajana Markovic. Her party has called for a
crackdown against the demonstrators and was believed to be against any
more concessions to the opposition.
But the softening of Milosevic's position wasn't enough for the
opposition. More demonstrations were planned for Thursday, and students
said they wouldn't retreat from the heavily armed riot police who have
blocked opposition marches for over two weeks.
``Let me ask you: if Milosevic stole $10,000 from you and after 50 days
gave back $6,000 would you be satisfied?'' asked Vuk Draskovic, an
opposition leader. ``We do not accept anything but the complete
recognition of Nov. 17 results.''
Annulments of opposition victories in Nis, Belgrade, and 12 other cities
sparked 51 days of mass street protests in Belgrade.
In Vienna, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
which confirmed the opposition victories, welcomed the decision to
recognize the election results in Nis as ``a step in the right
direction.''
``Nevertheless, the OSCE has called for complete reinstatement of all
the election victories in the 13 municipalities ... as well as the city
council in Belgrade and eight districts there,'' spokeswoman Melissa
Fleming said.
The government statement said the opposition coalition won 37 seats in
Nis and the Socialists 32.
The opposition had previously claimed 41 seats. Opposition leader Zoran
Djindjic said they would demand the four additional seats.
In any case, the deadlock over Belgrade remained unresolved. While
conceding that the opposition won most Belgrade suburban councils, the
Socialists have evaded the issue of who took the main city council, also
claimed by the opposition.
Although a local court had previously upheld the opposition claim on
Nis, the city's electoral commission of Milosevic loyalists had refused
to honor the ruling, demanding new elections.
They were ordered to concede Wednesday.
The government also ordered an investigation against all those
``responsible for irregularities,'' indicating Milosevic might sacrifice
some of his associates to avert personal blame.
But veiled threats of a crackdown loomed, despite the Nis concession.
The Yugoslav Left, Markovic's neo-Communist party, charged that the
opposition intends to unseat the government, a possible prelude to
force.
The opposition ``ultimately wants to topple the legally elected ...
leadership,'' the party said, calling on authorities to act against the
``enemies of the state ... financed from abroad.''
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Milosevic Makes Big Concession to Protests
(10:44 01/09/97) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) - President Slobodan
Milosevic admitted the opposition won disputed municipal elections in
Serbia's second city of Nis, his first significant concession after 52
days of street protests.
His government promised to rectify ``every irregularity'' in connection
with its annulment of opposition election victories in 15 Serbian cities
including Nis and the capital, Belgrade.
Cancellation of the Nov. 17 election results triggered daily street
protests now in their eighth week, shaking the foundations of leftist
rule in Serbian-led Yugoslavia which dates back to 1945.
The opposition reacted defiantly to Milosevic's concession, vowing no
letup in demonstrations. Belgrade students said they would set up a
blockade Thursday to test the will of police barring the path of their
daily protest marches.
``Suppose Milosevic takes from you $10,000 and after 50 days of
demonstrating he accepts finally to give you back $6,000, would you be
ready to accept this?'' said Vuk Draskovic, one leader of the Zajedno
(Together) opposition coalition.
The official news agency Tanjug said the government agreed Zajedno had
won Nis after a Justice Ministry inquiry ordered by Milosevic last month
after he met students from the city.
``On the basis of documents inspected by the Justice Ministry, the
Zajedno political organization won 37 seats, the Socialist Party of
Serbia 32 and the Serbian Radical Party one seat in Nis local council,''
Tanjug said.
Opposition Democratic Party president Zoran Djindjic vowed protests
would continue and said Zajedno had won 41 council seats, not 37.
``We will not be satisfied and we shall continue our protests until all
the Nov. 17 elections results are recognized and until the media and
judiciary are freed completely in Serbia,'' he told Reuters.
Tanjug's report was the lead item on state television's main news, which
has barely mentioned the 52 days of protests. Demonstrators nightly bang
pots and pans and blow whistles during the broadcast, symbolically
drowning out the sound.
An inquiry by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) verified the opposition's claims of fraud.
The government responded to the OSCE inquiry last week by admitting
Zajedno had won in nine wards of Belgrade and three smaller provincial
cities.
But it said nothing about Belgrade's policy-making municipal assembly
and contended that in the other cities no party won a majority or the
results were inconclusive and required further examination.
``Everything that has been resolved so far in connection with the local
elections in Nis was resolved in legal institutions and not out in the
streets,'' Tanjug said, in a dig at Zajedno protesters.
Zajedno came up with the idea of giant traffic jams to get round a ban
on protest marches imposed after clashes between opposition and
pro-government demonstrators on December 24.
On Wednesday afternoon, hours before Milosevic's admission, protesters
on foot and in cars defied police cordons to jam central Belgrade for
several hours.
Drivers pretending their cars had broken down stopped on main roads
around the city, setting up red emergency triangles and peering at their
engines in mock concern.
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Grupa privrednih i politickih kriminalaca, podredjenih vrhovnom sefu, uz
pomoc parapolicijskih jedinica, eksploatisu i terorisu okupirano
stanovnistvo Srbije
<Picture> Pise: Svetislav Basara
Od sada nadalje, ma sta se dogodilo, Milosevic ovde vise nije nikakav
autoritet ni vlast. Pogotovo ne posle fijaska kojeg je doziveo
kontramiting "Za Srbiju". Svaka moguca represija je samo prikrivanje te
cinjenice. Eventualna primena nasilja, cemu je izrazito sklon, samo jos
vise uvecava njegovu nemoc.
Odanost je jedini ustav koji je na snazi u ovoj ukletoj zemlji. Tamo gde
nema politike, nema ni zakona. A ovde nema nikakve politike; svaki
pokusaj da se Srbija uzdigne na nivo politicke zajednice sprecavan je i
sprecava se u zacetku. U tu svrhu se koriste Skupstina, sudovi,
policija.
U istocnjackim despotijama vlast je ili apsolutna ili ne postoji. Vladar
u ostavci! Vladar u penziji - toga u tako struktuiranim zajednicama
nema. Tiranin je ili gospodar zivota i smrti ili mrtav covek. Ili u
medjuvremenu, izmedju ta dva stanja, mrtav covek koji hoda uokolo i
pokusava da izdaje naredjenja.
Evropski i hriscanski orijentisan deo Srbije odlucno je ustao protiv
ropskog mentaliteta koji SPS tezi da prosiri na sto je moguce siri krug
ljudi. Panika koja se kao kuga rasirila boljsevickim redovima
prouzrokovana je strahom od agore, od trga na kome je i nastala ideja i
praksa demokratije kao zajednice slobodnih ljudi koji se slobodno
dogovaraju o poslovima od opsteg znacaja
Odmah napominjem: stvari koje su se dogadjale u centru Beograda, povodom
mitinga "Za Srbiju" u utorak 24. decembra nemaju nikakve veze sa
politikom(*). Uostalom, gradjanska pobuna - za koju su izborne
manipulacije bile samo dugo ocekivani povod - u osnovi i jeste zahtev za
uspostavljanjem istinske politike i ustanovljenjem realne drzave. Jer,
vec vise od pola veka, a narocito u poslednjih deset godina, Srbija
truli i raspada se u jezivom, derealizovanom ambijentu koji je
progresivno degenerisao na sirokoj skali, pocev od staljinisticke
vazalne satrapije sve do negativne utopije kao drustvenog uredjenja,
stanja u kome je sacekala poslednje izbore. Dugogodisnja negativna
selekcija komunistickih "kadrova" kao da je imala za rezultat stvaranje
posebne podvrste ljudskog roda, genetskih mutanata (cak i fizicki nalik
jedni na druge) koji su sistem vrednosti zapadne hriscanske civilizacije
- bez kojeg nema ni prava, ni drzave ni politike - sistematski
devastirali. U poslednjih deset godina u ovoj zemlji se ustolicila
neprikrivena kakistokratija: vlast najgorih; vlast ljudi koji preziru
istinu, cast, postenje, pravednost. Vlast ljudi obuzetih panicnom
mesavinom straha i mrznje prema Evropi, slobodi i demokratiji.
Veliko nezadovoljstvo gradjana Srbije, izazvano izbornim razbojnistvom
"leve koalicije", ovdasnja masinerija za medijsko zaglupljivanje
pogresno je kvalifikovala kao pokusaj destabilizacije drzave iz prostog
razloga sto ovde ne postoji nikakva drzava. Ono sto je ovde na snazi - u
doslovnom znacenju te reci - nije cak ni drzavni totalitarizam niti
autokratija; u pitanju je klasicna istocnjacka despotija: grupa
privrednih i politickih kriminalaca podredjenih vrhovnom sefu koji, uz
pomoc parapolicijskih jedinica, eksploatisu i terorisu okupirano
stanovnistvo Srbije. To se definitivno obelodanilo u krizi nastaloj
posle izbora za lokalnu upravu. Odjednom je, mimo svih ocekivanja, doslo
do nepredvidivog obrta: veliki gradovi su poverenje svojih glasaca
poklonili opoziciji. Milosevic nije imao izbora; on je po samoj logici
svoje vladavine morao izdati ferman da se rezultati preprave. Jer u
istocnjackim despotijama vlast je ili apsolutna ili ne postoji. Vladar u
ostavci! Vladar u penziji - toga u tako struktuiranim zajednicama nema.
Tiranin je ili gospodar zivota i smrti ili mrtav covek. Ili u
medjuvremenu, izmedju ta dva stanja, mrtav covek koji hoda uokolo i
pokusava da izdaje naredjenja. Mesanje realne politike, politike koja
podleze kontroli i koja polaze racuna, u ovdasnju quasipolitiku - sto bi
se dogodilo da su izborni rezultati prihvaceni - neminovno bi dovelo do
brzog urusavanja sistema mimikrija i simulacija. Beograd niposto nije
smeo pasti. Ali Beograd, je, bez obzira na izbornu i sudsku farsu, pao u
simbolickom smislu, sto je mnogo vise nego da je opozicija jednostavno
preuzela okljastenu vlast. To je bilo presudno jer se vladavine poput
Miloseviceve zasnivaju na manipulaciju pseudosimbolima. Sve se to u
trenutku raspalo. Od sada nadalje, ma sta se dogodilo, Milosevic ovde
vise nije nikakav autoritet ni vlast. Pogotovo ne posle fijaska kojeg je
doziveo kontramiting "Za Srbiju". Svaka moguca represija je samo
prikrivanje te cinjenice. Eventualna primena nasilja, cemu je izrazito
sklon, samo jos vise uvecava njegovu nemoc.
Ono najvaznije sto talas protesta donosi je definitivno razlucivanje
azijskog i evropskog dela Srbije. Taj bliski susret dvaju oprecnih
shvatanja zivota dogodio se na terazijskom grebenu sa koga - takodje
simbolicki - puca pogled i na Bec i na Stambol. Ono sto se dogadja na
ulicama sa jedne i TV ekranima sa druge strane nije sukob razlicitih
politickih koncepcija vec otvorena konfrontacija tribalizma i
civilizacije. Jer. Strogo uzev, SPS i sateliti nisu politicke
organizacije; oni su postmoderna i postistorijska plemenska zajednica
povezana, ne srodstvom po krvi, nego srodstvom po interesu koji se
ukratko moze definisati kao udruzivanje osrednjih, nenadarenih,
besprizornih i drskih u jaku paraorganizaciju koja uzurpira potencijal
cele zajednice da bi svoju volju nametnula kao zakon. Ponaosob, delujuci
kao licnost, svako bi iz te grupe tavorio na profesionalnom i drustvenom
dnu. Udruzeni, pak, ne birajuci sredstva, oni na prividnu povrsinu
socijalne zbilje izbacuju gomilu nepojamnih mutanata koji se legitimisu
bezrezervnom odanoscu vodji.
Ta odanost je, kao sto smo videli, jedini ustav koji je na snazi u ovoj
ukletoj zemlji. Tamo gde nema politike, nema ni zakona. A ovde nema
nikakve politike; svaki pokusaj da se Srbija uzdigne na nivo politicke
zajednice sprecavan je i sprecava se u zacetku. U tu svrhu se koriste
Skupstina, sudovi, policija; sve ono sto po prirodi stvari treba da bude
temelj demokratske drzave, ovde je postavljeno kao brana koja sprecava
prodor stvarne politike i stvarne zakonitosti u strukturu despotije
zasnovane na usmenom naredjivanju i pseudoobicajnom pravu. Ni malo
slucajno SPS-ovski boljsevici insistiraju na "resavanju sukoba u
institucijama sistema", dakle u potpuno obesmisljenim simulakrumima, u
bermudskom trouglu prava zakonitosti u kome nestaje i gasne svaka
autenticnost. Opozicija ce pobediti zato sto ovoga puta nije nasela i
sto je ostala na ulici. Nakon globalnog sloma komunizma, ovdasnji
boljsevici - svakako ne svesno ili ne u celini svesno - izveli su jedan
lukav manevar. Pod pritiscima strane javnosti, prinudjeni da pristanu na
visepartijski sistem, da bi izbegli opasnosti politickog pluralizma, u
kome nemaju sta da traze, spas pronalaze u jednom paradoksalnom resenju:
Srbija ostaje jednopartijska drzava tako sto moc jedne partije vise ne
rasprostiru duz cele teritorije drzave, vec novac, drzavnu
infrastrukturu i monopol na medijski prostor "usisavaju" u partiju
stvarajuci svojevrstan postistorijski klon: jednodrzavnu partiju. Izvan
partijskog prostora ostaju ljusture institucija ispraznjene od svakog
smisla. U tom okolnom prostoru vlada apsolutna anarhija i anomija.
Gradjanska pobuna, ponovimo to, jeste izraz opsteg konsenzusa gradjanske
Srbije da se zakonitorst jednom za svagda uvede. SPS taj prostor
dozivljava kao stranu, okupiranu teritoriju iz koje se - pomocu kursnih
manipulacija, fiktivnih zajmova i banaka - ubira harac i deli medju
satrapima. Ovaj nacin vladavine ne samo da nema veze sa evropskim
demokratskim standardima, nego ni sa Azijom u XX veku.
Evropski i hriscanski orijentisan deo Srbije odlucno je ustao protiv
ropskog mentaliteta koji SPS tezi da prosiri na sto je moguce siri krug
ljudi. Panika koja se kao kuga rasirila boljsevickim redovima
prouzrokovana je strahom od agore, od trga na kome je i nastala ideja i
praksa demokratije kao zajednice slobodnih ljudi koji se slobodno
dogovaraju o poslovima od opsteg znacaja. Srbija je sada na agori i taj
duh treba da se prenese u institucije koje su u ovom momentu potpuno
obesmisljene jer su u funkciji odbrane partikularnih, nedovoljno
definisanih interesa jednog coveka i grupe njegovih satrapa i
pretorijanaca koji, ne samo da nisu u stanju da upravljaju drzavom, nego
nemaju ni pribliznu predstavu sta drzava jeste i kakav je njen smisao.
Bez ikakve distance oni i dalje sire famu o drzavi kao metafizickom
entitetu, kao misticnoj sili, obicenoj u titovki i pendreku, koja se
nadvija nad narodima, a sebe predstavljaju kao jedine posvecenike i
tumace njene volje. Sva ta infernalna konstrukcija ne drzi se toliko na
medijima (koji su, istina, dragocen dokument o neslucenim dometima
ljudske bede) koliko na svesno izazivanom osiromasenju najsirih slojeva
drustva, osiromasenju koje, sa stanovista SPS-a, ima dvostruko pozitivan
efekat: najpre, novac tih ljudi se sliva u njihove dzepove, a siromastvo
ih dovodi u zavisan polozaj, u ocajanje pogodno za najbezocnije
manipulacije.
Ali, distribucija volje jednog, ono sto grupama poput SPS-a daje izvesnu
cvrstinu u derealizovanim i kontrolisanim okolnostima, potpuno ih
paralise kada se okolnosti izmene i kada se suoce sa autenticnim
istorijskim zbivanjima. Kao sto vampiri ne podnose svetlost, tako
boljsevici ne podnose realnost. Nase pokolenje ima privilegiju da bude
svedok takvih dogadjaja. Ljudi na ulicama Beograda, Nisa, Kragujevca i
drugih gradova ne zele nista da ruse, pogotovo ne nepostojecu drzavu.
