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Yugoslav Daily Survey, 96-12-25Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>CONTENTS
[01] SERBIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT ANDJUDGESPresident of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic has referred to the Republican Parliament candidate proposals for Serbian Constitutional Court President and judges.Candidate for Constitutional Court President is Ratko Butulija, a Supreme Court Judge and acting President of the Constitutional Court. Outgoing President of the Constitutional Court of Serbia Balsa Spadijer has been appointed Ambassador of the FR Yugoslavia in the Republic of Hungary. Candidates for Constitutional Court Judges are Spasenija Babovic, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Serbia and Tefik Lugichi, lawyer, who performed the duties of Minister of Trade and Tourism in the previous Government of the Republic of Serbia. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[02] ONLY TWO PERSONS GRAVELY WOUNDED AT RALLY 'FOR SERBIA'The rally 'for Serbia' attended by over 500,000 citizens of that Yugoslav Republic, was held in peace and dignity despite attempts of Coalition Zajedno supporters to causeincidents, and even open conflict. According to emergencies hospital a total of fifteen people have been wounded, or which thirteen lightly, who after treatment were released.Two persons admitted by 17:00 (local time) have remained in hospital, Dr Rade Vasilic said. One of the two was wounded by fire arms. His name is Ivica Lazovic (43) from Boljevac, a village in the municipality of Zemun, and after a successful operation he will undergo further treatment. Dr Vasilic added that Marjanovic Steva (44) from Belgrade is also still in hospital with a broken leg. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[03] MANIFESTATION OF SUPPORT TO PRESIDENT MILOSEVICA magnificent rally 'for Serbia' was held on Tuesday afternoon in Belgrade attended by over half a million citizens of Serbia and Belgrade who welcomed with ovations President Slobodan Milosevic as he addressed them.The rally, which expressed full support to the policy of peace, freedom and independence of the country being followed by President Milosevic, started a few minutes after 3 p.m. with the national anthem 'Hej Sloveni'. The most eminent officials of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Belgrade were present at a stand built for the occasion in the center of the capital city. The rally was attended by Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic, Serbian Parliament Speaker Dragan Tomic, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic, Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Gorica Gajevic, Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Sainovic, Federal Minister Tomica Raicevic, President of the Yugoslav Left (JUL) Directorate Prof. Mira Markovic, Head of Belgrade Socialists Branislav Ivkovic, Belgrade Mayor Nebojsa Covic and many other federal and republican officials and deputies. The surrounding streets were overflowing with people wishing to express their support to President Milosevic. Participants in the rally carried posters whose slogans included 'traitors out,' 'we will not give serbia,' 'opposition yes, as it is no', 'democracy for everyone, not just a minority,' 'we build, 'zajedno' wrecks,' 'our flags are sacred to us,' and 'belgrade's honour must not be tarnished.' The rally was opened by actor Lepomir Ivkovic, who set out that the manfestation was 'to show to the world how dear dignity is to serbia, and how Serbia highly values its freedom and independence.' 'We are not here to seek mandate and power, but to defend Serbia and Yugoslavia against those who demand that others give them what the people and citizens of Serbia will not'. 'We here are Serbia which wants the will of the people to be respected, which wants to remind all who have forgotten that the people gives mandate in serbia, that power is won in elections and not marches,' Ivkovic said. The first speaker at the rally was student Gorica Oklopdzija of Backa Palanka, who said that she understood young people who found their interest in politics and the fact that their political positions were different, but that she could not understand that 'young educated (people) agree to be a means for attaining power instead of defending their interests in politics.' 'What is the young people's interest. To live in peace, to be educated, to get a chance to express themselves through work. That is why I support those who can ensure it. The forces and the policy that guarantee order to the country, that guarantee a chance for free education, for free medical treatment, which are a guarantee that is hall not be ashamed of my historic roots, but without its being an obstacle to my baldly going to Europe and the world,' she stressed. 'Conjurers from the Zajedno Club want to create capitalism and overall privatisation, speedy and undisputable. They say it will be better then. They do not say to whom and how much, they do not say whether there will be free education then, they do not say whether students will then be able to strike for a month and who will pay forit. They do not say who will pay for a student lunch that costs one and a half dinars, ensure free dormitories, nor do they say how we will be medically treated, how we will take care of the elderly,' she added. 