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Serbia Today, 96-11-04

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From: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>

Serbia Today

4 November 1996


CONTENTS

  • [01] MILOSEVIC: GREAT IMPORTANCE OF ELECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
  • [02] 61 PERCENT OF VOTERS APPEARED AT THE POLLING STATIONS
  • [03] FOREIGN OBSERVERS AT THE YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS
  • [04] A CONVINCING LEAD OF THE LEFT
  • [05] DPS ANNOUNCES ELECTORAL VICTORY
  • [06] THE LEFTIST COALITION IS WINNING
  • [07] PROTOCOL ADOPTED ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NEWS AGENCIES OF THE BALKANS
  • [08] SERBIAN CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS IN ISRAEL
  • [09] TRACTORS FOR CHINESE

  • [01] MILOSEVIC: GREAT IMPORTANCE OF ELECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

    President of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic stated yesterday that the elections are having great importance for the future of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

    While addressing the press after voting in Belgrade, President state the following for the journalists:

    "I am sure that the elections are also having great importance for the stability in the entire region. Our citizens know this very well, and I am convinced that they will respond in large numbers and go to the polls." (Politika, November 4, 1996)

    [02] 61 PERCENT OF VOTERS APPEARED AT THE POLLING STATIONS

    President of the Federal Electoral Commission Rajko Nisavic stated last night after 22:00 hours, that the elections have taken place in a dignified manner, in peace and order. At the regular federal elections, according to as yet unofficial and incomplete information of the Commission, 61 percent of voters appeared at the polling stations, from some 7.6 million eligible voters. They are electing 138 deputies for the Chamber of Citizens, in accordance with the rules of proportionate electoral system and according to the system of one deputy elected by 65,000 citizens. The elections for the local authorities are being held according to the rules of the majoritarian electoral system.

    Some 11,000 electoral committees last night, after the closing of the polling stations, started counting the votes, and according to the Law on Election of Federal Deputies, the final results should be announced on Thursday. Counting of votes is also taking place for the Parliament of Montenegro, as well as for the local authorities in both of the republics. (TANJUG, November 4, 1996)

    [03] FOREIGN OBSERVERS AT THE YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS

    President of the Federal Electoral Commission Rajko Nisavic received on Saturday the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O.S.C.E.) headed by Eshil Erlandson, the Swedish parliamentarian. Nisavic informed the guests of our electoral system, competencies of the Federal Electoral Commission and the pre-electoral activities so far. All the preparations for the elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have been successfully completed, so that the elections may take place properly and in accordance with the law, said Nisavic. (Vecernje novosti, November 4, 1996)

    [04] A CONVINCING LEAD OF THE LEFT

    The spokesman of the Socialist Party of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, stated late last night that according to the unofficial results of the federal elections, the unique list of the SPS-JUL-ND-Slobodan Milosevic (Socialist Party of Serbia - Yugoslav United Left - New Democracy - Slobodan Milosevic) is having a convincing lead. He also said that from slightly below 870,000 of the so far counted votes at the yesterday's elections for the Federal Parliament, over 455,000 votes were given to the unique list of the leftist forces, followed by the Coalition "Zajedno" ("Together") with 182,000 votes and the Serbian Radical Party with 142,000 votes. (TANJUG, November 4, 1996)

    [05] DPS ANNOUNCES ELECTORAL VICTORY

    Electoral headquarters of the Democratic Party of Socialist (DPS) officially, two hours after midnight, announced its victory at the third multi-party elections in Montenegro, which was celebrated by an extensive fire works from the headquarter's building of the Democratic Party of Socialists in Podgorica.

    According to as yet incomplete data from the polling stations throughout the Republic, the ruling party is convincingly leading in the 11 of the total of 14 electoral units for the deputies to the Parliament of Montenegro. (TANJUG, November 4, 1996)

    [06] THE LEFTIST COALITION IS WINNING

    In the first comments on the Yugoslav elections, foreign media are forecasting an assured victory of the united left. News agencies, like the France-Press, are pointing out that Socialists are regarded as favorites "both in Serbia and in Montenegro". British Reuters news agency is reporting the prognostic of the political analysts that President Slobodan Milosevic's "coalition will triumph over the opposition parties". German DPA agency is also forecasting that "the greatest chances for victory is having the block of the united left headed by Slobodan Milosevic". The identical forecasts were also reported in many newspapers in the world. (TANJUG, November 4, 1996)

    [07] PROTOCOL ADOPTED ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NEWS AGENCIES OF THE BALKANS

    By adopting the protocol on further cooperation, in Novi Sad on Sunday a two-day meeting of the high officials of the nine news agencies of all the Balkan countries was adjourned, gathered in the association ABNA. In this document is was stated that the gathering was very successful because, most of all, a concrete agreement was reached on the next steps to be taken towards realization of the project "Diavlos" ("Corridor" in Greek), which is foreseeing the creation of a single telecommunication and information system of the Balkans and creation of the data bank of the Association of the Balkan News Agencies (ABNA) with the seat in Thessaloniki. (Borba, November 4, 1996)

    [08] SERBIAN CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS IN ISRAEL

    Delegation of the Ministry of Civil Engineering of Serbia, headed by the Vice President of the City Assembly of Belgrade (deputy mayor of Belgrade) Slobodan Drobnjakovic, arrived last night on a several-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian autonomous regions. It is scheduled for the delegation to meet with the representatives of the Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank, to discuss possibilities for the participation of the Yugoslav companies in the reconstruction of these areas. The delegation will also have talks with the representatives of the Chamber of Economy of Israel and businessmen of this country on the future cooperation. (Politika, November 4, 1996)

    [09] TRACTORS FOR CHINESE

    In the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Beijing, on Saturday, an agreement was signed on the delivery to China of one thousand tractors manufactured by the IMT company of Belgrade, in the value of 22 million US dollars. This contract is the realization of the agreement concluded between the Chinese oil company CHINEHEM and the Belgrade NIS Jugopetrol on the barter arrangement for the deliveries of the Chinese oil in exchange for the Yugoslav goods. (Vecernje novosti, November 3, 1996)
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