Oni hoce realnost; zahtevaju da se drzava konacno konstituise i da se
definitivno razveje magla boljsevickih, titoistickih i espeesovskih
simulakruma koji su, na ovaj ili onaj nacin, za poslednjih deset godina
odneli stotine hiljada zivota i u privrednom i kulturnom smislu
unazadili ovaj prostor do gotovo beznadeznog nivoa. Pobuna evropske
Srbije usmerena je protiv azijatske, amorfne mase ogrezle u komunisticku
inerciju, jos uvek prilicno odlucne u odbrani nezasluzenih, mada vec
beznacajnih privilegijka. To je dosta sirok sloj iskorenjenih individua
prispelih s koca i konopca na ivicu grada, sloj kome je komunisticka
ideologija dala fiktivni dignitet i tako stvorila trajnu "bazu". Ti
ljudi, uplaseni od Evrope i sveta, orijentisani iskljucivo na biolosku
dimenziju egzistencije - koji su u medjuvremenu stekli svoje zastupnike
u svim segmentima drustva, pa i u SANU - jesu istinski neprijatelj i
prepreka za povratak Srbije u drustvo istorijskih naroda. U tom smislu
otpor demokratske Srbije treba da bude usmeren ne prema gore, vec vise
prema dole, prema tom neizdiferenciranom mnostvu ciji je najmilitantniji
deo 24. decembra dosao u Beograd da pokusa da zavede diktaturu
prostakluka i osionosti. U tome su odlucno spreceni. Taj dan je datum
Milosevicevog pada; ono posle je setnja mrtvog coveka. Ma koliko to
apsurdno zvucalo, ti ljudi su Miloseviceve marionete mnogo manje nego
sto je on njihova. On je nastao i traje kao depersonalizovani fokus
teznji tog sumracnog sloja; dali su mu apsolutnu moc da bi im bilo
uzvraceno apsolutnom inercijom i oslobadjanjem od bilo kakve
odgovornosti za sebe i za druge. I oni su dosli da brane pravo na
pljacku, neodgovornost, nekompetentnost, neobrazovanost, nevaspitanje i
drskost. I oni mu daju podrsku samo zato sto ih on podrzava u
praktikovanju nabrojanog.
Ali vratimo se na 24.XII 1996. Pre nego sto su tog tmurnog jutra poceli
da pristizu konvoji autobusa i vanredni vozovi sa pristalicama S.
Milosevica, prostesti u Beogradu i velikim srpskim gradovima bili su
usli u drugi mesec. Za to vreme reakcija SPS i medija vec su bile prosle
tri faze: fazu potpunog ignorisanja krupnih dogadjaja; fazu njihovog
minimalizovanja i - na kraju - satanizovanja. Sporost tih reagovanja
ukazuje na potpunu zbunjenost, a razvojna linija nezapamcenog
dezinformisanja, koje se sunovratilo u pravo informaticko divljastvo,
svedoci da je ono bilo samo medijska artikulacija promena Milosevicevog
raspolozenja. Gledajuci Drugi dnevnik RTS svih ovih dana, pazljivi
posmatrac je kao na dlanu mogao pratiti njegov dusevni zivot, pocev od
nepristajanja da se suoci sa realnoscu, preko bagatelisanja i
potcenjivanja, sve do panike koja ga obuzima u trenutku kada je konacno
shvatio da je gradjanski protest sasvim realna opasnost za njega. Iz
veceri u vece otklon prema realnosti postaje sve veci. Milosevic se
povlaci sve dublje i dublje u virtualnu teritoriju koju RTS panicno
emituje u pokusaju da zagusi autenticni zivot koji buja na ulicama. Zbog
toga, mada ne samo zbog toga, odlucuje (ili prihvata neciju sugestiju)
da se organizuje serija kontramitinga koja ce kulminirati megalomanskim
skupom na Terazijama. Taj skup treba da ga uveri da jos predstavlja
autoritet i tamo, na neprijateljskoj teritoriji fizickog prostora i
vremena.
Medjutim, vec na mitinzima u provinciji stvari idu traljavo.
Jednostavno, SPS nigde ne uspeva da dosegne cifru koju opozicija
svakodnevno okuplja na trgovima i ulicama. Ali prave razmere
disfunkcionalnosti etatizovane partije postaju potpuno transparentne
prilikom organizovanja zavrsnog mitinga. Ako neko raspolaze celokupom
logistikom jedne drzave i neogranicenim finansijskim sredstvima, a pri
tom mu podje za rukom da umesto planiranih 500.000 ljudi dovede - i to
delom na sillu - oko 60.000 do 70.000 onda to govori da stvari idu u
krajnje nepovoljnom smeru. U izvesnom smislu, oni koji su bili na
mitingu jesu sve na sta Milosevic moze da racuna u ovom trenutku; oni
koji su za SPS glasali iz oportunizma ili oni koji ce uvek glasati za
onoga koji je na vlasti, nisu dosli i na njihovu podrsku tesko da moze
racunati. Milosevic i njegova klika imaju veliki problem: virtualna,
simulirana realnost koju su izgradili (u koju su se greskom i sami
preselili jer na kraju krajeva onaj koji zavodi biva zaveden), ta
realnost vise jednostavno ne funkcionise iz prostog razloga sto joj je
isteklo vreme. Vreme je faktor kojeg autoritarne despotije poput
Miloseviceve nikada ne uzimaju u obzir. Totalitarizam uz pomoc sistema
satrapa i sluga pokriva sva kljucna mesta u svim domenima ljudskog
zivota, obezbedjuje se hipertrofiranom policijom koja prerasta u
pretorijansku gardu, ali propada na banalnim stvarima kao sto je
neobaziranje na trivijalnu cinjenicu da sve pojave imaju trajanje,
strogo odredjeno svrhovitoscu njihovog istorijskog smisla ili besmisla.
Vreme u kojem zivimo je fluidno, povrsno i multirealno, ali ono sto su
socijalisti, prevareni sopstvenom propagandom, radili i jos pokusavaju
da rade, uveliko nadilazi okvire unutar kojih funkcionise stvarnost ovog
sveta i ove epohe.
Milosevic i SPS su se odrzavali na povrsini istorije tako sto su
neprestano izazivali serije krvavih konflikata koji su silinom
tragicnosti odvlacili paznju sa ocigledne cinjenice da su oni samo savez
nesposobnih, nekompetentnih i podlih. Oni su, naravno, opet spremni da
izazovu rat, ovoga puta u Srbiji, pa ga medijski prikazu kao boj sinova
svetla i levice protiv sinova tame. Naravno tako da bitku svojih
pristalica, sludjenih nesrecnika, posmatraju iza policiskog kordona, iz
udobnosti njihove partije-drzave. To je bio jedan od razloga
organizovanja mitinga "Za Srbiju". Ali pokazalo se da njihove pristalice
nemaju premoc. Premalo je tu militantnih, spremnih da za Vozda poloze
zivot; svi su oni uglavnom bili u Beogradu i prosli su kao bosi po
trnju. Uveren sam da Milosevic u ovom trenutku ima samo jednu opsesiju:
kako po bilo koju cenu izazvati totalni haos i bratoubilacku borbu. Jer,
to je samo na prvi pogled jednostavno. Najpre, postoje jaki otpori i u
samom SPS-u, jer oni trezveniji (verujemo da su vecina) znaju da je na
kraju ulice kojom bi Milosevic da ih povede jedan zid, pred zidom oni, a
pred njihovim ocima otvori puscanih cevi. Ni velika vecina policajaca,
sasvim izvesno, nije sklona takvom resenju. Oni, uostalom, dobro znaju
da je ovde do juce bio rat, da su u Srbiji svi naoruzani i da ne postoji
nikakva prednost u ljudstvu ili u oruzju. Sasvim je izgledno, medjutim,
ocekivati da u dogledno vreme najodaniji Milosevicevi ljudi organizuju
ubistvo nekolicine policajaca kako bi razjarili sastav milicije i
naterali ga na nekontrolisane akcije.
(KRAJ U SLEDECEM BROJU)
(*)
Kao sto sa politikom nikakve veze nema ni Slobodan Milosevic ni njegova
klika. Ceo njihov projekat, pocev od "antibirokratske revolucije", preko
mitinga za Kosovo i ratova na tlu bivse Jugoslavije, bio je i ostao
pokret protiv etabliranja politike u njenom izvornom znacenju; politike
kao tehnologije realne distribucije moci, kapitala i informacija.
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vesti.1806dizel,
-> #1791, corto** isplanirana pod sifrom ,,Mozdana oluja'', popunjena je
** praznina u mozaiku, izuzetno znacajna za sagledavanje
Ovo nam je rešilo jednu brigu u 1997-oj. Dakle, imali
ste priliku da pročitate VIC GODINE!!! :)))))))
vesti.1807corto,
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NOCASNJA SETNJA STUDENATA OKONCANA PRED VLADOM SRBIJE
Sinoc su, pored ostalih, studentima dali podrsku u akciji STOP
KORDON! i beogradski glumci: Svetlana Bojkovic, Branka Katic,
Predrag Ejdus, Gorica Popovic, Dragan Zaric, Jelica Sretenovic,
Danica Maksimovic, Ljiljana Blagojevic, a glumci Subotickog
pozorista su sa rediteljem Jagosem Markovicem pevali i igrali sa
studentima. Atmosferu je podizala ekipa bubnjara, dok su dve
studentkinje u ultra kratkim mini-suknjama zabavile su i svoje
kolege i novinare, ali i policajce kratkim podizanjem suknjica.
Nekoliko studenata se zabavljalo igrajuci fudbal, dok je
nekolicina studenata igrala sah sa fotoreporterima. Veliki broj
gradjana donosio je studentima hranu, osvezavajuca pica, cebad,
toplu odecu, cipele...
Velika studentska setnja ulicama Beograda, zapoceta prosle noci
oko jedan cas i 20 minuta, kada su se kordoni policije definitivno
sklonili iz Kolarceve ulice, okoncana je jutros oko cetiri casa i
30 minuta pred zgradom Vlade Srbije. Studentska delegacija urucila
je jutros Vladi Srbije pismo namenjeno Mirku Marjanovicu, u kojem
se od premijera trazi da utice na to da se policija povuce sa
ulica. Prema recima jednog od clanova Inicijativnog odbora Sase
Cirica, studentska delegacija je u Vladi Srbije ,,primljena na
vrlo visokom nivou'', odnosno njihovo pismo je primljeno i
zavedeno u pisarnici. On je dodao da je studentima receno da je
pismo Marjanovicu ,,uvedeno u redovnu proceduru'' i da su
obavesteni da ce biti primljeni kod premijera ,,za nekoliko
meseci''. ,,Mi ne odustajemo, strpljivo cekamo da se to ostvari.
Zelimo konstruktivan dijalog'', izjavio je Ciric za Radio B92.
Motiv za prijem kod Marjanovica, dodao je on, jeste nezadovoljstvo
studenata proslonedeljnim susretom sa ministrom unutrasnjih
poslova Zoranom Sokolovicem. Tokom velike studentske setnje
gradom, koja je usledila nakon uklanjanja kordona iz Kolarceve,
zabelezen je jedan incident. U Beogradskoj ulici jedan automobil
naleteo je na kolonu, pri cemu su povredjene tri osobe -- jedna
11-godisnja devojcica i dva studenta. Prema recima Slobodana
Ivanovica iz medicinskog odbora Studentskog protesta, radi se o
laksim povredama koje su odmah sanirane na beogradskim klinikama.
Studentski redari zadrzali su na licu mesta dva mladica, stara oko
20 godina, koji su automobilom naleteli na kolonu, sve dok nije
dosla policija i napravila uvidjaj, javio je tim povodom Radio
B92. Studentski protest trajao je od juce posle podne do ranih
jutarnjih casova, ukupno 13 sati i 20 minuta. Za danas nije
predvidjeno protestno okupljanje studenata, zbog velike setnje
tokom prosle noci do ranih jutarnjih casova. Sledece okupljanje
zakazano je za sutra u 18 casova.
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,,DNEVNI TELEGRAF'': PAVLE BULATOVIC NOVI PREDSEDNIK SRJ
Kako se pouzdano saznaje u izvorima bliskim Predsednistvu Srbije i
Socijalistickoj partiji Srbije, kandidat za novog predsednika SR
Jugoslavije bice Pavle Bulatovic, pise danas ,,Dnevni Telegraf''.
Dosadasnji predsednik Zoran Lilic preuzece mesto predsednika
Savezne vlade, a Radoje Kontic bice novi guverner Narodne banke
Jugoslavije. ,,Najcesce pominjani kandidat za novog predsednika
Veca Republika Savezne skupstine je Svetozar Marovic, sadasnji
predsednik Skupstine Crne Gore (ovo poslednje nije predlog Srbije,
ali se Srbija slaze. Medjutim, Crnogorci nisu skloni da bas tako
jaku licnost salju na sporedni kolosek)'', zakljucuje ,,Dnevni
Telegraf''.
,,BLIC'': ,,KUNDAK KOVERTIRAO OSTAVKU?''
Zoran Todorovic kovertirao je u sredu ostavku na mesto generalnog
sekretara JUL, saznaje ,,Blic'' u dobro obavestenim krugovima.
Izvor ,,Blica'' precizira da je JUL juce hteo da demantuje tu
vest, u nameri da se Todorovicevom ostavkom ,,bavi u neko mirnije
vreme''. Povod za ovaj potez je zestok sukob izmedju ,,meke'' i
,,tvrde'' stuje u levici, povodom aktuelnih dogadjaja u Srbiji,
koji se desio u sredu na sednici sekretarijata JUL. ,,Dr Nenad
Djordjevic je tom prilikom, podrzan delom rukovodstva, optuzio
sekretara Zorana Todorovica Kundaka (koga su podrzali Slobodan
Cerovic, Zivko Sokolobacki i Srdjan Smiljkovic) da je zajedno sa
Branislavom Ivkovicem najodgovorniji za politicku krizu'', pise
,,Blic''. Mira Markovic, prema istom izvoru, osim sto je
insistirala na resenjima, nije ucestvovala u sukobu. Todorovic je,
inace, poznat i po tome sto, u sprezi sa Nikolom Sainovicem,
zagovara i ideju nove republicke vlade i ,,rusenja'' Nove
demokratije u Skupstini Srbije, zakljucuje ,,Blic''.
PANGALOS U NEDELJU U BEOGRADU
U Atini je sinoc objavljeno da ce ministar spoljnih poslova Grcke
Teodoros Pangalos doci u nedelju u Beogradu da bi se obavestio o
stanju u Srbiji, javlja dopisnik FoNeta Slobodan Markovic. Dezurni
u ministarstvu inostranih poslove Grcke nije mogao ni da potvrdi
niti da demantuje tu vest, a zasad nije sasvim jasno s kim ce
Pangalos razgovarati u Beogradu. Grcka drzavna televizija je
javila da ce se Pangalos sastati sa srpskim rukovodstvom, a
najverovatnije i sa rukovodstvom opozicije, dok je komercijalna
televizijska stanica MEGA najavila da ce grcki ministar
razgovarati sa predsednikom Srbije Slobodanom Milosevicem, zatim
sa rukovodstvom Koalicije ,,Zajedno'' kao i sa patrijahom Pavlom.
Prema grckim TV stanicama, Pangalos ce pokusati da posreduje
izmedju predsednika Milosevica i opozicije, medjutim, neimenovani
diplomatski izvor grcke drzavne televizije je unapred naglasio da
napetost stanja u Srbiji u znacajnoj meri ogranicava bilo kakvu
mogucnost posredovanja.