'This is why I and the majority of my coevals want a policy that observes the ideals and values of justice, independence, solidarity, these are big goals,' Gorica Oklopdzija underscored. Our people, she said, 'does not have anybody better and more able and more consistent in these principles than Slobodan Milosevic.' 'He has proved it. This is why Serbia trusts him. This is why we give him our full support,' Gorica Oklopdzija stressed. Slobodan Milunovic from Krusevac said that people from his district have since the beginning of the century been for Serbia, its independence and freedom, peace and justice. 'some of our Serbians, with help from abroad, want to sell Serbia and beg for more sanctions. They have taken off their masks and unveiled their true faces to the entire world. We are insulted by foreign flags in the streets as they insult the memory of our fallen fathers and grandfathers, our destrroyed homes and despoiled spiritual wealth'. Student Ivana Bojovic from Belgrade said in a message to her fellow students that 'those who think with their own heads are now intheir colleges', adding that 'only by studying can we help ourselves, our families, our towns, our people and Serbia'. Noting that students should go to classes instead of carrying the German flag through their city, Bojovic underlined that 'it must be known once and for all that only we can choose in our Serbia, and we have chosen the men who have withstood all pressures, who have stood fast and who have preserved Serbia'. 'We have our own flags, our own symbols. We have our President Slobodan Milosevic', she said and added 'the students of Belgrade give their unreserved support to the policy of President Milosevic and know that only under his leadership can they have safety, freedom, prosperity and a future'. World War II veteran and national hero Lazar Markovic condemned the carrying of foreign flags in Belgrade as an insult to the combatants of liberation wars, and added it was deadly and unacceptable for a part of Serbia's youth to bow to foreign symbols. Srdjan Smiljkovic from Belgrade said that dignity and freedom were being measured today in Belgrade, recalling that Serbia had for centuries been 'a rampart that bled every time Europe was bleeding, but in these past years only we have been bleeding'. Underlining that Serbia has had enough of blood and wars, Smiljkovic added that what the opposition had been doing in Serbia was not democracy but the selling of the country and treason. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[04] RALLY OF THE COALITION ZAJEDNOAfter a number of attempts at provoking participants in the rally 'For Serbia,' supporters of the opposition Coalition Zajedno (Together) on Tuesday changed their route and walked the streets far from the centre of Belgrade in a tense atmosphere which they were creating in the capital of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the afternoon, after which their rally was held at republic square in downtown Belgrade.Rallying at the square, Coalition's supporters were trying to approach participants in the rally 'For Serbia' in nearby Terazije square, but were prevented by a very professional action of police, who used absolutely no force. Police showed up somewhat after 2 p.m. (1300 gmt), at the moment when Zajedno supporters, after many verbal provocations, showered participants in the rally 'For Serbia' with firecrackers, sticks and other objects. Police did not intervene, although participants in the rally at Republic Square threw different objects at them too. Led by Vuk Draskovic, Vesna Pesic and Zoran Djindjic, the Zajedno Coalition's procession went through streets which are not too close to the centre. Draskovic, who was the first to speak at the rally, accused the authorities of wishing to provoke conflicts. Draskovic congratulated his supporters on being 'conscientious.' Djindjic belittled the participants in the rally 'for Serbia,' using different names including 'poor mice' to describe them and accusing Serbian Authorities of trying to cause an unstable situation. During the opposition rally, the announcer repeatedly invited Coalition's supporters to withdraw from the two streets linking the squares, where police were constantly provoked and where different objects were thrown at them. Police were forced to use tear-gas twice, when the attacks became serious and groups of protestors in an aggressive mood were goingtowards them. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[05] RALLY 'FOR SERBIA'By playing the official national anthem, a magnificent people's Rally for Serbia started some time after 15:00 (local time) in the center of Belgrade where its residents and those of other cities of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia express support for the policy of President Slobodan Milosevic.In front of the speaker's platform, dominated by the slogan 'For Serbia', are flags of Serbia and of FR Yugoslavia, many pictures of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and tens of thousands of posters with expressions of support for the policy of peace, freedom, dignity, inependence of the country. Over 500,000 people are estimated to be at the rally. Columns of citizens of Belgrade and all other parts of Serbia have been arriving since early this morning and accesses tot he site of holding of the rally were too small for all those who wanted to extend their support for the policy of progress and development of the country. A number of supporters of the Zajedno opposition coalition tried persistently at the beginning of the rally to obstruct the holding of the Rally for Serbia. After the national anthem, people started chanting the name of the President of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, amid cries of 'long live Serbia', the rally was addressed by actor Lepomir Ivkovic who said that gathered there was a Serbia for dignity, peace and progress. