Yugoslav Daily Survey, 96-11-04

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CONTENTS

[01] LILIC CONFIDENT ABOUT CITIZENS VOTING FOR PROGRESS-ORIENTATED YUGOSLAVIA

[02] MILOSEVIC STRESSES SIGNIFICANCE OF YUGOSLAVIA'S GENERAL ELECTIONS

[03] BULATOVIC: CORRECT AND FAIR ELECTIONS

[04] KONTIC EXPECTS YUGOSLAVIA'S FURTHER AFFIRMATION

[05] ELECTIONS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE FOR YUGOSLAVIA

[06] OPPOSITION LEADERS IN SERBIA CERTAIN IN ELECTIONS VICTORY

[07] TURNOUT AT YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS - 61 PERCENT

[08] FOREIGN MONITORS: YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS FREE AND DEMOCRATIC

[09] WORLD PREDICTS VICTORY OF UNITED LEFT AT YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS

[10] REPUBLIKA SRPSKA - DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FUNDS

[01] LILIC CONFIDENT ABOUT CITIZENS VOTING FOR PROGRESS-ORIENTATED YUGOSLAVIA

Lilic said the strength of Yugoslavia depended on the happiness of its citizens, regardless of their ethnic or religious origin, and said deputies elected to the Yugoslav Parliament would be largely responsible for the achievement of these goals.

[02] MILOSEVIC STRESSES SIGNIFICANCE OF YUGOSLAVIA'S GENERAL ELECTIONS

Addressing reporters after voting in what are the third Parliamentary elections since the Constitution of Yugoslavia in April 1992, Milosevic said the elections were vital also for stability in the entire Region.

Milosevic said he was confident that the turnout of voters at polling stations would be high, because he said the citizens of Yugoslavia were aware of the importance of the elections.

[03] BULATOVIC: CORRECT AND FAIR ELECTIONS

In a statement made after voting, Bulatovic said he hoped that the General and Parliamentary elections will be a democratic step toward the development of Montenegro and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic expressed his belief that the winner of the Republican elections will be able to rule in stability and lead Montenegro toward its economic and democratic prosperity.

The General Parliamentary elections in Montenegro are followed by foreign observers, including the Delegation of the US Foundation for National Security and Turkish Parliament Deputy Speaker Kamer Genz.

[04] KONTIC EXPECTS YUGOSLAVIA'S FURTHER AFFIRMATION

Kontic told reporters after casting his vote that he was primarily referring to the recovery of the economy and further revival of production and exports. In the area of the foreign policy, he said he expected Yugoslavia's definite reintegration into international political, financial, trade, and other organizations. He said this was all in the interest of further raising the living standard of Yugoslav citizens and a better quality of life.

Kontic said he was relying on the strengthening of Federal functions and Yugoslavia's further affirmation on the international stage 'because this is a guarantee for the further successful development of the Peace Process in these lands.'

[05] ELECTIONS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE FOR YUGOSLAVIA

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic said after casting his vote that this was a 'historic day' and that he hoped the best candidates would win so that Yugoslavia's and Serbia's speedy economic development would be secured.

Yugoslav Interior Minister Vukasin Jokanovic told Tanjug after he voted in Pristina, the capital of Serbia's Southern Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Kosmet), that the elections would contribute to the stabilization of overall relations in Kosmet, Serbia and the entire country. Jokanovic said the voting was proceeding in peace and dignity. He said he believed slightly more ethnic Albanians would vote this time than on previous occasions, although 'members of the Albanian ethnic minority in Kosmet are still under strong pressure from their separatist leaders.'

Deputy Yugoslav Prime Minister Jovan Zebic said the people had declared themselves in a plebiscitary way on which path they wished to take into the 21st century and showed who would have their confidence. Zebic said Yugoslavia would enter the new year with 'a new structure of Parliament and new conditions for business operations.' These very elections are the time when the right path must be chosen, the path of economic prosperity, peace and development, he said.

Premier Bosko Perosevic of Serbia's Northern Vojvodina Province spoke to reporters after voting in the Provincial capital of Novi Sad. He said that he shared 'the opinion and wish of citizens that all of us, together, live much better after these elections.' 'There are grounds for this in our economic potentials and staff,' Perosevic said, and added that he expected that 'Yugoslavia will have a stable Federal Parliament after these elections and a strong Federation, with clearly differentiated competencies of the Republics.'