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MOSKVA: VLAST I OPOZICIJA TREBA DA RAZGOVARAJU
Predstavnik za stampu ruskog Ministarstva inostranih poslova
Genadij Tarasov izjavio je da zvanicni stav Rusije prema
zbivanjima u Srbiji ostaje neizmenjen i da dve strane, vlast i
opozicija, treba da nadju izlaz iz sadasnje situacije kroz
dijalog, mirnim politickim putem. Na pitanje dopisnika FoNeta
Branka Stosica, da li Rusija na zbivanja u Beogradu i drugim
gradovima Srbije gleda samo kao na ,,spor vlasti i opozicije u
vezi sa lokalnim izborima'' ili kao na pokret javnosti koji tezi
dubljim demokratskim promenama, Tarasov je odgovorio da zvanicna
Moskva ne zeli da daje bilo kakve ocene tih dogadjaja. Predstavnik
za stampu ruskog sefa diplomatije je, medjutim, posredno odao
priznanje vlastima u Beogradu da se u ovoj krizi ,,konstruktivno
ponasaju''. ,,Ostajuci na terenu faktologije dogadjaja u Srbiji'',
rekao je Tarasov, ,,mi u saopstenju vlade, kojim se priznaju
rezultati izbora u Nisu, vidimo dokaz da vlasti nastavljaju
aktivnosti na razjasnjavanju situacije, da se svestrano ustanovi
pravo stanje i nadje izlaz iz krize''. Podvukavsi da se u ranijoj
izjavi Ministarstva takodje govori o potrebi da se politicka kriza
u Srbiji resava bez mesanja spolja, Genadij Tarasov je rekao:
,,Zato mi ponovo pozivamo obe strane da taj izlaz traze kroz
dijalog, mirnim politickim putem''.
ZIVADIN JOVANOVIC PRIMIO FRANCUSKOG IZASLANIKA
Pomocnik saveznog ministra za inostrane poslove Zivadin Jovanovic
razgovarao je juce sa generalnim direktorom za Evropu francuskog
ministarstva inostranih poslova Polom Pudadom, koji se nalazi u
dvodnevnoj poseti Beogradu. Beogradski mediji preneli su
saopstenje Saveznog ministarstva za inostrane poslove u kojem se
navodi da su u razgovoru, uz ucesce ambasadora Francuske u SRJ
Stanislasa Filiola, razmotrena aktuelna pitanja bilateralnih
odnosa, perspektive saradnje sa Evropskom unijom i druga pitanja
od zajednickog interesa. U francuskom ministarstvu inostranih
poslova danas je saopsteno da je cilj boravka francuskog
izaslanika u Beogradu da se vlastima jos jednom prenese francuski
stav da je neophodno ,,hitno i u potpunosti'' sprovesti preporuke
komisije OEBS-a, koju je predvodio Felipe Gonsales, o priznavanju
pobede opozicije na lokalnim izborima u Srbiji, prenosi FoNet.
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AMERICKI KONGRESMENI OPET U JUGOSLAVIJI
Posle nesto vise od mesec dana, u visednevnu posetu Crnoj Gori
danas ponovo dolazi jedna delegacija americkog Kongresa,
predvodjena kongresmenom iz Minesote Brusom Ventonom, jednim od
najistaknutijih clanova Demokratske partije u Predstavnicckom
domu. Kako za FoNet javlja dopisnik ,,Nase borbe'' Slobodan
Pavlovic, na proputovanju do Podgorice, americki kongresmeni
zadrzace se u petak popodne u Beogradu, gde ce se sresti sa
saveznim ministrom za inostrane poslove Milanom Milutinovicem, kao
i sa liderima koalicije 'Zajedno'. ,,Poseta Beogradu bice
prevashodno usmerena ka nastojanjima da se unapredi demokratski
proces u Srbiji, sa posebnim naglaskom na neophodnost neodloznog i
potpunog stavljanja van snage odluke o ponistavanju izbornih
rezultata od 17. novembra, kao i na potrebi da se mediji oslobode
svake drzavne kontrole'', izjavio je, pred polazak iz Vasingtona,
vodja americke delegacije Brus Venton.
Venton je takodje konstatovao da ,,tekuce proganjanje pobornika
demokratije, kombinovano, na drugoj strani, sa korupcijom na
najvisim nivoima vlasti, predstavlja demonstraciju Milosevicevog
nepostovanja ljudskih prava, verskih sloboda i, uopste, zakona''.
Prema recima kongresmena iz Minesote, najostrija osuda
antidemokratskog rezima u Srbiji predstavlja jedan od retkih
primera potpune saglasnosti demokrata i republikanaca u
Predstavnickom domu i Senatu americkog Kongresa. Tim povodom, sa
Kapitol Hila upuceno je proslog meseca pismo, sa nekoliko stotina
potpisa, kojim se od predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica trazi
da se neodlozno obustavi dalja cenzura medija i omoguci
sprovodjenje slobodnih i postenih izbora u Srbiji. S druge strane,
u pismu se takodje zahtevalo da se vlast u Beogradu angazuje na
ispunjavanju svih svojih obaveza koje su prihvacene potpisivanjem
Dejtonskog mirovnog ugovora o Bosni. ,,Na ovo pismo, medjutim, iz
Beograda nije stigao zeljeni odgovor, koji bi inace znatno
doprineo popravljanju odnosa Srbije sa Amerikom i ostalim zapadnim
saveznicima'', izjavio je tim povodom kongresmen Venton pred
polazak iz Vasingtona. Venton je na kraju upozorio da SAD ne mogu
sebi da dozvole da ne reaguju na drasticna krsenja ljudskih prava
i ostale napade na krhki proces demokratizacije, koji pokusava da
uhvati koren u Srbiji.
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NASTAVAK SUDJENJA BRACI LAUSEVIC
Pred vecem sudije Mirasa Radovica, u Visem sudu u Podgorici, danas
je pocelo obnovljeno sudjenje poznatom jugoslovenskom glumcu Zarku
Lausevicu i njegovom bratu Branimiru, okrivljenim za ubistvo dva i
ranjavanje jednog mladica, u leto 1993. godine u Podgorici, javlja
Montena faks, a prenosi FoNet. Zarko Lausevic je danas iskoristio
pravo da ne iznosi svoju odbranu i prihvatio da njegov branilac po
sluzbenoj duznosti, bude podgoricki advokat Momcilo Knezevic,
bivsi ministar pravde u prvoj Vladi Mila Djukanovica. Uz
saglasnost svih ucesnika na sudjenju, danas su ponovo procitane
izjave svih svedoka i vestaka, koje su date na ranijim pretresima,
uz konstataciju da novog dokazivanja nece biti. Time je jucerasnje
rociste okoncano, a predsednik Veca, sudija Miras Radovic najavio
je nastavak sudjenja u iduci cetvrtak, 16. januara. Predvidjeno je
da toga dana bude i zavrsna rec na ponovljenom sudjenju braci
Lausevic.
Savezni sud je sredinom prosle godine, ukinuo raniju presudu
podgorickog Viseg suda, kojom su braca Lausevic bila osudjena na
13, odsnosno dve godine zatvora, zbog -- kako je tada sud
konstatovao -- ,,prekoracenja nuzne odbrane'', prilikom svadje sa
grupom mladica, u podgorickom kaficu ,,Ejpl''. Montena faks
podseca da je Savezni sud raniju presudu ukinuo kako bi se
ispravio raniji propust, odnosno da se utvrdi: da li je energicna
odbrana, koju su preduzela braca Lausevic, bila nuzna, odnosno da
se tacno utvrdi u cemu se sastojalo eventualno ,,prekoracenje
nuzne odbrane''. U medjuvremenu, na zahtev Suda, Branimir Lausevic
treba da prilozi pismenu potvrdu da je izdrzao ranije odredjenu
kaznu zatvora u trajanju od dve godine.
DRNOVSEK PONOVO PREMIJER
Janez Drnovsek je juce ponovo postao slovenacki premijer, cime je
okoncana dvomesecna politicka kriza u toj zemlji, do koje je doslo
nakon neodlucenog ishoda parlamentarnih izbora. Kako javlja
Rojter, a prenosi Fonet, u glasanju u parlamentu, Drnovseka,
lidera Liberalno demokratske stranke, podrzalo je 46 poslanika,
dok su 44 bila protiv.
TUDJMAN PONOVO U VASINGTONSKOJ VOJNOJ BOLNICI
Sudeci prema informaciji iz americkih izvora, predsednik Hrvatske
Franjo Tudjman ponovo je prebacen u utorak uvece iz Zagreba u
vasingtonsku vojnu bolnicu ,,Volter Rid'', zbog naglog pogorsanja
zdravstvenog stanja, kao i zbog terapije, koja mu je sada
neophodna, javlja za FoNet dopisnik ,,Nase borbe'' Slobodan
Pavlovic. Predsednik Tudjman je novembra prosle godine vec bio
nedelju dana na ispitivanju i terapiji u ovoj najuglednijoj
americkoj vojnoj bolnici, posle cega je u Vasingtonu bilo
saopsteno da je hrvatski predsednik oboleo od raka u stomaku. O
ponovnom Tudjmanovom dolasku u bolnicu ,,Volter Rid'' i njegovoj
zdravstvenoj situaciji, u Vasingtonu za sada jos nema nikakvih
zvanicnih informacija. Nezvanicno, medjutim, ovde se saopstava da
je zdravstveno stanje hrvatskog predsednika pogorsano, u odnosu na
situaciju od pre dva meseca, s tim sto nije poznato koliko ce
trajati sadasnji Tudjmanov tretman u Vasingtonu i koliko ce mu
omogucavati da nastavi svoje predsednicke duznosti u Zagrebu. Sto
se tice ovog drugog, u Vasingtonu se procenjuje da su ministar
odbrane Gojko Susak i ministar inostranih poslova Mate Granic
glavni kandidati za preuzimanje vlasti u Hrvatskoj, u slucaju
Tudjmanovog odlaska sa scene. Pri tom se Susaku daju znatno vece
sanse u ovoj borbi, za koju se tvrdi da je vec pocela iza cene,
pre svega -- kako se navodi, zbog podrske koju ministar odbrane
ima, kako u emigraciji, tako i medju ,,hercegovackim lobijem'' u
Hrvatskoj.
Pripremio(la): Zoran Penevski
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More protests after Milosevic concedes election loss
<Picture: faces >
January 9, 1997
Web posted at: 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT)
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Buoyed by Slobodan Milosevic's decision to
give up power in a key city, some 20,000 students confronted police
Thursday and said they would stay on the streets as long as the officers
do.
Student protest organizers demanded Milosevic's Socialists concede the
loss of all the 14 towns the opposition won in November 17 local
elections. Annulments of those victories by Milosevic's courts have
sparked seven weeks of demonstrations.
In a move that could lead to violence, student leaders said they would
not retreat from the heavily-armed riot police who have blocked
opposition marches for over two weeks.
<Picture: yugoslavia>
"We will stay here as long as it's necessary for the police to move
away," said student leader Dusan Vasiljevic. "We'll be here for days if
needed."
Some 20,000 students were demonstrating, sharply up from Wednesday's
figure. Some taunted riot police cordons by rushing them and stopping
just short of them. Protest leaders said some would stay overnight.
Separate opposition party protests began later in the day, with about
50,000 people forming by mid-afternoon.
The Serbian government acknowledged late Wednesday that opposition
candidates won elections in Nis, Serbia's second-largest city. It was a
painful concession by Milosevic, whose nine-year grip on power in
Yugoslavia's dominant republic may have suffered a serious blow.
Report: Milosevic plans more concessions
The independent Belgrade daily Dnevni Telegraf said Thursday that
Milosevic plans to concede electoral losses in more Serbian cities by
the end of the week in an effort to get himself out of the worst
political crisis since he came to power in 1987.
<Picture: protest>
The daily said Milosevic also plans to purge his party -- in disarray
because of the protests -- of officials close to his powerful
neo-Communist wife, Mirjana Markovic. Her party has called for a
crackdown against the demonstrators and is believed to oppose more
concessions.
Opposition leaders were not satisfied by Milosevic's decision to award
their candidates victory in Nis.
"Let me ask you; if Milosevic stole 10,000 dollars from you and after 50
days gave back 6,000 dollars would you be satisfied?" asked Vuk
Draskovic, an opposition leader. "We do not accept anything but the
complete recognition of November 17 results."
Opposition leader: President must resign
Vuk Draskovic, another opposition leader, said Milosevic had sent a
letter to a western embassy saying he would never give up Belgrade,
despite an opposition victory there. The claim could not be confirmed.
"There is no chance he will give up Belgrade," said Draskovic, in
separate comments to Associated Press Television. "So somebody has to
resign. It's either him or Serbia."
Annulments of apparent opposition victories in Nis, Belgrade and 12
other towns sparked mass protests that are now in their eighth week.
In Vienna, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
which confirmed the opposition victories after a fact-finding mission,
welcomed the decision to recognize the election results in Nis as "a
step in the right direction." But it called for the reinstatement of all
14 victories.
The Serbian government statement said the opposition coalition won 37
municipal council seats in Nis and the Socialists 32.
The opposition had previously claimed 41 seats. Djindjic said they were
happy with the decision giving them Nis but would demand the four
additional seats.
The deadlock over Belgrade remained unresolved. While conceding that the
opposition won most Belgrade district councils, the Socialists have
evaded the issue of who won control of the main city council, also
claimed by the opposition.
Diplomatic sources in Belgrade said Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros
Pangalos was scheduled to arrive in Belgrade Saturday to try to mediate
between Milosevic and the opposition. A similar mission by Italy's
Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini failed last month.
Copyright 1997 Associated Press.
(c) 1997 Cable News Network, Inc.
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Serbia's Milosevic Seeks Calm
By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, January 9, 1997 5:14 pm EST
An AP News Analysis
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Fierce foreign and domestic pressure forced
Slobodan Milosevic to cede a key city to the opposition. But Serbia's
wily president may use the painful loss to his advantage in his fight
for survival.
By giving up Nis, and three less important towns earlier, Milosevic
hopes to take the steam out of critics at home and abroad. In chess, it
would be like a player giving up three pawns and a rook to keep his
queen -- which in this case is Belgrade.
Next to the capital, Nis -- pronounced Neesh -- was the greatest prize
in Serbia's conflict over the results of Nov. 17 municipal election
results. Milosevic gave way reluctantly, after nearly two months of huge
anti-government street protests and criticism from Western nations,
including the United States.
At last, on Wednesday, his government acknowledged the opposition had
won Nis, Serbia's largest industrial city.
So where does this leave Milosevic? Clearly weaker.
Nis, 150 miles south of the capital, had been a Milosevic bastion, but
its workers turned against him because of high unemployment and a bleak
economic future. This was a psychological defeat for Milosevic, who
changed from neo-Communist to nationalist and back to neo-Communist over
the past nine years in the interest of retaining power.
But losing Nis means more. It gives the opposition a foothold on the
blue-collar constituency at a key time -- ahead of Serbia's general and
presidential elections later this year.
Still, conceding Nis might allow Milosevic to cut his losses.
He had to show some give.
An international fact-finding mission had ruled against him, advising
him to acknowledge opposition victories. Even before that, though, the
daily street protests had grown into the greatest challenge ever to his
autocratic grip on power.
Milosevic would further infuriate the United States and his allies if he
ordered his riot police to use force against the opposition. Western
leaders already have moved from backing Milosevic for his role in
brokering peace in Bosnia to threatening renewed economic sanctions if
his police turn violent.
But Milosevic has a loophole. The fact-finding mission, sent by the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, insists the
opposition won the Belgrade city council. But its written report was
inconclusive.
Milosevic may hope to convince the opposition to end street protests and
opt for negotiations on the status of Belgrade -- something that could
drag on indefinitely.
The president also may be hoping that protesters will lose enthusiasm,
and that the opposition coalition -- united only by its opposition to
Milosevic -- will unravel.
So far, though, the opposition remains cohesive. And the protests
Thursday -- day 52 -- drew 80,000 people in Belgrade and 12,000 in Nis.
It seems pretty clear that the opposition intends to continue protests
until it gains control of Belgrade. That would leave Milosevic with
three choices: settle in for a long period of unrest, order a police
crackdown, or give up the capital.
The Nis triumph could, in fact, inject new energy into anti-Milosevic
movement. Its mission already has moved beyond wanting Milosevic to
recognize its 14 election wins -- it want to hurt him and his Socialist
party ahead of elections later this year.
Publicly, opposition leader Zoran Djindjic welcomed the government
decision on Nis and said the protests would continue until all
opposition victories are recognized. But at a recent closed meeting, he
told supporters it was in their interest to prolong the unrest as long
as possible.