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[06] MONTENEGRIN PREMIER PROPOSES NEW GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGROMontenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic proposed three new Deputy Prime Ministers, four Ministers without portfolio and 17 portfolio Ministers at a Parliamentary session of the Montenegrin Parliament held Tuesday.According to Prime Minister Djukanovic's proposal the new Deputy Prime Ministers are Miodrag Vukovic and Slavko Drljevic. Deputy Prime Minister Asim Telacevic will remain in office. Newly-elected Ministers without portfolio are Mladen Vukcevic, Franjo Dedvukaj, Slavoljub Stijepovic and Rajko Milovic. Two former members of Government will change portfolios. Trade Minister Dusko Lalicevic will become Justice Minister and Minister without portfolio Miladin Vukotic will become Minister for the Environment. New Minister for Education and Science is Dragan Kujovic, Minister for Culture Goran Rakocevic, Minister for Navigation and Transport Andrija Perisic, Minister for Tourism Ivo Armenko and Minister for Trade Branko Radovic. The following Ministers will remain in office: Filip Vujanovic (Interior), Pedrag Goranovic (Finance), Janko Jeknic (Foreign Affairs), Miodrag Gomilanovic (Energy, Industry and Mines), Radivoje Rasovic (Agriculture and Forestry), Radovan Bakic (Planning), Miomir Mugosa (Health), Branimir Bojanic (Labour and Social Security), Slobodan Tomovic (Religion), Bozidar Ivanovic (Sport). Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[07] SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZES PART OF OPPOSITIONSerbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic said on Tuesday that there were extremely rightist parties which express their dissatisfaction with election results by causing disturbances in the streets of Belgrade and some other towns in Serbia. They are doing so by 'calling for political terrorism, threatening the authorities as well as passers-by, manipulating childern and young people, calling for help from foreign states, spreading lies on their own country, etc.', Marjanovic told a Serbian Parliament session in Belgrade.Through such behaviour, those parties not only spread unrest and destabilize the society which needs a peaceful and stable atmosphere in order to recover from the recent traumas, they also intentionally cause harm to the country's reputation in the world and are attempting to obtain support from the enemies of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for all forms of pressure on it. Marjanovic said he was referring to the chiefs of a part of the opposition, who had some time ago, after the anti-Yugoslav sanctions were lifted, astonished both Yugoslav and world public opinion by protesting abroad against the lifting of the sanctions. 'The world history of national treason has perhaps never registered such hatred for one's own country', Marjanovic said. 'A great battle is underway against Yugoslavia and especially Serbia. The battle is being fought by the Coalition Zajedno and Yugoslavia's enemies abroad, and is supported by Albanian separatists in Kosovo and other parties, groups and individuals known for their anti-Serbian and anti- Yugoslav activities', the Prime Minister said. In its commitment to develop as a modern, democratic and humane society, Serbia needs various concepts of such development, as well as institutions of the system in which such concepts will be confronted and reaffirmed. But it is precisely due to its commitment to a modern, democratic and humane society that Serbia cannot allow violence, threats and blackmail to prevail over institutions, concepts and dialogue, Marjanovic said. Serbia and Yugoslavia are entirely committed to all forms of cooperation with their neighbors, Europe and the entire world. This cooperation is an essential condition for Serbia's future economic and cultural recovery. But cooperation is one thing, and urging foreign countries to interfere in Yugoslavia's and Serbia's political and social affairs is a different thing altogether, Marjanovic said. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[08] SERBIAN PREMIER ON OWNERSHIP TRANSFORMATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSerbian Premier Mirko Marjanovic said Tuesday that the Serbian Government would in future devote far more attention to ownership transformation, with a view to stepping up economic development and growth. Marjanovic told the Serbian Assembly that the Government wanted to offer a comprehensive and flexible model of ownership transformation, one which would enable more effective economic activities.He said it was of the utmost importance that the ownership transformation spur the motivation of future owners, improve the management structure, and open room for the engagement of additional capital, both domestic and foreign. The Serbian Premier told the deputies that special attention would be devoted also to the development of small- and medium-size enterprises. Marjanovic noted that a number of enterprises, especially largeones, would have to change their production programs, secure financial stability, and technologically improve their production processes, all with a view to adjusting themselves to the stiffer conditions on the international market. He said 'no significant production growth could be based strictly on the domestic demand, but called also for higher exports.' Marjanovic noted that the goal was to have the foreign trade soon account for more than 50 percent of the social product, and, in that context, urged a further liberalization of foreign trade and the adjustment of Yugoslav regulations to international standards. 