SERBIA: SITUATION LATEST WRAP

Описание: (9 Oct 2000) Natural Sound
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Yugoslavia's new president pushed aside bastions of Slobodan Milosevic's power base with little resistance on Monday.

The country's prime minister and Serbia's police chief resigned and a tentative date was set for new elections in the dominant republic.

The resignation of Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic and Serbia's interior minister Vlajko Stojiljkovic came after all major Serbian parties agreed to hold early elections in Serbia in December.

The resignation of Bulatovic means that his government will act only until a new Cabinet is elected.

But hardline Milosevic supporters in the Serbian legislature later postponed a decision to dissolve the entire Serbian government until Tuesday.

Earlier, sources close to Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said the Serbian government had definitely resigned Monday.

The parliament in Serbia, the larger of Yugoslavia's two republics, insisted it would remain in office until early elections tentatively set for December.

Serbia's president and parliament are elected separately from federal posts and were not involved in the contentious federal vote on September 24.

Coming out of the Serbian Presidency, after meeting with the anti-Milosevic camp, Milan Milutinovic gave a short statement saying that the elections will most probably be held on December 19.

Meanwhile, a mob of angry workers attacked Radoman Bozovic, a close Milosevic aide and the director of a Genex trading corporation.

Later, Bozovic resigned as the head of the export-import company.

Pro-democracy leader Zoran Djindjic confirmed the new elections.

A technical government will rule Serbia until December 19.

In a more dramatic move Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic resigned only hours after the government of Serbia stepped down.

Bulatovic and the top leaders in the Serbian government were close Milosevic allies.

Given the current popular wave of support for the new president, Kostunica is likely to win a strong majority in the republic's new parliament.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We have achieved a very important achievements about elections on the 19th of December. We are all satisfied with this solution and all four political parties showed interest in peaceful compromise. We should try bring all these democratic movements to the institutions."
SUPER CAPTION: Zoran Djindjic, Pro-democracy leader

SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Parliament of Serbia must adopt very soon all basic democratic laws for a new democratic election."
SUPER CAPTION: Vuk Draskovic, Serbian renewal party

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