MONTENEGRO: PODGORICA: INTERIOR MINISTRY BANS DEMONSTRATIONS

Описание: (15 Jan 1998) Natural Sound

Montenegro's Interior Ministry has banned demonstrations after protesters and police clashed on the eve of the inauguration of the newly elected president.

51 people, including six civilians, were injured on Wednesday night as protesters supporting outgoing President Momir Bulatovic lobbed stones and Molotov cocktails, the Interior Ministry said.

The clean-up has begun in Podgorica after the riots of Wednesday night.

The night before, riot police used tear gas, clubs and water cannons to push back about 10-thousand demonstrators who threw stones at guards and shattered windows in the government building.

Others tossed Molotov cocktails at police, and some were seen
carrying automatic rifles.

Police fired round after round of tear gas, leaving the capital of Podgorica blanketed in a choking fog.

Allies of the newly elected president, Milo Djukanovic, accused the Yugoslav government of obstructing democracy in Montenegro,

Djukanovic, a pro-western candidate, won the October presidential election in Montenegro and is scheduled to take office on Thursday in a ceremony in Cetinje, 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Podgorica.

Bulatovic has refused to recognise the result of the balloting, claiming fraud, though foreign observers have called the elections generally free and fair.

Bulatovic's supporters have responded to his call for protests and have held three days of protests culminating in Wednesday nights riots.

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