Srpska Republika News Agency (SRNA), 97-12-29

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

DEC. 29, 1997 EVENING

NEWS REVIEW, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

SARAJEVO - The president of the former convocation and the presiding of the Constitutive session of the National Assembly of RS Dragan Kalinic thinks that, if the High Representative for B&H determine the key officials in the government and Assembly of RS it would be "direful for Serbian people". In the statement for Radio BBC Kalinic conceded that all "variants are possible", even the ones "almost incredible" for Serbs. He is convinced that the High Representatives will use extended authority which he got at the Bonn Conference in case if in the long time period the RS Parliament was not constituted.

BELGRADE - The president of the Serbian Democratic Party /SDS/ of Serbia Dragoljub Kojcic stated that the session of the RS National Assembly was "difficult", because not enough readiness was shown in order to come to final results. At the regular press conference in Belgrade Kojcic said that in her addressing the delegates the RS president Biljana Plavsic clearly showed that she works in favour of international community.

BELGRADE - The president of Democratic Party of Serbia /DSS/ Vojislav Kostunica thinks that the "main and greatest problem in constituting the new Government of RS is the obstinate endeavour of the president of Republic to impose the mandator of the Government aside the anticipated procedure, not respecting the will of the majority of electorate". "The will of the voters could be ignored by Carlos Westendorp, but that in no way must do the person on the highest state post, who came on this position thanks to the will of voters", stressed Kostunica to SRNA. He noted that "the election of the new mandator was not performed properly" and that "it is being reiterated what happened during dismissal of National Assembly by president of RS".

BELGRADE - The Secretary General of the Serbian Radical Party /SRS/ Aleksandar Vucic assessed as the not logical act of the president of RS Biljana Plavsic, who proposed for mandator

"the man who has no support by the parliamentary majority". "Perhaps she wants that Moslems vote for him, because neither that Coalition -Serbian People's Union, socialists, social-democrats and Moslems - is not impossible. That must be said openly and publicly to the people" - said Vucic for SRNA.

BELGRADE - The vice-president of Socialist Party of Serbia /SPS/ Milorad Vucelic expressed concern in Belgrade because of the break of the session of RS National Assembly. " The main and basic objective must always the preserving RS and its unity, and because of that there must not be disagreement about that" - stressed Vucelic and added: "All entities on the political stage in RS must have in mind only unity of the country, the unity of all political and all patriotic forces".

BIJELJINA - Nobody of us in no way did not participate in the organising or sabotage of the direct TV broadcasting of the session of National Assembly of RS - is stated in the today's answer of the officials of the municipality Bijeljina accused by the Deputy High Representative Hans Schumacher for sabotage of the direct broadcast of this session. "Studio in Bijeljina is one of three studios in composition of the Serbian Radio-TV and municipal organs do not interfere nor can determine the way of work of this house" - is said in the announcement.

BRCKO - The members of the new multi-ethnical composition of the Police in Brcko, which was formed in accordance with the order of the international supervisor Robert Farrand, have taken over the uniforms of RS police with the previous marks and has got the duties from the leading persons of the Station for Public Security /CJB/. In accordance with the order of international supervisor on establishing the multi-ethnical police, police duties in Brcko will perform 230 policeman between which 120 Serbs, 90 Moslems and 20 Croats.

SARAJEVO - The Constitutional Court rejected the requirement of 12 organisations and Unions from Federation B&H for cancelling the Decision on nomination the vice-president of RS Government Velibor Ostojic for the president of the Commission on Human Rights, which on September 16 had brought the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of B&H. In the explanation of the Decision on rejecting that requirement, which the Constitutional Court of B&H verified on December 22, is stated that those who submitted it required from the constitutional Court that, in the framework of by Constitution determined competence, assess the constitutionality and legality of the Decision of the House of Representatives about appointment of Mr. Ostojic on that post.

BANJA LUKA - The expert medicine team head by the pathologist Zeljko Karan identified in Banja Luka the bodies of the six members of RS Army killed in last battles during 1995 on Ozren and Grmec mountains. Identified was Dragutin Simic from Vozuca, member of the Fourth Ozren brigade, which body was exhumed from the mass grave Stog on Ozren, while in the mass grave in Krnjusa near Petrovac were found the killed Sinisa Kevic from Banja Luka, the member of the First Krajina brigade, Milorad and Grujo Santrac, Zeljko Novakovic and Predrag Jovic - all from the village Risovac the members of the Third Petrovac brigade.

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