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Portuguese Communnist Party - About the
handover/extradition of Slobodan Milosevic
From Partido Comunista Portugu�s, 30/06/01
08:29:09
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Partido Comunista Portugu�s
Secretariado do Comit� Central
About the handover/extradition of
Slobodan Milosevic
1. It is with deep and firm indignation that the Portuguese Communist Party
learnt of the forced handover/extradition of the former President of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, to the ad hoc
“International Criminal Court” at the Hague.
2. This handover/extradition is the result of a long, sophisticated and violent
process of imperialist meddling and blackmail on Yugoslavia, following NATO’s
illegal and criminal aggression on this sovereign country, and which continues
under different forms. The fact that the handover took place under US
ultimatum, on the eve of the “Donors’ Conference” with the blackmail of
“economic aid”, is a clear example of the indignity and cynicism which
characterizes the authors of such an action.
3. Affronting the Constitution of the FRY, the competencies of its Parliament,
the decision of its Constitutional Court, the opposition of President Kostunica
himself, the handover/extradition of Slobodan Milosevic constitutes a shameful
and particularly serious example of the denial of the most elementary democratic
rights, freedoms and guarantees and the trampling of the dignity of a sovereign
people and State. It simultaneously shows the true nature of the “International
Criminal Court”, as an instrument of political vengeance and the imposition of
the winners’ “justice”
4. The PCP draws attention to the fact that such an action, at all counts
illegal and illegitimate, can only contribute to worsen the situation in
Yugoslavia and dangerously destabilize the whole Balkan region. The offensive
of the KLA bands in Macedonia, under the cover and support of the USA and KFOR
forces, can lead to a tragedy of huge proportions.
5. The PCP considers that it is the elementary duty of the Portuguese
government and State to take a stand against such flagrant attacks on international
legality. It also considers that this is a new reason to put an end to the
presence of the Portuguese troops in the Balkans and Portugal’s involvement in
NATO’s aggressive policy and the process of EU’s militarization. It is
particularly important that the Portuguese, through all means at their
disposal, express their protest and indignation.
Lisbon, 29th. June 2001
The Central Committee Secretariat
Portuguese Communist Party
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