From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Most important Yugoslav living philosopher, professor Mihailo Markovic,
member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, member of several
international scientific societies and visiting professor in many foreign
universities, including in USA, made today the following statement on the
arrest of president Milosevic:
Present Yugoslav authorities know that Slobodan Milosevic is not a war
criminal and yet they arrested him and intend to deliver him to the Hague
tribunal the partiality of which is quite obvious. Its prosecutor, notorious
Carla Del Ponte declared in advance that for his "crimes" Milosevic will get
life imprisonment. He is guilty before anything was proven, he is punished
before the trial even started. In any truly legal institution this lady
would be fired and the case dismissed. Unfortunately the Hague tribunal is
not a legal but a political institution fully subordinated to the
only-remaining word superpower.
It is common knowledge that multinational former Yugoslavia was not broken
by former Yugoslav president but by separatist forces, supported from
outside. All evidence points out that the four wars in former Yugoslavia
were not produced by Milosevic but by paramilitary forces of secessionists.
There were indeed appalling atrocities in those wars, as in every civil war
in history. But they were committed by all parties. There was no systematic
Serbian policy deserving to be characterized as genocide or crime against
humanity.
Besides, when similar crimes took place in some other wars (for example war
in Vietnam) only those who committed them were held responsible, not
presidents of USA and other countries.
Certainly everyone, including Milosevic is responsible if he broke the
international low and the lows of his country. However, our entire
civilization and any truly legal system rest on the principle that guilt
must be proven and that each human being must be presumed innocent before
trial begins
I am convinced that Milosevic would not have been arrested had this not been
demanded by the USA in order to absolve itself from the moral and legal
responsibility for bombardment of Yugoslavia.
Mihailo Markovic,
member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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