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EDITOR'S NOTE -- George Jahn, based in Vienna, has covered Eastern
Europe and the Balkans for The Associated Press for 15 years.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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Police Allow Yugo Protest
By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, January 9, 1997 11:10 pm EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- After a standoff that lasted into the early
morning, police backed down Friday and allowed tens of thousands of
students to march through Belgrade in opposition to President Slobodan
Milosevic.
Supporters waved from balconies and windows, greeting the students after
they made good on their vow to no longer retreat before Milosevic's riot
police.
Students and opposition followers have demonstrated for 53 straight days
in protest of Milosevic's annulment of local elections won by the
opposition. In recent days, heavily armed riot police have blocked the
marches that accompany the rallies.
An estimated 30,000 students gathered Thursday afternoon, pledging to
stay in the city's center until police allowed them through. Well after
midnight Thursday, police finally retreated to their cars, and the
students marched.
Their celebration was marred when a government supporter drove into the
marchers, injuring four or five of them. They beat the driver before
police arrested him and took him away.
Fired up by an electoral triumph over Milosevic, opposition party
followers -- 50,000 of whom gathered in a separate protest Thursday --
also pledged to keep up their protests until the Serbian president
concedes defeat in all towns won by the opposition.
The regime acknowledged Wednesday that Milosevic's Socialists lost
municipal elections in Serbia's second-largest city, Nis. There, 12,000
people demonstrated in two separate protests.
Milosevic clearly hoped to placate his opponents by giving up Nis, along
with three smaller towns earlier. Instead, protesters demanded the
regime concede all 14 cities won by the opposition in Nov. 17 local
elections.
During the 53 days of protests, students have held their own
demonstrations to show they are independent of the political opposition.
Meanwhile, there were signs of further bending by the authoritarian
Milosevic.
The independent Belgrade newspaper Dnevni Telegraf reported Thursday
that Milosevic, facing disarray within Socialist Party ranks, planned to
concede electoral losses in more cities to get himself out of the worst
political crisis since he came to power in 1987.
In Vrsac, a small town in northern Serbia, an opposition leader,
Danijela Djordjevic, said Serbia's Supreme court had ordered a local
court to review its ruling annulling an opposition victory in the town.
``We hope for the best,'' she said.
In Vienna, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
welcomed the decision to recognize the election results in Nis as ``a
step in the right direction.''
``Nevertheless, the OSCE has called for complete reinstatement of all
the election victories in the 13 municipalities ... as well as the city
council in Belgrade and eight districts there,'' spokeswoman Melissa
Fleming said.
The mood was defiant Thursday in Belgrade.
``We won't concede our victories, especially not to the Red Thieves,''
Zoran Djindjic told protesters, referring to Milosevic's Socialist Party
of renamed communists. There was no reason, he said, for the opposition
to give ``a single seat as a present'' to Milosevic.
``There is no chance he will give up Belgrade,'' Vuk Draskovic, another
opposition leader, told Associated Press Television. ``So somebody has
to resign. It's either him or Serbia.''
Draskovic said Milosevic had sent a letter to a Western embassy saying
he would never give up Belgrade in the tug-of-war over election results.
He also claimed Milosevic sent the same letter to the OSCE. Fleming, the
organization's spokeswoman, said she knew of no such letter. An embassy
letter also could not be confirmed.
Draskovic, who is known for his inflammatory rhetoric, also claimed he
was informed that Milosevic's wife Mirjana Markovic, the leader of
Serbia's neo-communists and Milosevic's coalition partner, instructed
her security to have Draskovic killed.
``If she manages, I can promise that neither she, nor Milosevic, nor
many of their people would have the pleasure of watching my funeral.
They will disappear in darkness before that,'' Draskovic told the crowd
Thursday.
The number of students turning out Thursday -- about 30,000 -- was a
sharp increase over Wednesday's 3,000. Some of those demonstrating
Thursday taunted the cordons of riot police, rushing toward them and
then stopping short.
Nis was a painful concession for Milosevic, whose absolute grip on power
appears to be eroding after nine years of autocratic rule. Among other
things, Milosevic's Socialists will no longer be able to exclusively
control the news media, because the opposition says it will encourage
independent outlets in the areas it controls.
The government statement said the opposition coalition won 37 seats in
Nis and the Socialists 32, while the opposition had previously claimed
41 seats. Djindjic said they would demand the four additional seats.
The biggest prize remains Belgrade. While conceding the opposition won
most Belgrade suburban councils, the Socialists have evaded the issue of
who took the main city council, also claimed by the opposition.
Annulments of opposition victories in Nis, Belgrade, and 12 other cities
sparked the mass street protests in Belgrade, now in their seventh week.
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Serbian Election Concession Not Enough
(17:11 01/09/97) WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The United States said Thursday
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's admission of local election
defeat in one city was not enough and he could not win world applause by
``dribbling out minor concessions.''
Assistant Secretary of State John Kornblum, meanwhile, headed for the
Balkans Thursday on a trip that will focus on the crisis in Serbia but
deliberately excludes Belgrade, its capital, the State Department
announced.
Milosevic conceded Wednesday that the opposition Zajedno coalition had
won in Nis, Serbia's second city, in the Nov. 17 elections. But Zajedno
leaders, who say they won in 15 cities including Belgrade, vowed that
street protests now in their 53rd day against Serbian authorities'
cancelation of the results would continue until all their demands were
met.
State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said the Serbian government's
announcement that it recognized the opposition victory in Nis was ``a
positive development but it doesn't go nearly far enough.''
``The Serbian government does not have the right to grant the opposition
victories that the opposition won on its own in elections,'' Burns said.
``Government leaders do not decide elections, people do. And Mr.
Milosevic doesn't seem to have grasped that fundamental lesson about
what democracy is.''
Accusing Milosevic of ``practicing a form of politics that is
reminiscent of the Cold War, of communism, of authoritarian rule,''
Burns added: ``He can't just think that he's going to dribble out, over
the space of several weeks or several months, these minor concessions to
the Democratic opposition, or to the international community, and expect
that we're going to applaud him.''
Kornblum was leaving Thursday on a trip to The Hague, Brussels, Sarajevo
and Zagreb, returning to the United States
Jan. 14. After a regular meeting in the Dutch capital of U.S. and
European Union foreign ministry officials, he will take part in Brussels
in a meeting of the five-nation Contact Group on former Yugoslavia.
Burns said this would focus in part on reconstruction aid for Bosnia but
was also expected to affirm strong opposition to Serbian government
actions. The Contact Group comprises the United States, Britain, France,
Germany and Russia.
A separate statement issued by the State Department said Kornblum would
outline steps Washington would take to promote democratic reform in
Serbia including greater media freedom. The meeting would explore
``coordinated action'' to resolve the present crisis and encourage
democracy, it added.
Burns said Milosevic must recognize all the election results ``before he
can think that he's going to have a normal relationship with the United
States and with our partners in Europe.''
He said the Serbian crisis would be the focal point of Kornblum's trip,
which will also take him to Bosnia and Croatia. In Sarajevo, he will
discuss the disputed town of Brcko, which was put up for arbitration by
the 1995 Dayton accord that ended the Bosnian war, and will explore ways
of improving freedom of movement and speeding the return of refugees in
the ethnically divided state.
In Zagreb he will discuss Croatia's record of cooperation -- criticized
by Washington -- with the Hague-based tribunal for Bosnian war crimes.
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Belgrade Students and Police in Stalemate
(17:11 01/09/97) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) - Serbian police played
cat and mouse Thursday with Belgrade student protesters who were trying
to stare down heavily armed anti-riot cordons until the police allowed
them to continue marching.
Teams of whistle-blowing students working one-hour shifts faced off
against police cordons in the city center. One group passed the time
with a Serbian folk dance.
As soon as one cordon broke up, students would start moving but a fresh
police blockade would spring up somewhere else.
``Pull back, there will be no passage for you here,'' one policeman told
student leader Cedomir Jovanovic.
Belgraders gathered to support the students, who asked them not to
provoke the police.
Diplomats say they fear provocateurs could spark an incident to give a
pretext for a police crackdown and ban on all rallies.
The government banned protest marches after clashes between
pro-government and opposition demonstrators Dec. 24.
The students have vowed they will continue until the police issue a
statement saying they will not block the streets.
Thursday marked the 53rd day of protests against the cancellation of
municipal election results by President Slobodan Milosevic's ruling
Socialists last November.
The protests have shaken the foundations of leftist rule in
Serbian-dominated federal Yugoslavia which has been led by Communists
and their successors, Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), since
1945.
Wednesday, Milosevic admitted the opposition Zajedno coalition had won
in Nis, Serbia's second city, but Zajedno leaders vowed protests would
continue until all their claims were met.
``The people of Nis said that if the November 17 election results are
not recognized by January 14 ,they will get into 2,000 or 3,000 cars and
travel to Belgrade,'' one Zajedno leader, Zoran Djindjic, told a rally
of about 20,000 people in Republic Square.
The opposition says it won 41 seats in Nis, not the 37 awarded by the
government Wednesday.
``The fact that the Socialists gave us 37 mandates in Nis indicates that
they plan to mount various manipulations later, in Nis as well as other
towns, all in order to strip us gradually of our election victory,''
Djindjic said.
Milosevic's government promised Wednesday to rectify ``every
irregularity'' connected with its annulment of opposition election wins
in 15 Serbian cities including Nis and Belgrade.
``Behind us: Serbia, before us: the police, and a little further on:
Europe. Police -- let Serbia become part of Europe!'' read one banner at
Thursday's rally.
France added to the international chorus of disapproval of Milosevic,
saying it would send an envoy to Belgrade to urge his government to heed
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's confirmation
of the opposition wins.
``The Serbian government must admit, unconditionally and without
qualification, that the opposition was victorious in 15 Serbian cities
including the capital, and in eight of Belgrade's districts,'' said
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jacques Rummelhardt.
He said Paul Poulade, director for continental Europe at the Foreign
Ministry, would meet Serbian Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic and
opposition leaders during a three-day visit beginning Saturday.
The government responded to the OSCE report by admitting Zajedno had won
in nine wards of Belgrade and three smaller provincial cities.
But it said nothing about Belgrade's policy-making municipal assembly
and contended that in the other cities no party won a majority or the
results were inconclusive and required further examination.
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:: Christian Science Monitor
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Friday January 10, 1997 Edition
Serbia Tilts on Verge of Violence, But Hints of Compromise Surface
Scott Peterson, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BELGRADE -- Both sides in Serbia's long-running political standoff are
bracing for renewed violence, even though President Slobodan Milosevic
hinted at compromise by making his first significant concession to
democratic opposition demands on Wednesday.
Weeks of stalemate - with tens of thousands of protesters in Belgrade
facing off daily with riot police - have underscored the lack of a
coherent strategy on either side and shown that rulers and ruled alike
are devising tactics day-by-day.
With clues to the endgame still elusive, Serb analysts worry that
peaceful options are dwindling as the crisis drags on. Violence could
result, they warn, almost by default.
Milosevic 'prays for snow ... to drive people off the streets. But if
your regime depends on weather, you're in trouble.'
- Milos Vasic, journalist
"We can expect an acceleration, a change of tactics, and more civil
disobedience from the protesters," says Bratislav Grubacic, editor of
the VIP news service. "They no longer have a choice."
Yesterday, however, in a hint of further compromise by the regime,
Belgrade police appeared to back down as student protesters advanced.
Students planned to blockade riot policemen, a deliberate escalation
from their usual good-natured confrontations. But police reportedly
walked back to waiting buses as students advanced.
Protesters want reinstatement of opposition victories in Nov. 17 local
elections, which were annulled by courts close to the ruling Socialist
Party. Massive crowds have since marched daily in sub-zero temperatures,
keeping up their enthusiasm to the surprise even of opposition leaders.
In its first significant climb-down, the regime on Wednesday
acknowledged defeat in Serbia's second-largest city of Nis. But the
status of election results in the capital, Belgrade - which is crucial
to Mr. Milosevic's power base and media control nationwide - remains
unresolved. Few expect the president to give it up without a fight.
Vuk Draskovic, a leader of the opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition,
vowed to keep up the pressure. "Let me ask you: If Milosevic stole
$10,000 from you and after 50 days gave back $6,000, would you be
satisfied?" he asked a rally.
A powerful leftist coalition led by the president's wife, Mirjana
Markovic, appeared to pave the way for a government crackdown. It
accused Zajedno of "terrorism, violence, and anarchy," and called upon
the authorities to put down the "enemies of the state." Still, there
were reports of an imminent purge of Socialist Party hard-liners close
to the first lady, and the government has ordered an investigation
against those "responsible for irregularities" in the election results.
Protesters have been joined by the Serb Orthodox Church and have won
pledges of noninterference from the Army, the one institution required
for Milosevic to impose a state of emergency. Splits are also emerging
in the more-loyal police force.
"Both sides are nervous now," says Mr. Grubacic. "Milosevic because he
thought the protests would die down; and the opposition even more so
because they are at the edge of their strength. The question is: Who
will be the first to pull the trigger?"
Blunders abound
Serb sources and Western diplomats say Milosevic could have ended the
crisis weeks ago, but that he has let each chance at compromise go by.
The apparent blunders have raised questions about who is advising him,
and how out of touch he is:
¨When local Socialists brazenly adjusted election results (in one
typical case, turning a blue No. 3 into an 8 with red ink), the
president did little to curb them.
¨Milosevic's invitation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) to confirm the results was seen as another mistake.
Their scathing report - which included demands to respect opposition
victories and could have served as a graceful way out - was "politely
brushed off," says a senior diplomat.
¨A further misjudgment came Dec. 24, when Milosevic loyalists were
humiliated and outnumbered at a ruling party rally held in the same
place as opposition protests. Socialist aparatchiks bused in 40,000
people, giving each $20, a packed lunch, and, in some cases, metal bars
and clubs. Violence erupted and opposition supporters surrounded groups
of loyalists and beat them. Police waded into the melee, and one man was
killed.
Police protected those who remained to chant "We love you" to Milosevic.
But the president only returned a dismissive and abrupt retort that has
since become a joke in Belgrade: "I love you, too!" he growled.
"The usual Milosevic strategy has been one of attrition," says Milos
Vasic of the opposition magazine Vreme. "He prays for snow and ice and
rain to drive people off the streets. But if your regime depends on the
weather, you are in trouble."
"Now Milosevic needs a provocation," says Mr. Vasic, who said violence
carried out by the state security service could be blamed on the
opposition.
But Radovoje Petrovic, a writer with the government Politika newspaper,
says he "expects" the president to back down, though only at the last
minute, to avert total isolation. "When he must, he plays," Mr. Petrovic
says.
Still, standard bulwarks are under strain.
Montenegro - which with Serbia forms rump Yugoslavia - suspended links
with the Serb government until a resolution is found. It accuses the
president's wife of causing the crisis. She rules the wealthy, widely
despised Yugoslav United Left party and is believed to be the hard-line
force in the family.
No long-range planning
During the elections, the opposition's strategy was to win local seats,
then take on Milosevic in federal elections due by the end of this year.
Subsequent events, however - and unprecedented public support - caught
it off guard.
And two of Zajedno's chief leaders, Mr. Draskovic and Zoran Djindjic,
are tarred with histories of support for nationalist Serb aspirations in
Bosnia and Croatia, where Serbs engaged in "ethnic cleansing."
"Nobody expected it to go this far, this big, for this long," says a
senior Western diplomat.
"It's obvious that nobody has any strategy, but go day-by-day. There is
little discussion of long-term planning to present an electable
alternative."
"Milosevic is hunkered down, but we don't know how many arrows are in
his quiver," he says.
Both sides vow to escalate their tactics to break the deadlock. The
opposition talks about a "radical approach," and Serb sources say
"serious violence" could result.
Speculation on possible endgames is easy to find. But among the few
facts are the opposition's tactical aims to create a no-win situation
for Milosevic.
"I don't know how it will end," says Grubacic, "but it won't be nice."
(c) Copyright 1997 The Christian Science Publishing Society.
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:: Los Angeles Times
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L.A. TIMES / NEWS / FRONT PAGE / PHOTO
Thursday, January 9, 1997
BEAUTY ANYWHERE
An unidentified woman applies lipstick in front of a riot police cordon
during a protest march in downtown Belgrade Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997.
