SRNA REVIEW OF EVENING NEWS, July 31, 1996

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From: Mirjana Petrovic <almirja@cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu>

BANJALUKA - The members of the expert team and the State Commission of the Republika Srpska /RS/ for the POW's exchange and missing persons identified in Banjaluka three of 42 exhumed killed Serbian civilians and soldiers from the mass grave in the village Kamen near Glamoc. The bodies of the civilians Mara Rujevic from Drvar, Vinka Baros and Vlado Toljagic from Kljuc were identified.

HAGUE - The famous Belgrade's lawyer and the member of the delegation of RS at the talks with the representatives of the Hague Tribunal Igor Pantelic stated that "there is no way to accept obligations and attitudes about the cooperation of RS with the Tribunal out the constitutional and legal system of the Republika Srpska"."The constitution and attached regulations of RS do not allow extradition of any of its citizens, whether it is the political leader or the common citizen. The one who would have done it, would be taken the legal responsibility, because it would represent the treason of the treason of the national inter ests", explained Pantelic.

HAGUE - The minister of Justice in the RS Government high lighted that the delegation of the Republika Srpska "informed the Hague tribunal with the fact that Srpska was always ready for the cooperation with the Court, and will cooperate furthermore, but only in accordance with the constitution and attached laws". According to him, to the representatives of the Court is present ed the evidence connected with the crimes committed by members of the MoslemCroatian military formations, and the Court "showed its readiness for all of that material, in accordance with the regulations, set in process".

HAGUE - RS and Hague Tribunal announced the cooperation, so the war criminals, no matter the ethnical and religious origin, would be tried in Hague or the courts in Srpska, but the Serbian delegation rejected the accusations on account of Radovan Karad zic and the possibility of his extradition to the Tribunal. "Our delegation exchanged the views about the cooperation with the Tribunal, for which the RS is obliged by Dayton Agreement", confirmed Arsovic, which was escorted by his deputy Goran Neskovic, appointed as the liaison officer with the Tribunal.

BELGRADE - The president of the Democratic Party of Serbia /DSS/ Vojislav Kostunica stated that the impending elections in RS do not depend on those who are participating, but also those not participating, and having the impact on elections. Kostunica, at the press conference expressed his conviction that the Serbian Democratic Party /SDS/, undoubtedly, "is that power which will tend to the preservation of the independence of RS".

NOVI SAD - The Serbian Board for the defence of the rights and freedom sent the appeal "to the moral conscience of citizens in the country and abroad in the world", while warning on the "domestic indifference" after the campaign against RS. The board warns "that the impending elections in the former B&H could be the last chance for the political leaders of RS for maximal discrediting and instead of it to place another leadership which will be controlled by Slobodan Milosevic.

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