STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Have you visited eBayTM lately? The Worlds Marketplace where you can buy and sell practically anything keeps getting better. From consumer electronics to movies, find it all on eBay. What are you waiting for? Try eBay today. http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/ebay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [* denotes examples of Western free press reporting at its most impartial and objective] Wednesday July 4, 7:28 PM Yugoslav ex-premier hails Milosevic as "quite brave" at trial BELGRADE, July 4 (AFP) - Zoran Zizic, who quit his post as Yugoslav prime minister last week in protest at the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic, said Wednesday the former *hardliner behaved "quite bravely" in defying the UN court. "I think Mr Milosevic behaved quite bravely, that his first appearance left a positive impression. I see that world media had the same impression," said Zizic, whose protest resignation brought down the whole cabinet. Milosevic refused to recognise the legitimacy of the *UN court that indicted him for war crimes *commmitted in Kosovo. Zizic, a member of the Montenegrin Socialist People's Party (SNP) which once backed Milosevic but *jumped into bed with Serbian *reformers who ousted him last year, said that if a new federal government "is not formed within 90 days, new federal elections should be called." But he admitted that might be difficult, as voters have cast their ballots twice in the last 10 months, first in September's federal election which *toppled Milosevic and then in separate polls in Serbia and Montenegro, the last two republics in the federation. Zizic said that appointing a new government from the sitting parliament would be "more practical." The parliament met in an extraordinary session Wednesday and formally accepted Zizic's resignation, which caused the federal government to collapse. The current government will act as a caretaker until a new line-up is announced by Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, with no deadline for a decision to be made. Zizic said the new government should focus on harmonising relations between Serbia and its tiny, independence-minded sister republic of Montegenro. "That process could be over by March or April, when new elections could be held for a new assembly which would adopt a new constitution which would establish the basis of the common country," he said. He said his resignation "should be seen as an intention to strengthen the federal state and to return to the frameworks of legality, respect of freedom and civic rights." He stepped down in protest at the decision by the Serbian government, made up of *democratic *reformers, to *extradite Milosevic despite the objections of the SNP and the constitutional court, which is still *stacked with *loyalists of the *old regime. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