Riot police blocked traffic downtown, preventing opposition leaders and
their supporters from driving cars through the city center in another
protest against Serbian President Slobdan Milosevic.
DRASKO GAGOVIC / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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:: Los Angeles Times
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Thursday, January 9, 1997
Serbia Regime Admits Election Loss in Second-Largest City
By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--The embattled government of Serbian President
Slobodan Milosevic retreated Wednesday and for the first time admitted
losing elections in the country's second-largest city.
Milosevic's Socialist regime, in an announcement broadcast on state
television, said the opposition coalition Zajedno (Together) did win
Nov. 17 municipal elections in the southern city of Nis.
Milosevic annulled the elections in Nis, Belgrade and 13 other
municipalities where the opposition won, triggering an unprecedented
wave of street demonstrations that on Wednesday marked their 52nd day.
But Zajedno leaders said the concession from Milosevic was insufficient
and that the demonstrations will continue.
Nis, traditionally a Socialist Party stronghold, had been the site of
the most egregious election-day fraud. Mile Ilic, the local Socialist
chieftain, was fired by Milosevic in the early days of the protests.
Local courts previously tried to break from Milosevic and award the
victories to the opposition, but they failed to make it stick.
State television said a Justice Ministry inquiry, ordered by Milosevic
after he received a delegation of Nis students, concluded that Zajedno
won 37 seats on the Nis City Council, compared with 32 for the ruling
Socialists.
Milosevic has steadfastly refused to relent in the face of the
demonstrations, making token concessions occasionally to deflect
international and domestic pressure.
In conceding Nis, Milosevic appeared to be responding to a new factor,
mounting pressure from within his own party, which is said to be in
disarray over the political crisis gripping Serbia, diplomats said. "The
pressure on Milosevic probably has now broadened from the people on the
streets to people in his own party," a Western diplomat said.
Some members of Milosevic's ruling leftist coalition have urged him to
respect election results rather than risk deepening international
isolation and economic stagnation.
Opposition leaders said Nis alone is not enough: They want Belgrade.
"We will not be satisfied and we shall continue our protests until all
the Nov. 17 election results are recognized and until the media and
judiciary are freed completely in Serbia," opposition leader Zoran
Djindjic told reporters.
Djindjic also said the government's concession recognized fewer seats
for the opposition than were actually won, which would reduce Zajedno's
margin in such a way as to enable the Socialists to block opposition
decisions on the Nis City Council.
In that sense, Milosevic makes a concession without really conceding
anything, Djindjic said.
There has been speculation that Milosevic would relinquish Nis as a
trade-off in which he kept Belgrade--the capital of Serbia and the rump
Yugoslavia, which also includes tiny Montenegro.
Yet Belgrade is the real prize in the disputed municipal elections, and
opposition leaders have said they will settle for nothing less. In
addition to the political platform that control of the city provides,
there are lucrative licenses and fees to collect, as well as access to
records involving a vast array of often-corrupt businesses run by
Milosevic cronies.
Out in the streets of Belgrade, police Wednesday blocked demonstrators
who attempted to drive in caravans as a way to circumvent a ban on
street rallies.
Times special correspondent Laura Silber contributed to this report.
Copyright Los Angeles Times
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:: Miami Herald
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Published Thursday, January 9, 1997, in the Miami Herald
Ruling Serbian party acknowledges victory by opposition candidates
By MISHA SAVIC
Associated Press
NIS, Yugoslavia -- Weeks of street protests and international
arm-twisting wrung a key concession Wednesday from Serbia's ruling
party: It acknowledged that opposition candidates won elections in Nis,
the republic's second-largest city.
President Slobodan Milosevic's courts had annulled Nov. 17 opposition
victories in Belgrade, Nis and 12 other municipalities, sparking the
massive daily protests that have challenged his authoritarian rule.
In a statement, his Socialist government conceded the elections in Nis
(pronounced Neesh), and said those who had blocked the rightful winners
should be punished.
It was unclear when and how Milosevic would turn control of Nis over to
opposition politicians. Nevertheless, the statement represented a
painful concession for Milosevic, who has withstood pressure at home and
abroad for nearly two months.
The victory could mean that Milosevic would lose his iron grip on the
news media. Opposition politicians have vowed to open independent media
outlets in the cities they control.
Not enough
Still, it wasn't enough for opposition leaders, who said demonstrations
would continue until the president recognizes all their victories.
``Let me ask you. If Milosevic stole $10,000 from you and after 50 days
gave back $6,000, would you be satisfied?'' asked Vuk Draskovic, an
opposition leader. ``We do not accept anything but the complete
recognition of Nov. 17 results.''
Before the government broadcast its concession on television, thousands
of protesters rallied in Nis and Belgrade, blocking downtown streets
with their cars and booing the riot police who have prevented them from
marching.
``Let's all come out, in our cars and on foot,'' Draskovic said. ``We'll
see then who can stop us.''
Even as Milosevic gave up Nis, there were concerns that police would use
force against demonstrators, in their 51st day of protests.
The neo-Communist party run by the president's powerful wife, Mirjana
Markovic, said the opposition is trying to topple the government. It
urged authorities to act against the ``enemies of the state . . .
financed from abroad.''
A prelude to force?
The statement was a possible prelude to a use of force, as Markovic and
her party are believed to have considerable influence on Milosevic.
The last violence during protests was Dec. 27, when uniformed and
plainclothes police clubbed reporters and small groups of demonstrators
leaving a demonstration. Dozens were injured.
Until now, Milosevic had acknowledged opposition victories only in
smaller towns, holding fast to his control of Nis and Belgrade.
Some small municipalities remain under dispute. And Milosevic is
unlikely to give up Belgrade. While conceding the opposition won most
Belgrade suburban councils, the Socialists have dodged the question of
who won the main city council.
The government statement said the opposition coalition won 37 seats in
Nis and the Socialists 32. The opposition had claimed 41 seats.
Opposition leader Zoran Djindjic said coalition leaders were happy with
the concession but would still demand four more seats.
Copyright (c) 1997 The Miami Herald
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:: USA Today
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01/09/97
Police give way, allowing student march in early morning
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - After a standoff that lasted into the early
morning, police backed down Friday and allowed tens of thousands of
students to march through Belgrade in opposition to President Slobodan
Milosevic.
Supporters waved from balconies and windows, greeting the students after
they made good on their vow to no longer retreat before Milosevic's riot
police.
Students and opposition followers have demonstrated for 53 straight days
in protest of Milosevic's annulment of local elections won by the
opposition. In recent days, heavily armed riot police have blocked the
marches that accompany the rallies.
An estimated 30,000 students gathered Thursday afternoon, pledging to
stay in the city's center until police allowed them through. Well after
midnight Thursday, police finally retreated to their cars, and the
students marched.
Their celebration was marred when a government supporter drove into the
marchers, injuring four or five of them. They beat the driver before
police arrested him and took him away.
Fired up by an electoral triumph over Milosevic, opposition party
followers - 50,000 of whom gathered in a separate protest Thursday -
also pledged to keep up their protests until the Serbian president
concedes defeat in all towns won by the opposition.
The regime acknowledged Wednesday that Milosevic's Socialists lost
municipal elections in Serbia's second-largest city, Nis. There, 12,000
people demonstrated in two separate protests.
Milosevic clearly hoped to placate his opponents by giving up Nis, along
with three smaller towns earlier. Instead, protesters demanded the
regime concede all 14 cities won by the opposition in Nov. 17 local
elections.
During the 53 days of protests, students have held their own
demonstrations to show they are independent of the political opposition.
Meanwhile, there were signs of further bending by the authoritarian
Milosevic.
The independent Belgrade newspaper Dnevni Telegraf reported Thursday
that Milosevic, facing disarray within Socialist Party ranks, planned to
concede electoral losses in more cities to get himself out of the worst
political crisis since he came to power in 1987.
In Vrsac, a small town in northern Serbia, an opposition leader,
Danijela Djordjevic, said Serbia's Supreme court had ordered a local
court to review its ruling annulling an opposition victory in the town.
"We hope for the best," she said.
In Vienna, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
welcomed the decision to recognize the election results in Nis as "a
step in the right direction."
"Nevertheless, the OSCE has called for complete reinstatement of all the
election victories in the 13 municipalities ... as well as the city
council in Belgrade and eight districts there," spokeswoman Melissa
Fleming said.
The mood was defiant Thursday in Belgrade.
"We won't concede our victories, especially not to the Red Thieves,"
Zoran Djindjic told protesters, referring to Milosevic's Socialist Party
of renamed communists. There was no reason, he said, for the opposition
to give "a single seat as a present" to Milosevic.
"There is no chance he will give up Belgrade," Vuk Draskovic, another
opposition leader, told Associated Press Television. "So somebody has to
resign. It's either him or Serbia."
Draskovic said Milosevic had sent a letter to a Western embassy saying
he would never give up Belgrade in the tug-of-war over election results.
He also claimed Milosevic sent the same letter to the OSCE. Fleming, the
organization's spokeswoman, said she knew of no such letter. An embassy
letter also could not be confirmed.
Draskovic, who is known for his inflammatory rhetoric, also claimed he
was informed that Milosevic's wife Mirjana Markovic, the leader of
Serbia's neo-communists and Milosevic's coalition partner, instructed
her security to have Draskovic killed.
"If she manages, I can promise that neither she, nor Milosevic, nor many
of their people would have the pleasure of watching my funeral. They
will disappear in darkness before that," Draskovic told the crowd
Thursday.
The number of students turning out Thursday - about 30,000 - was a sharp
increase over Wednesday's 3,000. Some of those demonstrating Thursday
taunted the cordons of riot police, rushing toward them and then
stopping short.
Nis was a painful concession for Milosevic, whose absolute grip on power
appears to be eroding after nine years of autocratic rule. Among other
things, Milosevic's Socialists will no longer be able to exclusively
control the news media, because the opposition says it will encourage
independent outlets in the areas it controls.
The government statement said the opposition coalition won 37 seats in
Nis and the Socialists 32, while the opposition had previously claimed
41 seats. Djindjic said they would demand the four additional seats.
The biggest prize remains Belgrade. While conceding the opposition won
most Belgrade suburban councils, the Socialists have evaded the issue of
who took the main city council, also claimed by the opposition.
Annulments of opposition victories in Nis, Belgrade, and 12 other cities
sparked the mass street protests in Belgrade, now in their seventh week.
By The Associated Press
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:: Nasa Borba
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Petak, 10. januar 1997.
"ODJECI I REAGOVANJA" ZAPADNE STAMPE O MILOSEVICEVOJ ODGOVORNOSTI ZA RAT
I RATNE ZLOCINE I ODNOSU OPOZICIJE PREMA NJIMA
Ko je sve kompromitovan ratom?
Zapadni komentatori i analiticari ukazuju i na cinjenicu da demokratska
opozicija, medju njima Djindjic i Draskovic nisu do sada ispoljili
zaljenje zbog nacionalizma ili "velikosrpskog osvajackog rata". Srbiji
nedostaje Vaclav Havel, kaze Gustav Strem. "Prihvatajuci uzase
proslosti, Srbija nece umanjiti sebe", ocenjuje Stiv Krousou, ratni
dopisnik "Indipendenta" sa Balkana
Mirko Klarin
dopisnik "Nase Borbe" iz Brisela
Tvrdokornim odbijanjem da prihvati da se njegov monopol na vlast okrnji
makar i samo tako sto ce opoziciji prepustiti odgovornost za "djubre,
vodovod i kanalizaciju" u nekoliko vecih srpskih gradova (kako
jugoslovenski sef diplomatije rece poslanicima Evropskog parlamenta),
Slobodan Milosevic nije samo bacio u vetar svoju teskom mukom i velikim
odricanjima zasluzenu medjunarodnu politicku rehabilitaciju, vec je u
mnogome doprineo da se osveze secanja na vremena kada je proglasavan
"balkanskim kasapinom" i glavnim krivcem za ratove i u njima izvrsene
zlocine. A mnogi u svetu su, kako je uoci dolaska u Beograd primetila
evropska poslanica Doris Pak, zarko zeleli da mu to zaborave!
Krug je zatvoren. Tema odgovornosti "prethodnog Milosevica" (onog od pre
transformacije u "mirotvorca"), otvorena u uvodnicima, komentarima i
analizama zapadne stampe... stigla je do rubrika "odjeci i reagovanja"!
Dan nakon sto je objavio clanak Pola Vilijamsa i Normana Sigara u kojem
se haski Tribunal poziva da "u interesu mira na Balkanu... smesta optuzi
Milosevica", prvi svetski globalni dnevnik "Internesenel herald tribjun"
donosi pismo citaoca - izvesnog Erika Beketa Vivera - u kojem se trazi
to isto. E.B. Viver podseca da je na Milosevica vec odavno ukazano kao
na "kandidata za optuznicu za ratne zlocine", te poziva da se ta
kandidatura pod hitno osvezi... pre nego sto ovaj "majstor za upotrebu
rata u politicke svrhe... ponovo pokusa da zaigra na svoju 'ratnu
kartu'", kako bi ostao na vlasti.
Viverovo pismo, medjutim, nije "odjek i reagovanje" na dan ranije
objavljenu inicijativu Vilijamsa i Sigara (koja je, kako je "Nasa Borba"
juce javila, rezultat njihove opsezne studije o odgovornosti za ratne
zlocine), vec na jedan raniji "Heraldov" tekst u kojem se opoziciji
zamera da se nije distancirala od Milosevicevih agresija, te se tvrdi
kako su u Srbiji "gotovo svi kompromitovani ratom... izuzev ljudi koji
su otisli." To je, inace, jedna od sve prisutnijih tema u analizama i
komentarima svetske stampe, koja uz svu podrsku demokratskom pokretu u
Srbiji, retko propusta da primeti kako su se pojedini lideri opozicije
"nadmetali sa Milosevicem u velikosrpstvu", te kako oni i danas odbijaju
da se do kraja izjasne o odgovornosti za rat i ratne zlocine. E.B.
Viver, s tim u vezi, ima vrlo zanimljiv zakljucak, ali cemo da ostaviti
za kraj teksta. Najpre, nekoliko karakteristicnih citata iz zapadnih
razmatranja odnosa opozicije prema ratovima u Hrvatskoj i Bosni.
"Sa retkim izuzecima" - pise Karl Gustav Strem u "Veltu" - "do sada niko
iz opozicije ili sa beogradskih ulica nije ispoljio zaljenje ili pokazao
kajanje zbog velikosrpskog osvajackog rata, zbog ubijanja Muslimana,
zbog sprzene zemlje, zbog Dubrovnika ili Vukovara... Barem deo
demonstranata se na Milosevica ne ljuti zbog tih zlocina, vec zbog toga
sto se pokorio Zapadu i izdao 'velikosrpsku ideju'. Cinjenica da sada i
Karadziceva naslednica Biljana Plavsic iskazuje simpatije za
demonstrante, trebalo bi da predstavlja povod za razmisljanje. Ono sto
Srbiji nedostaje je jedan Vaclav Havel, koji svoj narod suocava sa
istinom i kida paucinu lazi. Sve dok se ne pojavi takav moralni
autoritet i dok ga narod ne prihvati, Srbija ide u susret tmurnim
vremenima - sa Milosevicem ili bez njega" - pesimisticki zakljucuje
nemacki novinar.
I "Frankfurter algemajne cajtung", takodje, nalazi da se "mnogim
liderima opozicije moze mnogo toga prigovoriti. Samo je gospodja Pesic
uvek odbacivala srpski agresivni rat i etnicko ciscenje, dok se ponekad
cilo da Draskovic i Djindjic zele da nadmase Milosevica u velikosrpstvu.
Mnogi od onih koji danas marsiraju protiv Milosevica su, mozda, pre koju
godinu pozdravljali njegovu politiku sile..." Uprkos tome, frankfurtski
dnevnik poziva da podrsku i pomoc opoziciji: cinjenica da se ona moze
kvalifikovati kao "manje zlo", ne znaci da Zapad treba da se opredeli za
"vece zlo."