Deputy Serbian Premier Svetozar Krstic said these elections would be followed by a general mobilization of all political forces in the territory of the FRY which are for peace and return to the International Community. He said he hoped this task would be successfully completed.

[06] OPPOSITION LEADERS IN SERBIA CERTAIN IN ELECTIONS VICTORY

Democratic Party of Serbia President Vojislav Kostunica said after voting that he expected the ratio of forces in the Yugoslav Parliament's Lower House to change in favour of the opposition.

Serbian Renewal Movement President Vuk Draskovic said, announcing the victory of the Opposition Coalition 'Zajedno,' that Yugoslav citizens were this time voting for 'themselves, a better life, a way out of the crisis.'

Civic Alliance of Serbia President Vesna Pesic also said she was confident the Opposition Coalition would win because many citizens wanted 'Serbia to change.'

Democratic Party President Zoran Djindjic said most of the Serbian electorate would vote for change, and that the Coalition 'Zajedno' was the only political advocate of a program of reforms and changes.

Serbian Radical Party President Vojislav Seselj said these elections were a 'grand rehearsal' for the Parliamentary and Presidential elections in Serbia next year. The Serbian Radical Party is not a member of the Coalition 'Zajedno.'

[07] TURNOUT AT YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS - 61 PERCENT

Commission member Milovan Zivkovic said about 67% of the registered voters had come to the polls in Montenegro and about 59% in Serbia. Zivkovic said the turnout of voters was satisfactory under international norms. The figure for the turnout of voters in Serbia is smaller because ethnic Albanians did not vote for deputies in Federal Parliament, he said.

The Elections Commission will announce the complete data for all 36 election units after noon local time Monday, it was heard at the Session.

[08] FOREIGN MONITORS: YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS FREE AND DEMOCRATIC

Minitor from Ghana Mishel Afedi Giza said the elections were free after visiting many election units. He said there had been no problems and everything had been well organized.

Monitors from Norway were in the town of Subotica in the northern Yugoslav Province of Vojvodina.

U.S. monitors, who were in Pozarevac, eastern Serbia, expressed satisfaction with the elections procedure.

Belgian monitors Jan Lunes and Erica Tijs who visited a few polling stations in Belgrade, Nis, Jagodina, and Lapovo stressed they had not seen any irregularities. The Belgian monitors said there had been some objects regarding incomplete election lists in certain polling stations, but these cases were rare, since everything else was correct within the same election unit. Tijs and Lunes, members of the Belgian Senate, especially praised the organization of the elections and stressed good cooperation among representatives of different parties at the polling stations.

Zimbabwean Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Ambrose Mutinhiri said the elections had been free and fair after he had visited many polling stations in Belgrade. He said representatives of political parties and citizens with whom he had spoken had not had any objections regarding the regularity of elections.

As many as 88 foreign monitors observed the Sunday elections in Yugoslavia.

[09] WORLD PREDICTS VICTORY OF UNITED LEFT AT YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS

British, Swiss and French commentators were united in assessments that candidates of the Leftist Coalition of the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Yugoslav Left, and New Democracy, would win the elections.

In analyses based on reports from polling stations, the French News Agency AFP said the Socialists were considered the favourites in both Federal units - Serbia and Montenegro.

The British News Agency Reuter carried predictions by political analysts that the Coalition of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic would triumph over opposition parties. Analysts in London mostly believe the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists would win in Montenegro and that voters do not favour the Opposition which mostly urges the secession of this Republic from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

British commentators also said the Serbian Opposition Coalition 'Zajedno' (Together) was composed of different political opinions and that it was deeply divided on the inside, calling it a marriage of convenience.

The German News Agency DPA also said the Bloc of the United Left led by Slobodan Milosevic had the greatest chances to win the elections. The essence of all observations by German commentators is that the United Left can rely on winning an overwhelming majority vote, while the Coalition 'Zajedno' has shown with its constant quarrels that it is incapable of offering a true alternative to the policy of Slobodan Milosevic.

[10] REPUBLIKA SRPSKA - DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FUNDS

Vallich was speaking after a meeting between a delegation of international financial institutions and RS Government representatives in Banja Luka.

The delegation was made up of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief Brown Scott and the representatives of the U.S. Department of Treasury, the European Bank and the European Union.

The meeting was held at the initiative of the RS Government.

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