From: Vladimir Krsljanin To: Belgrade Forum Cc: Internet team of SPS Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:55 PM Subject: Jovanovic on visit to Milosevic STATEMENT OF MR. ZIVADIN JOVANOVIC, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF SERBIA, given at the press-conference in Belgrade on August 16, 2001 A delegation, determined by the president of the Socialist Party of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic, in the following composition: Zivadin Jovanovic, vice-president of SPS, Zivorad Igic, member of the Secretariat of the Executive Committee, and Professor Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, Bogoljub Bjelica, Boro Drakulovic - members of the Executive Committee, has visited president Milosevic on August 14, in his detention in the Hague. The delegation conveyed to president Milosevic greetings, expressions of solidarity and of moral and political support from SPS members and supporters and from citizens of our country. These expressions of support and solidarity have been articulated in the mass popular rallies in Belgrade and other cities of Serbia and Yugoslavia, as well as in numerous public meetings of citizens, scientists, cultural and other public workers. In all these rallies and meetings criminal, anti-constitutional and illegal abduction of president Milosevic and his delivery to the Hague have been condemned and personal responsibility of the executors of this shamefull act has been demanded. President Milosevic has been also greeted by the delegation on the occasion of his 60th birthday. President Milosevic acknowledged solidarity, support and birthday greetings. He expressed the special gratitude to all citizens and SPS members who have been sent many letters of support and solidarity, since he has been detained in the Hague. He said that he feels well, that his consciousness is completely clean, that everything he did as president of Serbia and Yugoslavia was based on the Constitution, Law and on legitimate interests of the people and State. He especially underlined that he organized resistance to NATO military aggression because it was his main constitutional obligation as a head of State and as a patriot. On other side were the ones who violated UN Charter and basic principles of the international law, caused numerous human victims and mass destruction and who by groundless charges against him want to cover their indisputable responsibility. During the hours-long talk, actual situation in Serbia, Yugoslavia and in the Balkans, continuous worsening of the economic, social, political and security conditions, attacks on freedom, independence and territorial integrity of our and other countries in this part of Europe, have been discussed. Special attention has been paid to the activities of the Socialist Party of Serbia as the most influential and biggest opposition party in situation when there is an overall deterioration of the life conditions, when consciousness about the disastrous consequences of the DOS regime policy increases and when early elections become inevitable. Position of president Milosevic is that in such conditions the most important is strengthening of unity within SPS, respecting the will and expectations of the members and supporters of SPS and everyday strengthening of the thighs with and of the presence of SPS among citizens, workers, peasants, intellectuals - all those who live from their work and whose interests are directly damaged by the policy of the regime. The Socialist Party of Serbia as the only political force that always consequently struggles for the protection of the State and its integrity, that firmly opposes any separatism and terrorism, that stands for social equality and justice, that has proved its strategic orientation to equal cooperation in the region, in Europe and in the world - is the only force capable to secure conditions for peaceful and stable development of the country, he underlined. Exactly for that reason, SPS is exposed to enormous pressures and threats and is obliged to oppose these pressures and threats by stronger determination in political struggle and by clearer oppositional stands of its parliamentary clubs, party organs and leadership. The Socialist Party of Serbia should not allow to anybody and anything in this critically important period to turne the Party from its strategic course of the strongest defense of national, social, cultural and other legitimate interests of our country and its citizens. This was the first visit of SPS representatives to president Milosevic, since he has been detained in the Hague. Visits of the representatives and delegations of SPS will continue regularly in the future. During its short stay in the Hague, the delegation had meetings and talks with several scientists, jurists and public personalities from the Netherlands, Russia, Canada, Italy and other countries, who have just visited president Milosevic, or who shall visit him in following days. The delegation did not have any difficulties neither in the Hague detention unit, nor during the two days stay in the Netherlands. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________