Ukazujuci na "znacajne razlike" izmedju Beograda 1997. te Lajpciga,
Praga i Bukuresta 1989. bivsi balkanski dopisnik (iz ratnih godina)
londonskog "Indipendenta" Stiv Krousou primecuje da "srpski rezim -
podrzan otrovnom televizijskom propagandom - nije univerzalno omrazen,
niti ga se svi plase." Mada ga sadasnji zvuk beogradskih budilnika
podseca na zvonjavu sa Vaclavskih namesti iz 1989, Srbija - smatra
Krousou - nije Cehoslovacka. "Iznad svega, nema Vaclava Havela da je
vodi u demokratsku buducnost. Najprisebnija od troje opozicionih lidera
je Vesna Pesic - sa najmanjom podrskom u narodu. Ostala dvojica, Vuk
Draskovic i Zoran Djindjic, su i dalje umrljani nacionalizmom iz
proteklih godina... Nakon 1945. Nemcima je trebao nekoliko godina da
prihvate monstruoznosti koje su pocinili njihova zemlja i njihovi
sunarodnici. Podjednako, trebace godine da se Srbija - koja i dalje sebe
vidi kao gotovo neduznu - suoci sa onim sto su Srbi cinili u Srebrenici
i drugde. Ali, prihvatajuci uzase proslosti, Srbija nece umanjiti sebe.
Naprotiv, kao sto nemacki primer pokazuje, takvo priznanje moze
predstavljati temelj samopouzdane i postene Srbije, koja vise nece biti
pretnja susedima..."
Samosvest ce, zakljucuje Krousou, jednog dana doci i u Srbiju, a tada ce
i Zapad i sami Srbi shvatiti da "istinski interesi Srbije nisu identicni
sa ubilackim nacionalizmom koji je podstakao Slobodan Milosevic, a koji
je obogaljio zemlju i razorio ugled njenih ljudi."
Opste mesto zapadne stampe o "flertu" pojedinih lidera koalicije
"Zajedno" sa nacionalizmom i ratom, juce je u pariskom "Figarou" osporio
Bernar Bonilori. U njegovom se komentaru, naime, citira Draskovicev apel
Milosevicu iz novembra 1991. godine, u kojem se predsednik Srbije poziva
da prihvati Karingtonov plan za resenje jugoslovenske krize. "Nema
hitnijeg zadatka nego da se zaustavi rat i otpocne demokratska obnova
Srbije, a haski dokument nam to omogucava" - napisao je tada Draskovic.
Bez odjeka: kako kod Milosevica, koji je odbio Karingtonov plan, tako i
u Evropi, koja je propustila da uoci i podrzi antiratne i demokratske
snage u Srbiji.
Stizemo, tako, i do zakljucka E.B. Vivera iz njegovog pisma "Herald
tribjunu." Cak i kada su dobronamerne (a nisu uvek, kako se i iz
prilozenih citata moglo videti), opaske da srpska opozicija i Srbi
uopste treba da se odrede prema svojoj ulozi u ratu, po Viveru su
"irelevantne." Naravno, zakljucuje on, "Nemci su morali da se suoce sa
svojom ulogom u Drugom svetskom ratu, ali to zasigurno nisu mogli da
ucine dok je Hitler jos bio na vlasti."
Copyright (c) 1997 Yurope & ,,Nasa Borba"
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Nedeljni Telegraf (8. januar 1997.)
Zasto je studenstki protest najduhovitiji protest na svetu
STUDENSTKOM KRIZNOM, KREATIVNOM STABU, NAZVANOM "MOZDANA OLUJA",
POMAZU I PROFESIONALCI IZ SACI & SACI
Mi smo kreativni koliko smo to sami po sebi, ali smo ovoliko efektni
zahvaljujuci vlasti. Ona nam pruza prostor za rad - kaze Dusan
Vasiljevic, portparol Studentskog protesta. - Nikog ne bi toliko
zanimalo to sto mi radimo da ceo svet nije impresioniran slikom da oni
imaju toliku silu koja je nemocna pred duhovitoscu, silu koju gusi
ideja.
Iako deluje sasvim spontano, bez ikakvih intervencija i planiranja
akcija, Studenstki protest je, u vecoj ili manjoj meri, zavisno od
situacije, profesionalno kreiran i osmisljen projekt. U stvaranju ideja
i akcija koje protest treba da ucine atraktivnijim, pored studenata
ucestvuju i profesionalni "kreatori imidza" iz "Saci i Saci" marketinske
agencije.
Svakog vikenda odrzava se tzv. "brejn storming", sastanak gde se
stvaraju i osmisljavaju ideje i razmatra njihova sto uspesnija
realizacija.
"Brejn storming" je uobicajen nacin rada svetskih agencija koje
osmisljavaju velike kampanje i druge medijski vazne projekte. Na ovim
prostorima "brejn storming" se uglavnom nije praktikovao, sve dok
beogradski studenti nisu pozeleli da svoju energiju i kreativnost
kanalisu i usmere ka stvaranju autenticnog protesta punog simbolike.
- "Brejn storming" cini ekipa od 10 ljudi. Nas pet stalnih clanova i
dva-tri profesionalca koji rade besplatno jer ovaj protest osecaju kao
svoj. Neki od njih ne zele da se zna da su ukljuceni u ovo na bilo koji
nacin, jer rade u firmama kojima ocigledno ne bi odgovaralo da njihovi
ljudi ucestvuju u protestu. Na sastancima vazi pravilo da nema glupe
ideje. Svaka od njih se moze realizovati na neki nacin - kaze
Vasiljevic.
Na poslednjem "brejn stormingu" razmatralo se organizovanje svetskog
Bend Ejda "za studente Srbije", dovodenje raznih svetski poznatih
bendova na Plato, ukljucivanje taksista u Studentski protest,
iznenadenje koje se priprema clanovima Saveta Univerziteta koji ce 13.
januara doci u Rektorat i morace da produ pored Platoa, predlozene su
nagrade za najparolu. Ipak, zbog cuvanja ekskluzivnosti ovih informacija
koje jos nisu spremne za objavljivanje, NT ih nece ni objaviti.
- Jedino sto ne mozemo da planiramo je kreativnost ljudi na ulici koja
je neverovatna - dodaje Vasiljevic. - Nikad mi, na "brejn stormingu" ne
bismo mogli da smislimo da ce par hiljada ljudi odjednom viknuti
kordonu: "Gde su vam zene?", da ce im davati cokolade, da ce iscenirati
proboj kordona, da ce igrati kozaracko kolo ispred milicije. To mi nikad
ne bismo uspeli da smislimo na jednom ovakvom sastanku.
Idejni kreatori Studentskog protesta '96 prepricavaju nam jednu od
zanimljivih ideja:
- Akcija s bubnjevima je zamisljena tako da se skupe bubnjari
profesionalci, od kojih bi neki svirali na platformi sa ozvucenjem u
Knez Mihailovoj, a drugi bi na pet punktova po ulici prenosili taj ritam
kroz masu.
Trebao je to da bude ogroman dzem sesn, da se ritam prenosi, da traje
dva sata, kako bi ljudi pali u trans i nastalo kolektivno ludilo.
- Ocekujem da ce, vec sutra, svi specijalci poceti da igraju uz nas
ritam - kaze bubnjar koji nam se predstavio kao Koki. - Cini mi se da su
vec u kandzama nase psihodelicne muzike. Verujem i da ce im stitovi iz
ruku poceti polako da ispadaju. Sve je ovo sjajno zezanje.
Ideje se realizuju tako da se nekako uklope u aktuelnu pricu.
- Ako Milutinovic kaze da je OEBS pobrkao loncice, mi pozovemo ljude
da tim povodom ponesu loncice i stvore jednu veliku buku, toliku da
nadjaca planirane bubnjeve. Tako se akcija sa bubnjevima i padanjem u
trans svede na - loncice. Zatvore nas u Knez Mihailovu, a mi
organizujemo akciju da udaranjem u loncice pukne ceo grad. Njihov
pokusaj da nas getoiziraju ispadne, kao i uvek do sada,
kontraproduktivan - kaze Vasiljevic.
Kreativnost studenata mnogo zavisi od toga sta im milicija omoguci na
terenu, a ona se, naravno, trudi da im sto vise suzi prostor. Ali, ipak
posle svake pretnje od strane vlasti, bilo je sve vise ljudi na ulicama.
- Cim cujem da se neko od njih oglasio ili izdao neko saopstenje, ja se
unapred radujem i pre nego sto ga procitam - kaze Vasiljevic. - Znam da
su rekli nesto sto ce ih pokopati, nesto sto ce vec sutra ljudi
upotrebiti kao materijal za petnaestak transparenata.
- Glavni izvor nase inspiracije je njihova glupost, sve nase akcije su
nesto sto proizilazi iz njihove gluposti. Da su imali prema nama neki
liberalan stav, mi bismo se dosad mozda i raspali. Srbi rade na inat.
Oni izadu da pokazu kolika je sacica i kakvi su to oni fasisti. Ja se
zaista iskreno radujem svakoj njihovoj izjavi - tvrdi Vasiljevic.
Najbolji gest milicije je, svi se slazu, bio kad su studenti blokirali
mostove. Hteli su da ih blokiraju samo na pola sata. Onda se milicija
dosetila i to uradila na mnogo duzi period. Ceo Beograd je bio blokiran
skoro puna tri sata. Covek je blokirao citav Pancevacki most samo jednom
cisternom. Mnogi ljudi su tog dana blokirali svoje ulicice.
- Duh ovog protesta je sprdnja sa vlascu. Milicija je u ovom momentu ta
koja predstavlja vlast. Meni je jako zao sto su ti ljudi, koji su
najmanje krivi, meta nase duhovitosti i ponekad preterivanja. Oni treba
da su svesni da simbolizuju vlast, da je njihova odgovornost prevelika,
narocito posle onog prebijanja. Strah je bio najveci kapital ove vlasti.
Ona je sad svoje zube izgubila i jos dugo njima nece ugristi - smatra
Vasiljevic.
- Dosao sam iz San Franciska kod svog omiljenog prijatelja iz Beograda.
Nisam znao da ce se ovo desiti. U Americi je mnogo loseg i ovde ima
loseg - kaze nam Dzesi, komunista po sopstvenom priznanju, dok u ruci
nosi marionetu u liku Marsovca. - Ali, ovo je sjajno. Svi ljudi na svetu
treba da budu uz njih. Ovo je toliko dobro da su i Marsovci, ja to
tvrdim, sada sigurno uz nas.
- Parola je jako dobra stvar, ali je najbolje to sto neko nije bio lenj
da je smisli, da je odstampa, da napravi konstrukciju, da zakuca, i da
je na kraju dva sata nosa po gradu. Najbolja stvar je sto je neko sve to
vreme intezivno mislio o Studenstkom protestu i slao jako lose vibracije
ljudima koji su na vlasti. I ako mi nista ne uradimo, a uradicemo, ti
ljudi na vlasti ce se uvek kad ih zaboli cir na zelucu, setiti nas. I to
je jedan od uspeha ovog protesta - kaze Vasiljevic.
Marijana Rakic
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RTS Dnevnik 2 (9. januar 1997.)
Objavljivanjem dobro cuvane tajne na stranicama ,,Nedeljnog Telegrafa''
da je akcija demonstriranja u Beogradu i Srbiji isplanirana pod sifrom
,,Mozdana oluja'', popunjena je praznina u mozaiku, izuzetno znacajna za
sagledavanje dogadaja na ulicama nase zemlje. Analize, koje su sacinjene
u odredenim inostranim centrima do kojih se doslo, pokazuju da su u
osmisljavanju akcija ,,Mozdana oluja'' ucestvovale i pojedine licnosti,
koje su ucestvovale u medijskoj pripremi i planiranju ,,Pustinjske
oluje'' u Iraku i akcije ,,Oluja'', odnosno, napadu hrvatske vojske na
Krajinu. Strategija akcije ,,Mozdana oluja'', pokazuju te informacije, u
mnogome se razlikuju od prethodnih ,,olujnih'' operacija. Dok je u njima
oruzana akcija bila prioritet, u ovom slucaju je ona ostavljena kao
poslednje sredstvo, a znacajna razlika je i u izvrsiocima: dok je u dva
prethodna slucaja oruzana sila dve ili vise zemalja bila suprotstavljena
drugoj oruzanoj sili, u slucaju operacije ,,Mozdana oluja'', predviden
je, u krajnjoj instanci, sukob unutar jedne zemlje u kome bi se uzajamno
sukobili sami njeni gradani. Akcenat je stavljen na mentalno i psihicko
nasilje nad gradanima i institucijama sistema.
Potezima, koji se cine, treba stvoriti atmosferu razdora, podvojenosti,
psihickog pritiska i polarizacije medu gradanima, atmosferu u kojima bi
gradani bili suprotstavljeni jedni drugima. Prema utvrdenoj strategiji,
trebalo je obavezno isprovocirati policiju kako bi se odgovornost njoj
pripisala. Nakon toga, na scenu bi stupile pojedine zemlje medunarodne
zajednice. Medutim, razvoj dogadaja i naknadne studije, koje su sacinili
tvorci akcije ,,Mozdana oluja'', pokazali su da gradani Srbije, bez
obzira na razna politicka opredeljenja, ne zele nasilje i krvoprolice.
Jos manje zele da u tome sami ucestvuju. Ideju nasilja, prema tim
podacima, podrzalo je svega 0,04 odsto gradana. Te analize pokazuju da
je sadasnji sastav policije visoko profesionalizovan, odlucan da deluje
samo u skladu sa Ustavom i zakonom, ali cvrsto opredeljen da ne naseda i
odgovara na provokacije. Zbog toga je sada glavni zadatak autora akcije
pronalazenje nacina za zavrsetak demonstracija. Buduci da lideri
koalicije ,,Zajedno'' definitivno ne mogu ispuniti zadatke, koji su im
povereni. Pitanje je kako zavrsiti akciju, a ne dovesti lidere koalicije
,,Zajedno'' u situaciju da gradanima objasnjavaju zasto su ih toliko
dugo obmanjivali i toliko dugo drzali na ulici. Ono sto najvise
prizeljkuju i lideri koalicije i njihovi nalogodavci, verovatno je
odluka vlasti da zabrani demonstracije. Zbog toga poslednjih dana cine
sve ne bi li napravili incident, koji bi mogao da da povod za takvu
odluku.
Autor nepoznat (zasada...)
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Yugo Protests Heat Up
By JOVANA GEC
Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 10, 1997 9:07 am EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Students heartened by one triumph over
police demanded Friday that the government withdraw riot squads that had
blocked street protests against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
After a daylong standoff with police, 30,000 students were allowed to
march through Belgrade early Friday. The students dispersed, but said
they would be back Saturday -- and demanded that the government pull
riot police off the streets.
The students delivered a letter demanding the removal of the riot police
to the office of Premier Mirko Marjanovic at the end of Friday's march.
They had asked for a meeting, but were told to leave the letter instead.
Earlier this week, a delegation of students met with Serbia's interior
minister to make similar demands, but had no success.
``We wanted to see if Premier Marjanovic was ready to do what one of his
ministers refused,'' Cedomir Jovanovic, a student leader, said Friday.
Other opponents of Milosevic planned to protest later Friday, driving
their cars into downtown to block traffic.
Students and opposition followers have demonstrated for 53 straight days
to protest Milosevic's annulment of Nov. 17 local elections won by the
opposition.
A six-member U.S. Congressional delegation arrived in Belgrade Friday to
urge the government to recognize the election results and increase
democracy in Serbia. They will meet both the government and opposition
representatives.
``We are very pleased to be here and review the circumstances and the
progress of the elections and the acceptance of the elections,'' Bruce
F. Vento, D-Minn., said at Belgrade airport.
The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade said that the representatives were on an
unofficial, privately financed visit. They also will visit Montenegro,
Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav federation.
The Serbian government conceded Wednesday that Milosevic's Socialists
lost municipal elections in the country's second-largest city, Nis.
There, 12,000 people demonstrated in two protests.
Milosevic clearly hoped to placate his opponents by giving up Nis, along
with three smaller towns earlier. Instead, protesters demanded that the
regime concede all 14 cities won by the opposition.
Belgraders waved from balconies and windows in support of the student
marchers early Friday. Others joined in their cars, honking horns in
celebration.
On Thursday, about 50,000 opposition followers pledged to keep up their
protests until the Serbian president concedes defeat.