'The return to international organizations, primarily financial ones, is our priority and a condition for an increase in trade and a greater influx of foreign capital,' the Serbian Premier said. According to Marjanovic, the trans-Yugoslav highway project, which will be launched early next year, will greatly help step up the country's economic development. Marjanovic stressed also the importance of the completion of earlier inaugurated projects, including the modernization of the railways and telecommunications, and the building of a gas pipeline. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[09] SERBIAN PREMIER MARJANOVIC ON ECONOMIC TRENDSSerbian Premier Mirko Marjanovic said on Tuesday that the chief economic policy goals in 1997 would be stable prices, a stable dinar, higher production, higher exports, structural changes, and better living standards.Marjanovic told the Serbian Assembly that the planned 1997 growth rates were 13 percent for the social product, 14 percent for the industrial production, 6 for the agriculture, 12 for the buildingindustry, 17 for transportation, 16 for trade, and 20 percent for tourism. Marjanovic said Serbia and Yugoslavia, as a whole, had six difficult years behind them - the disintegration of the former Yugoslav Federation, war in the neighbourhoud, international sanctions, large-scale migrations, especially the nearly 700,000 refugees it has received. 'We have before us a period of major and well organized efforts aimed at economic and overall social recovery, the renewal of severed economic, political and cultural ties with the rest of the world, the securing of a life in peace and security both for the community and individuals, better and stable standards of living, and a faster and contemporary development,' Marjanovic said. Marjanovic said the industrial production growth for 1996 was expected to stand at 8 percent, the growth of the social product at 6-7 percent. He said a significant and encouraging increase in exports had been recorded in the recent months, including one of 37.6 percent in November as compared with the same month of last year. Marjanovic told the deputies that stable prices and a stable dinar were also among the major results. He said price increases had steadily been checked for months, the annual inflation rate for this year would be twice lower than in 1995, and the dinar had been stable for more than a year, contrary to numerous pessimistic forecasts. Marjanovic listed among the major results also a growth in real terms of pays, pensions and other types of personal incomes, and said that average pays had risen in real terms 10.4 percent in november alone. Through great efforts this year, just as in the previous two years, we have financed the budget strictly from real sources of funds and without any revisions, Marjanovic said, and noted that the cited figures clearly showed that economic trends at the close of 1996 were extremely positive. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[10] STUDENTS' RALLYProtest of a part of Belgrade University students started on Tuesday by the usual gathering on the square in front of Philosophy College and ended with a walk through Belgrade streets during which the 'strollers' on several occasions provoked participants of the rally 'for Serbia'. Students passed through several Belgrade streets, and then returned to Republic Square in the center of the city where they joined supporters of the opposition Coalition Zajedno.When they met citizens who were on their way to the rally 'for Serbia', students shouted insults and threw firecrackers. There were also a number of those who wanted to start fights with participants in the rally 'for Serbia' on Terazije, who, for the greatest part, carried Serbian flags, photographs of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and slogans of support for the independence of Serbia. After failing to cause fights with their political opponents, individuals from the students' column spat on parked buses and wrote insulting slogans on them. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1996-12-25 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-24[11] SERBIAN GOVERNMENT WILL FOLLOW A POLICY OF PEACE AND SAFETYSerbia's Government will follow a policy of peace, security of the country and safety of all people, modern and free economic and cultural development and international relations based on equal footing, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic said on Tuesday. Marjanovic made this statement at a Serbian Parliament session, in his report on the Government proposal on Serbia's draft budget for 1997 and related documents.Through such policy, Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will strive to contribute to the endeavors of all progress-loving people throughout the world for lasting peace, equality of peoples and better life of all communities and individuals, Marjanovic said. 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