Srpska Republika News Agency (SRNA), 97-10-04

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From: The Serbian Unity Congress Server at http://www.suc.org

OCT. 4 1997 DAY

NEWS REVIEW, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

SARAJEVO - Employees in the SRT Studio-Pale went on general strike because they were disabled to broadcast their programme. The strike will last until they are enabled to carry out their right to work, i.e when SFOR return the seized transmitters. The Studio was supposed to start its broadcast this morning, but despite warnings by international representatives, they have not got the permission for work yet. The SRT programming is made from the Studio-Banjaluka, even though the Belgrade agreement calls for morning programme from Studio-Pale. Other than this, Studio-Pale started "Slobodno" programme which includes the public tribune "Effects and consequences of international community's moves" with participation of RS vice-premier Aleksa Buha, minister of information Svetlana Siljegovic and deputy foreign minister Radomir Lukic. While expressing his concern over the further implementation of the Dayton agreement, Aleksa Buha said that "recent amending of the Dayton agreement is a wish of a part of the international community to use the principle of relativeness and annul RS and to put us to a pre-war position."

SARAJEVO - SRT Studio-Pale managers and employees set off to the SRT transmission tower on Trebevic where SFOR soldiers are deployed.

SARAJEVO - The Ukrainian SFOR Brigade did not allow SRT employees to visit workers at the SRT transmitter on Trebevic. Senior Lt-colonel Andrey Shavolin stated that after an half an our waiting he received instructions from his command not to allow 30 SRT workers to access the transmitter.

SARAJEVO - The takeover of the SRT transmitters and exclusion of the SRT Studio-Pale form the state programme is a kind of occupation on the part of SFOR with an aim at negate a state and a people, which represent a violation of fundamental civil rights, stated RS vice-premier Velibor Ostojic for SRNA. According to him, "In this way SFOR completely gave up the Dayton agreement, especially the parts which RS does not want to accept the over-dose implementation, i.e. points projecting RS breakup. "

SARAJEVO - The employees of the SRT Studio-Pale went on general strike, confirmed the Serb Radio editor-in-chief, Zoran Zuza. He explained the SRT Studio-Pale would broadcast only news from the state press agency SRNA though "Slobodno" Radio programme, tribunes, proclamations and communiques. He added that "Slobodno" action included the programming and organisation of various tribunes at which eminent persons from public, political and cultural life from RS and Yugoslavia.

SARAJEVO - The take over of SRT transmission towers is a serious project by the international community and a part of our people with a view to destroy RS, stated the Serb TV editor-inchief Drago Vukovic. "It is quite clear that our country is being carved up from in-side. Concretely, in this case, journalists from the SRT Studio-Banjaluka who have long time ago detach from the SRT management, are the authors of the forcible take over of the transmitters. If they had possessed a minimum of professional ethics, they would not have worked today although they were allowed to work", assessed Vukovic.

SARAJEVO - SRNA sent a letter of support to the SRT Studio- Sarajevo regarding the decision of Studio's employees to go to a general strike because of ban on their broadcast. "We support you in your decision to got to a general strike as a sign of protest against a brutal seizure of transmitters and ban on Studio- Sarajevo broadcast. There is not way to justify the introduction of a mere military censorship upon RS media space", says the letter.

BIJELJINA - SFOR forcible seizing of the SRT transmission towers and yielding them to one party in the political dispute represents a move which obviously has nothing to do with democracy, to which the main perpetrators of this act are swearing in which they use for their dishonourable deed, says the letter of support to SRT by the Serb Radio-Bijeljina. "To take away someone's right to work, as happened in your case, is a deeply undemocratic and deserves every condemnation", says the letter.

BANJALUKA - The RS Union Association its Information and Graphic Works Section fully supports the strike of the employees in the SRT Studio-Pale, assessing that they are fighting for elementary human right - right to work. They added that high representative Carlos Westerndorp was asked to disblock four transmission towers and return them to their former users.

SARAJEVO - The SRT in Belgrade sent a telegram to the SRT in Pale in which they supposed the decision of their colleagues to go on strike, and expressed solidarity with the SRT base. They emphasised that the SRT Belgrade branch "remains loyal to the principles of professional and editorial policy of the legitimate SRT management ".

PARIS - French writer, Dimitry T. Analis, sent a telegram to the SRT general manager, Miroslav Toholj regarding the blockade of four TV transmitters. "A list of interventions of this kind - not the mention those during the 1940-1945 in occupied Europe - is very long and you know for it. Still, this is the first time that democracies are boasting about such moves", says Analis, and adds that term democracy should be written under quotes.

DOBOJ - The SRT transmitter in Duge Njive, half way between Doboj and Modrica, is secured this morning by Norwegian SFOR contingent, announced Norwegian colonel Bror Stundsorm. In the area around the transmitter, SFOR engineering units are fortifying their positions and are building two access roads to link Duge njive with the Doboj-Modrica highway.

BRCKO - Supervisor for Brcko, Robert Farrand, accused RS police of failure in planning and providing security for residents in the Brcko bordering areas. "The comments on uncontrolled entries of the Federal police members into the zone of separation and lack of freedom of movement can be ascribed to the failure of the RS police to plan and provide effective security for ethnic groups", reads supervisor's announcement.

BANJALUKA - The president of the Socialist Party for RS (SP for RS) Zivko Radisic, talked in Banjaluka with the OSCE Mission political director, Vladimir Kuznyecov on preparations for early parliamentarian and presidential elections in RS. "We discussed the up-coming early parliamentarian and presidential elections in RS and creation of as conducive as possible conditions for their implementation under OSCE supervision", announced the SP for RS Information Service.

SKOPLJE - The Democratic Party of the Serbs in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (BJRM), sharply condemns the protests by Albanian students in the Kossovo and Metohija, and condemns the protests of Belgrade students who call on their Kossovo colleagues to riot, thus favouring the break-up of their own state. "The unprincipled role of Belgrade students show their frivolity, egoism and betrayal of their own people and state. All citizens must be clear that the Constitution and Law must be complied with", says the announcement.

PODGORICA - In Monte Negro, 458,871 eligible voters will go to presidential elections tomorrow on October 5, to he held at 878 polling stations from 7:00 to 19:00 hrs. Among eight presidential candidates, including president of the Serbian Democratic Party for Monte Negro, Novica Vojinovic, the current president Momir Bulatovic and prime minister Milo Djukanovic are the main favourites.

BRATUNAC - The humanitarian agency "Pharmaceutics Without Borders" donated to Bratunac medical centre a DEM 70,000 worth laboratory equipment.

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