The protests have grown into the biggest challenge to Milosevic's rule
since he rose to power nine years ago. In recent days, heavily armed
riot police have blocked the marches that accompany the rallies.
In Vrsac, a small town in northern Serbia, an opposition leader,
Danijela Djordjevic, said Serbia's Supreme Court had ordered a local
court to review its ruling annulling an opposition victory in the town.
``We hope for the best,'' she said.
The biggest prize remains Belgrade. While conceding that the opposition
won most Belgrade suburban councils, the Socialists have evaded the
issue of who took the main city council, which the opposition claims it
won.
``There is no chance (Milosevic) will give up Belgrade,'' opposition
leader Vuk Draskovic said Thursday. ``So somebody has to resign. It's
either him or Serbia.''
Draskovic, who is known for his inflammatory rhetoric, also said he was
told that Milosevic's wife -- Mirjana Markovic, the leader of Serbia's
neo-communists and Milosevic's coalition partner -- instructed her
security force to have Draskovic killed.
``If she manages, I can promise that neither she, nor Milosevic, nor
many of their people would have the pleasure of watching my funeral.
They will disappear in darkness before that,'' Draskovic said.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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Students March in Belgrade Again
By JOVANA GEC
Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 10, 1997 10:58 am EST
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Students heartened by one triumph over
police demanded Friday that the government withdraw riot squads that had
blocked street protests against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
After a daylong standoff with police, 30,000 students were allowed to
march through Belgrade early Friday. The students dispersed, but said
they would be back Saturday -- and demanded that the government pull
riot police off the streets.
The students delivered a letter to Premier Mirko Marjanovic demanding
the removal of the riot police. They had asked for a meeting, but were
told to leave the letter instead.
Earlier this week, a delegation of students met with Serbia's interior
minister to make similar demands, but had no success.
``We wanted to see if Premier Marjanovic was ready to do what one of his
ministers refused,'' Cedomir Jovanovic, a student leader, said Friday.
Later Friday, cordons of hundreds of shielded riot police again
prevented tens of thousands of other opposition supporters from marching
in downtown.
Students and other opposition groups have demonstrated for 53 straight
days to protest Milosevic's annulment of Nov. 17 local elections won by
the opposition.
Six U.S. lawmakers arrived in Belgrade Friday to urge the government to
recognize the election results and increase democracy in Serbia. They
will meet both government and opposition representatives.
``We are very pleased to be here and review the circumstances and the
progress of the elections and the acceptance of the elections,'' Rep.
Bruce F. Vento, D-Minn., said at Belgrade airport.
The U.S. Embassy said the representatives were on a private visit. They
also will visit Montenegro, Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav
federation.
The Serbian government conceded Wednesday that Milosevic's Socialists
lost municipal elections in the country's second-largest city, Nis.
There, 12,000 people demonstrated in two protests.
Milosevic clearly hoped to placate his opponents by giving up Nis, along
with three smaller towns earlier. Instead, protesters demanded that the
regime concede all 14 cities won by the opposition.
Belgraders waved from balconies and windows in support of the student
marchers early Friday. Others joined in their cars, honking horns in
celebration.
On Thursday, about 50,000 opposition followers pledged to keep up their
protests until the Serbian president concedes defeat.
The protests have grown into the biggest challenge to Milosevic's rule
since he rose to power nine years ago. In recent days, heavily armed
riot police have blocked the marches that accompany the rallies.
In Vrsac, a small town in northern Serbia, an opposition leader,
Danijela Djordjevic, said Serbia's Supreme Court had ordered a local
court to review its ruling annulling an opposition victory in the town.
``We hope for the best,'' she said.
The biggest prize remains Belgrade. While conceding that the opposition
won most Belgrade suburban councils, the Socialists have evaded the
issue of who took the main city council, which the opposition claims it
won.
``There is no chance (Milosevic) will give up Belgrade,'' opposition
leader Vuk Draskovic said Thursday. ``So somebody has to resign. It's
either him or Serbia.''
Draskovic, who is known for his inflammatory rhetoric, also said he was
told that Milosevic's wife -- Mirjana Markovic, the leader of Serbia's
neo-communists and Milosevic's coalition partner -- instructed her
security force to have Draskovic killed.
``If she manages, I can promise that neither she, nor Milosevic, nor
many of their people would have the pleasure of watching my funeral.
They will disappear in darkness before that,'' Draskovic said.
(c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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Protesters Block Belgrade for 54th Day
(11:16 01/10/97) BELGRADE (Reuter) - Thousands of Serbian opposition
supporters blocked central Belgrade Friday on the 54th day of protests
against fraud which stole their election victory in major cities last
November, witnesses said.
The police were fighting a losing battle to divert traffic from the city
center to prevent opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition supporters
from using their vehicles to cause a major traffic jam during the
after-work rush hour, they said.
Hundreds of riot police were also present in the streets, raising
tensions in the city, hours after Belgrade students forced them to
dismantle security cordons and let protesters march in defiance of a ban
imposed last month.
Zajedno, protesting against annulment of their victory in 15 of Serbia's
largest cities, including Belgrade, in local elections last November,
have started using traffic jams as a new ploy to irritate the
authorities.
Police cordons on the main Belgrade thoroughfare have started pushing
pedestrians off the road into the central square.
Friday's police presence showed the security forces were employing
different tactics against students and against Zajedno supporters.
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DEKLARACIJA EU O SRJ
Evropska unija pozvala je jos jednom ,,vlasti u Saveznoj Republici
Jugoslaviji, a narocito predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica,
da u potpunosti prihvati zakljucke i preporuke delegacije OEBS
koja je nedavno posetila Beograd i bez odlaganja postupi u skladu
sa njima''.
To se kaze u Deklaraciji EU o situaciji u SRJ koja je danas,
posredstvom ambasade Holandije kao zemlje koja predsedava EU,
dostavljena FoNetu.
U Deklaraciji se navodi da EU u potpunosti podrzava zakljucke
misije OEBS, u kojima je receno da je na lokalnim izborima od 17.
novembra voljom vecine gradjana koalicija ,,Zajedno'' pobedila u
13 gradova, osam beogradskih opstina i gradskoj skupstini
Beograda. EU ujedno prima k znanju da je u tom smislu usledio i
odgovor ministra inostranih poslova SRJ Milan Milutinovica.
Na osnovu zakljucaka sa samita EU u Dablinu, kaze se u
Deklaraciji, vlasti SRJ se ,,pozivaju da udju u konstruktivan
dijalog sa opozicijom i obezbede rad i dostupnost nezavisnih
medija za sve''.
EU jos jednom poziva vlasti u SRJ da se uzdrze od upotrebe sile
protiv mirnih demonstranata i novinara.
ANAN POZIVA NA POSTOVANJE PRAVA U JUGOSLAVIJI
Sef kancelarije Ujedinjenih nacija u Beogradu Suzan Manuel
izjavila je danas da je Fred Ekart, portparol generalnog sekretara
svetske organizacije Kofija Anana, povodom protesta u Jugoslaviji
saopstio da Anan poziva na postovanje prava i demokratskih
procesa.
Anan veruje u znacaj slobodnih i fer izbora i nada se da ce sve
strane moci da nadju odgovarajuce resenje, rekla je na
konferenciji za novinare Suzan Manuel, citirajuci saopstenje iz
kancelarije portparola generalnog sekretara UN.
Suzan Manuel je naglasila da ce specijalni izvestilac UN za
ljudska prava Elizabet Ren 16. januara doputovati u Beograd i
tokom dva dana razgovarati sa predstavnicima vlasti, opozicije,
crkve i izbeglica. Pre posete Beogradu, Elizabet Ren ce od 14. do
16. januara boraviti na Kosovu.
U Beograd ce 22. januara doputovati glavni tuzilac Haskog suda
Luiz Arbur, najavila je Suzan Manuel, dodavsi da ce pred
Tribunalom 28. januara poceti sudjenje cetvorici osoba optuzenih
za krsenje medjunarodnog humanitarnog prava u logoru Celebici. Oni
su optuzeni za zlocine nad bosanskim Srbima.
BERNS: SITNI USTUPCI NISU DOVOLJNI
Sjedinjene Americke Drzave saopstile su da odluka vlasti u
Beogradu da priznaju poraz na lokalnim izborima u jednom gradu
nije dovoljna i da predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic ne moze
ocekivati medjunarodnu podrsku ,,davanjem sitnih ustupaka'',
javlja Rojter, a prenosi Fonet.
Portparol Stejt Dipartmenta, Nikolas Berns, naglasio je da
saopstenje srpske vlade o priznavanju izborne pobede opozicije u
Nisu predstavlja pozitivan, ali nedovoljan potez.
U medjuvremenu, prema navodima Stejt Dipartmenta, pomocnik
americkog drzavnog sekretara Dzon Kornblum krenuo je juce na novu
balkansku turneju, u cijem ce sredistu biti kriza u Srbiji, ali
namerno nece posetiti Beograd.
,,Srpska vlada nema pravo da poklanja pobede opoziciji koje je
opozicija postigla na izborima'', rekao je Berns. ,,O izborima ne
odlucuju vladini funkcioneri, vec gradjani. A gospodin Milosevic
izgleda nije shvatio ovu fundamentalnu lekciju o tome sta je
demokratija'', ocenio je portparol Stejt Dipartmenta.
Optuzujuci Milosevica da ,,pribegava vrsti politike koja podseca
na hladni rat, komunizam i autokratsku vladavinu'', Berns je
dodao:
,,On ne moze da ocekuje da ce tokom nekoliko nedelja ili meseci
davanjem sitnih ustupaka demokratskoj opoziciji ili medjunarodnoj
zajednici zavrediti nase aplauze''.
Berns je naglasio da Milosevic mora priznati izborne rezultate,
,,pre nego sto i pomisli da ima normalne odnose sa SAD i nasim
partnerima u Evropi''.
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VLADA NUDI STUDENTIMA SASTANAK SA POTPREDSEDNICIMA
Portparol studentskog protesta Dusan Vasiljevic izjavio je da je
danas studentskoj delegaciji ponudjeno iz Vlade Srbije da se,
umesto sa njenim predsednikom Mirkom Marjanovicem, sastane sa
potpredsednicima Ratkom Markovicem i Nedeljkom Sipovcem kao i
ministrom prosvete Dragoslavom Mladenovicem.
Vasiljevic je rekao da odluku o tome da li ce se sastati sa
ministrima, Glavni odbor jos nije doneo, ali je napomenuo da bi
vreme moguceg sastanka moglo biti danas u 18 ili sutra u 11
casova.
Studenti su danas pre podne u Vladu Srbije odneli pismo namenjeno
premijeru Mirku Marjanovicu u kome se kaze:
,,Postovani gospodine predsednice, mi ovlasceni predstavnici
studentskog protesta 96./ 97. zahtevamo susret sa vama. Potaknuti
pre svega krsenjem ustavom zagarantovane slobode kretanja imali
smo pre nedelju dana priliku da o ovom problemu razgovaramo sa
ministrom unutrasnjih poslova u vasoj Vladi, gospodinom
Sokolovicem''.
,,Taj razgovor niti je zadovoljio nase zahteve, niti je na bilo
koji nacin uspeo da svojim rezultatima prevazidje nastao problem.
Od vas zahtevamo konstruktivniji dijalog, nakon koga bi kriza
mogla biti razresena'', kaze se na kraju pisma.
Komentarisuci danasnju studentsku akciju probijanja kordona,
Vasiljevic je rekao da su studenti situaciju zaostrili do
maksimuma, ne koristeci nasilne metode, ali da su se pokazali
istrajniji i uporniji od policije.
Na konferenciju za stampu u Medija centru dosli su studenti sa
Niskog Univerziteta, koje su juce stigli u Beograd kako bi dali
podrsku akciji ,,blokada protiv blokade''.
Portparol studentskog protesta iz Nisa Nikola Bozinovic obavestio
je novinare o svakodnevnim studentskim akcijama u Nisu.
,,Medju svoje zahteve uvrstili smo i podizanje optuznice protiv
svih koji su krivi za nastalu situaciju, sto smo simbolicno
pokazali tako sto smo desetoricu nasih kolega obucenih u zatvorska
odela sproveli od Trga Slobode do Istraznog zatvora'', rekao je
Bozinovic.
,,Iako je Vlada Srbije priznala mandate kaolicije 'Zajedno', mi to
smatramo politickom odlukom i mi cemo svoj protest nastaviti sve
dok se ne priznaju pravi rezultati'', naglasio je on.
Bozinovic je podsetio da je Niski Univerzitet jedini jedinstveni
univerzitet u Srbiji na kome profesori, dekani pa i rektor
podrzavaju svoje studente, dok su sva nastavno -- naucna veca
zvanicno stala uz studentske zahteve.
,,I sutra cemo stajati ispred kordona dok se ne povuku'', najavio
je Vasiljevic.
PORUKA ,,ZAJEDNO'' GRADSKOJ IZBORNOJ KOMISIJI NISA
Krizni stab Koalicije ,,Zajedno'' iz Nisa uputio je danas poruku
Gradskoj izbornoj komisiji da odmah prizna rezultate drgog kruga
lokalnih izbora, kaze se u saopstenju te organizacije.
Kako stoji u saopstenju, u tom krugu glasanja Koalicija
,,Zajedno'' za lokalne organe vlasti u Nisu osvojila je 41,
socijalisti 16, radikali jedno odbornicko mesto, dok u 12 izbornih
jedinica glasanje treba da se ponovi.
,,Komisija je zakazala sastanak danas u 18 sati i pre pocetka
zasedanja Krizni stab Koalicije upozorio je svakog clana
pojedinacno da ce donosenjem bilo kakve druge odluke uciniti da
njihova imena ostanu u istorijskom secanju kao imena ljudi gresnih
pred Bogom i ljudima'', kaze se u saopstenju tog Staba.
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DEO RUKOVODSTVA SPS I JUL-A UGROZAVA DRZAVNI INTERES
Portparol Demokratske stranke Slobodan Vuksanovic izjavio je danas
da deo rukovodstva Socijalisticke partije Srbije i Jugoslovenske
levice direktno ugrozava drzavni interes.
Toga su sve svesnije pojedine institucije, zbog cega su usledile
reakcije crnogorskog rukovodstva, Vojske Jugoslavije, Srpske
pravoslavne crkve i dela Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti.
Duznost tih institucija je da stanu na stranu naroda i ograde se
od politike koja vodi u propast, rekao je Vuksanovic na
konferenciji za novinare.
On je ocenio da su ,,reakcije vlasti sve nervoznije, sto se vidi
po sve vecem broju policajaca na ulicama Beograda i drugih gradova
u Srbiji''.
Izjavivsi da je prisustvo policije ,,besmisleno, posto su
demonstracije mirne, a i pripadnici milicije predstavljaju deo
naroda koji lose zivi'', Vuksanovic je rekao da je doslo do
,,omeksavanja'' odnosa policajaca prema ucesnicima protesta.
,,Policajci nisu meta naseg protesta, vec instrument koji
rukovodstvo SPS-a i JUL-a zloupotrebljava'', izjavio je
Vuksanovic.
Povodom cinjenice da ekipi Radio televizije Srbije nije dozvoljeno
da prisustvuje danasnjoj konferenciji za novinare u DS, Vuksanovic
je rekao: ,,Ne saljemo pozive RTS zbog njihovih neverovatnih
izvestaja sa nasih konferencija i okupljanja. To nema veze sa
novinarskom profesijom. Ne zelimo da budemo instrumenti u rukama
socijalisticke propagande''.
SAOPSTENJE DC POVODOM SITUACIJE U SRBIJE
Predsednistvo Demokratskog centra izrazilo je duboku zabrinutost
povodom politicke situacije u zemlji, za koju u danasnjem
saopstenju kaze da je ,,karakterise izuzetno velika napetost,
podeljenost drustva i autizam vlasti''.
Navodeci da za dvomesecnu napetost prvenstvenu odgovornost snose
vlasti, Predsednistvo DC upozorava da ,,vlastima stoji na
raspolaganju izbor izmedju potpunog haosa i moguceg gradjanskog
rata, s jedne strane, i razumne odluke da se prihvate preporuke
OEBS-a, uvazi na izborima izrazena volja gradjana od 17. novembra,
s druge strane'', upozorava se u saopstenju Predsednistva DC.
