> >THE HAGUE COURT'S INDICTMENT OF MILOSEVIC UNLAWFUL, FATAL - KOSTUNICA > >BELGRADE, October 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President-Elect Vojislav >Kostunica said late on Friday he saw no reason for cooperation with >the war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia and dismissed its >indictment of Slobodan Milosevic as unlawful and even fatal. >Speaking for Serbian state Radio and Television (RTS), Kostunica said >that, of all the problems and troubles facing Yugoslavia, he hardly >thought that the Hague-based tribunal should come "first on the list" >for consideration. > >He opined that the tribunal would within some time and for many >reasons become history, as the result of the way in which it had >worked, and because its existence was being called in question even >from inside. > >He noted that, some months ago, the question had been broached >whether those responsible for crimes committed in Yugoslavia at the >time of NATO's air strikes could be tried at the Hague. > >He explained that an international organisation, Human Rights Watch, >had clearly identified a number of civilian killings in Yugoslavia >"that could be brought home to parts of the NATO structures. > >"When War Crimes Court Prosecutor Carla del Ponte tells you that >there is no ground for criminal prosecution in this case, then the >Prosecutor herself calls in question the entire Court", he said, > >The added that similar instances of the court itself calling in >question its legitimity were numerous. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