,,DNEVNI TELEGRAF'': TOMIC UMESTO IVKOVICA
Branislav Ivkovic, sef beogradske organizacije SPS, fakticki je
smenjen i trazi mu se zamena, pise danas ,,Dnevni Telegraf''.
Kao njegov naslednik najcesce se pominje Dragan Tomic, predsednik
Skupstine Srbije.
Isti izvor navodi da su ozbiljni kandidati za novog srpskog
premijera, ,,ako Kundak uspe da obori Marjanovica'', Dusan
Mihajlovic, Dusan Mitevic, Nebojsa Covic i Dusan Matkovic.
Koliko je poznato izvoru ,,Dnevnog Telegrafa'', nekima od pomenute
cetvorice (Covic, Mihajlovic) ne pada na pamet da se prihvate te
funkcije, cak ako im i bude ponudjena.
VUKOBRAT: OVA VLAST I REZIM SU NEPRIHVATLJIVI ZA SVET I NAROD
Predsednik Fondacije za mir i resavanje kriza Boris Vukobrat
izjavio je u intervjuu za danasnju Nasu Borbu, da su vlast i rezim
kakvi su danas u Srbiji ,,neprihvatljivi za svet i za sopstveni
narod''.
,,Takva vlast, takav rezim, neprihvatljiv je za ceo svet, kao sto
je neprihvatljiv za sopstveni narod, sto taj narod, uostalom, i
pokazuje'' rekao je Vukobrat.
Na pitanje lista da li postoji spremnost Evrope da pomogne
Jugoslaviji, Boris Vukobrat odgovara potvrdno, ali i ukazuje da ne
postoji spremnost da se pomogne rezimu kakav je danas.
,,Pomoc Evrope, konkretna, ekonomska pomoc, ali i politicka i
svaka druga -- ne zavisi od Evrope -- ona zavisi iskljucivo od
same Jugoslavije. Ako Jugoslavija prihvati evropske principe,
Jugoslavije ce ne samo dobiti pomoc od Evrope, nego postati i njen
istinski, politicki, ekonomski, kulturni, a ne kao sto je sada --
samo geografski deo'', rekao je on.
Poslednji dogadjaji u Beogradu na tu spremnost uticali su dvojako,
navodi Vukobrat. ,,Neposredna pomoc, ukoliko rezim nastavi da gazi
sve principe i sve postulate civilizovanog, demokratskog sveta,
nikada nije bila dalja. Sa druge strane, posle mesec i po dana
protesta, mirnih protesta punih duha, za koje Evropa zna da se ne
odigravaju samo u Beogradu nego i sirom Srbije, spremnost da se
pomogne jednom takvom narodu nikada nije bila veca'', ocenio je
on, objasnjavajuci da se slika o Srbima i Srbiji na zapadu bitno
popravila zahvaljujuci protestu.
Osim priznavanja izbornih rezultata, za ukljucivanje u Evropu
mozda je u prvom trenutku najvaznije omoguciti punu slobodu
medija, i to ne samo slobodu nezavisnih, malih medija, poput
Radija B92, cija su uloga i uticaj ogromni, ali fizicki domet
ogranicen, vec iznad svega slobodu drzavnih medija -- RTS-a,
,,Politike'' i drugih, koji moraju profesionalno i nepristrasno da
obavljaju svoj posao, a ne na nacin na koji to sada cine, kaze
Vukobrat.
On takodje naglasava da je neophodno uspostaviti stvarne
demokratske odnose u politici, ali i u ekonomiji, objasnio je
predsednik Fondacije za mir i resavanje kriza Boris Vukobrat.
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KANADSKI MEDIJI: SRBIJA U UDARNIM VESTIMA
Sva kanadska sredstva informisanja i dalje redovno i opsirno prate
zbivanja u Srbiji kao prvorazredni medjunarodni dogadjaj.
Udarno mesto u vestima radio i televizijskih stanica dobila je,
juce i danas, vest o priznavanju pobede opozicije u Nisu, ali i
najava opozicionih lidera da demonstracije nece prestati dok se ne
priznaju rezultati izbora u svih 14 gradova u kojima je pobedila
koalicija ,,Zajedno''.
Ugledni dnevnik ,,Gloub end mejl'' pise, povodom Nisa, da je u
svom saopstenju ,,srpska vlada obecala korekciju svih
nepravilnosti u vezi sa anuliranjem opozicione pobede''.
Ocenjujuci ovo delimicno uvazavanje zahteva opozicije kao jos
jedan pokusaj predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica da dobije u
vremenu, autor istice da se ,,veruje da ce Milosevic biti spreman
da prihvati pobedu opozicije u manjim mestima, ali da ce se
ocajnicki drzati Beograda zbog prestiza u glavnom gradu''. List
pise i da je sada jasno da opozicija ne zeli samo priznavanje
pobede na novembarskim izborima, nego i da zeli ,,odlazak
Milosevica i njegove zene''.
Sa tim da ce Milosevic tesko opoziciji dati Beograd slaze se i
dopisnik CBC, nacionalnog radija i TV.
Isticuci da je predaja Nisa opoziciji veoma vazna odluka i prvi
znak popustanja Milosevica, izvestac javlja da ni ,,posle sest
nedelja demonstracija, opozicija ne pokazuje znake slabosti,
umora, odustajanja niti straha od hiljada policajaca na ulicama''.
MIODRAG PEROVIC: ,,MINISTAR GOVORI ELEMENTARNU NEISTINU''
Direktor i jedan od osnivaca ,,Montenegropablika'', u cijem
sastavu je i radio Antena M, izjavio je danas da je ta radio
stanica ,,jedini subjekat na teritoriji Crne Gore koji se bavi
radio-difuznom delatnoscu, a na koji se ne primjenjuje zakonska
mogucnost neposredne pogodbe, vec se salje na konkurs da licitira
za frekvenciju koju vec ima'', prenosi Montena faks.
Naglasavajuci da je ministar Miodrag Gomilanovic govorio
,,elementarnu neistinu'', kada je, krajem decembra, u crnogorskom
parlamentu tvrdio da, nakon isteka ugovora o zakupu frekvencije,
,,Antena M'' mora ponovo na javni konkurs, jer je ,,novim
propisima omoguceno dobijanje dozvole putem neposredne pogodbe
zainteresovanih sa Vladom'', Perovic je naveo da u Crnoj Gori
,,postoji vise slobodnih frekvencija za lokalne radio-stanice,
nego onih koji traze njihovo koriscenje''.
,,Ministar, takodje, kaze da je utvrdjeno da u ovom momentu ne
postoje tehnicke mogucnosti da Antena M dobije na korisecnje
frekvencije u Baru i Niksicu... Ministar ponovo ne govori istinu''
-- izricit je Perovic, ukazujuci da je na poslednjem konkursu
stavljano na licitaciju vise frekvencija, nego sto ih danas ima
zauzetih u Niksicu.
,,Ministarstvo je 'Braci Karic', iz Beograda, dalo vise
frekvencija, a oni nikad nijesu pokrenuli te radio-stanice, vec su
posluzili kao lutka da bi se eliminisao 'Onogost standard', koji
je, zajedno s Antenom M, htio da pravi radio-stanicu u Niksicu''
-- istice Perovic, dodajuci da je ocito da ,,ministar jedino na
Antenu M primjenjuje mogucnost javnog konkursa, da bi ponovo
podmetnuo lutku i osnivacu Antene M oduzeo frekvenciju, kao sto mu
je, na isti nacin, prije vise od dvije godine, oduzeo TV
frekvenciju''.
Da podsetimo, program radija Antena M, se i dalje emitije, iako mu
je oduzeta frekvencija.
PISMO BILJANE PLAVSIC KOFIJU ANANU
Predsednica Republike Srpske, Biljana Plavsic, uputila je 2.
januara pismo novom generalnom sekretaru UN, Kofiju Ananu, u kojem
ga obavestava da bosanski Srbi nece izruciti svoje lidere
Medjunarodnom sudu za ratne zlocine, javlja Rojter, a prenosi
Fonet.
Rojter navodi da je kopiju ovog pisma obezbedio u cetvrtak.
U pismu Biljane Plavsic Anan je obavesten da bosanski Srbi nece
izruciti Radovana Karadzica i Ratka Mladica Hagu.
,,Sadasnja pozicija RS je da nismo spremni da predamo dr Karadzica
i generala Mladica za sudjenje u Hagu, jer verujemo da takvo
sudjenje sada nije u skladu sa ustanovljenim okvirima rada
Tribunala'', stoji u pismu Plavsiceve.
Uz najbolje zelje Ananu na novoj funkciji, Plavsic ga obavestava
da optuznice haskog Tribunala nisu vise vazece i da bi hapsenje
Karadzica i Mladica ,,ugrozilo postojeci mir'' i izazvalo
,,masovne civilne i vojne nemire''.
Ocekuje se da ce ovaj dokument biti razmotren na sastanku Saveta
bezbednosti. Jedan funkcioner je napomenuo da, mada u pismu nema
iznenadjenja, deklarativni stil ga cini ,,veoma zabrinjavajucim''.
Prema objasnjenju Plavsiceve, Savet bezbednosti ovlascen je da se
bavi pitanjima mira i bezbednosti i ustanovio je Tribunal jer se
verovao da su ratni zlocini pretnja miru. Sada kada borbi vise
nema, Savet ne treba da insistira na optuznicama, smatra ona.
ZASEDA MINISTARSKI SAVET BIH
U Zemaljskom muzeju u Sarajevu danas posle podne pocelo je
zasedanje Saveta ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, na kojem ce biti
reci o problemu oko razgranicenja u oblasti Brckog, javlja SRNA,
prenoseci izvestaj muslimanskog radija Sarajevo.
Ocekuje se da ce biti reci i o realizaciji Aneksa 9. Dejtonskog
sporazuma, koji predvidja angazovanje oba entiteta na reformi
ekonomskog sistema BiH, te o objedinjavanju privrednih i drugih
infrastruktura oba entiteta, kao i o formiranju drzavne
korporacije zeleznice.
Sastanku predsedavaju kopredsednici Boro Bosic iz Republike Srpske
i Haris Silajdzic iz Federacije BiH.
Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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,,ZAJEDNO'': PROTESTI OD SUTRA 24 SATA DNEVNO
Protestnu voznju, koju je za danas najavila koalicija ,,Zajedno'',
onemogucila je policija, pa je protestno okupljanje nekoliko
desetina hiljada Beogradjana odrzano na Trgu Republike, nakon cega
je organizovana i setnja pesackom zonom u Knez Mihailovoj ulici.
Kordoni policije, koji se jos od 26. decembra u vreme protestnih
okupljanja izvode na ulice Beograda, sa obrazlozenjem da bi
omogucili nesmetano odvijanje saobracaja, izvedeni su danas na
Terazije i zaustavili kolonu demonstranata, ali i kompletan
saobracaj u centru grada, sve do Slavije.
Vozilima koja su u 14.30 sati stala zbog navodnih kvarova, bile su
blokirane ulice Vasina, Makedonska, Mose Pijade, Nusiceva i Lole
Ribara.
Po povratku na Trg Republike, okupljenima su se najpre obratila
tri kongresmena, koji su rekli da je americki Kongres uz srpski
narod koji se bori za svoja elementarna prava, a zatim i lideri
koalicije ,,Zajedno''.
Predsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic je pozvao gradjane
da ,,onima koji su pokrali njihove glasove'' ne daju mirno da
spavaju.
,,Podsetimo ih da su lopovi i da smo ih uhvatili u kradji i da ih
necemo pustiti sve dok ne budu odgovarali za tu kradju'', rekao je
Djindjic.
,,Od sutra, kada se nadjete u gradu, vozite polako, pritisnite
sirenu, izvadite pistaljku. Nas radni dan vise ne pocinje u 15.00
sati, vec traje non stop'', dodao je on.
Predsednik Gradjanskog savez Srbije Vesna Pesic rekla je da
predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic i njegova supruga ,,uopste
nemaju nameru da priznaju da su lopovi i da vrate nase glasove'',
vec ,,hoce da nas policija ugusi''.
,,Ali, ovo je nasa ljubav, nasa nova Srbija. Oni ne znaju koliko
je Srbija cudesna, nepredviljiva zemlja'', napomenula je ona i
istakla da sada nema odustajanja, jer se ,,svakog dana po jedna
stena sistema odronjava''.
Za akciju ,,Beograde, uhvati ritam da bi oni uhvatili tutanj'',
Vesna Pesic je rekla da predstavlja ,,mozdanu oluju'' koja je
,,oslobodila nasu volju''.
Predsednik Srpskog pokreta obnove Vuk Draskovic je izjavio da
policijske snage na ulicama Beograda predstavljaju
,,kontramitinge'', jer Milosevic nije vise u stanju da na ulice
izvede bilo koga da mu izrazi podrsku i zato izvodi na ulice
policiju. ,,To su kontramitinzi, samo bez njegovih fotografija,
vec sa kalasnjikovima i pendrecima, a to su prave njegove slike'',
rekao je Draskovic.
,,U svim zemljama sveta policija sluzi da hvata lopove. Ovo je
jedina zemlja u kojoj je policija na ulicama da brani lopove. Ali
ja verujem da nije daleko dan kad ce cela Srbija skandirati jednu
rec -- 'ostavka''', rekao je Draskovic, ciji govor su demonstrani
ispratili skandiranjem njegove poslednje reci.
Okupljenim gradjanima je receno da je protiv generalnog direktora
RTS-a Dragoljuba Milanovica i ministra za kulturu Nade Popovic-
Perisic podneta tuzba zbog ,,nelegalno pripajanja Radio-televizije
Kragujevac sistemu RTS-a, zbog cega su gradjani Kragujevca
osteceni za pet miliona nemackih maraka''.
Akcija ,,Beograde, uhvati ritam da bi oni uhvatili tutanj'', u
kojoj gradjani u 19.30 sati u vreme drugog dnevnika RTS-a izlaze
na prozore i balkone i dizu buku, nastavlja se i veceras i, kako
je receno, prerasta u akciju ,,Srbijo, uhvati ritam''.
vesti.1833corto,
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Odraz B92, trece izdanje vesti, 10. januar 1997.
POZIV GRADJANIMA DA SE SLIKAJU ISPRED KORDONA POLICIJE
Koalicija ,,Zajedno'' je danas pozvala gradjane da na buduce
protestne skupove sa sobom ponesu fotoaparate i slikaju se ispred
kordona policije.
Kako stoji u saopstenju te opozicione koalicije, gradjani se
pozivaju da fotoaparate ponesu vec sutra da bi ,,ovekovecili
uspomenu na ove prelomne trenutke u Srbiji''.
Od najuspelijih snimaka, kako se navodi, bice napravljena
monografija.
SAOBRACAJ BLOKIRAN U CENTRU NOVOG SADA
I u Novom Sadu se danas desila saobracajna blokada. U centru grada
oko 17 sati je doslo do saobracajnog kolapsa, jer su se automobili
u to doba ,,pokvarili''. U ,,kvaru'' se nalazilo oko 1000 vozila.
Na taj nacin su se vozaci odazvali pozivu lokalnih aktivista
koalicije ,,Zajedno'' da se pridruze Beogradjanima, koji slicnu
akciju sprovode u glavnom gradu.
Kolonu vozila sa kvarovima, veceras je pratilo nekoliko hiljada
studenata i gradjana Novog Sada, koji su krenuli u protestnu
setnju gradom. Setnja je bila pracena bukom koju su stvarale
sirene ,,pokvarenih'' automobila, pistaljke, cegrtaljke, petarde i
povici sa antivladinim porukama.
U vreme saobracajne blokade i protestne setnje centrom Novog Sada
primeceno je prisustvo veoma malog broja policajaca, i to gotovo
iskljucivo saobracajaca.
Posle jucerasnjeg ukljucivanja prakticno celog Novog Sada u akciju
buke protiv izvestavanja RTS, koja se podize u 19,30 casova u
vreme emitovanja udarnog TV Dnevnika 2, vecerasnja blokada
saobracaja je do sada najmasovniji protest Novosadjana protiv
vlasti predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica.