Yugoslav Daily Survey, 97-02-11

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Yugoslav Daily Survey

CONTENTS

[01] PRESIDENT LILIC: THE NAME OF NEW FEDERAL PRIME MINISTER WILL BE MADE PUBLIC NEXT WEEK

[02] U.S. CONDEMNS ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN MOSTAR

[03] BOSNIAN CO-PREMIER SILAJDZIC URGES GERMANY AND USA TO INTERCEDE

[04] PRESIDENT OF THE YUGOSLAV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECEIVES POLISH AMBASSADOR

[05] BOSNIAN CO-PREMIER SILAJDZIC: ZAGREB SUPPORTS MOSTAR'S CROAT EXTREMISTS

[06] YUGOSLAV LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER RECEIVES SLOVAK CHARGE D'AFFAIRES

[07] THREE NEW MINISTRIES TO BE SET UP IN SERBIA

[08] SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS LEX SPECIALIS AND GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE

[01] PRESIDENT LILIC: THE NAME OF NEW FEDERAL PRIME MINISTER WILL BE MADE PUBLIC NEXT WEEK

Lilic told the press that he was happy to note that all Party Club heads and representatives of parliamentary parties who accepted his invitation to consultations shared the same hopes and endeavours for strengthening the position of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its institutions as regards both internal and foreign policy.

This fact is without any doubt a reason for satisfaction as it shows that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has a future, President Lilic said.

The consultations provided an opportunity to all Party Club heads and political party presidents to express their views on the activities of the Federal Government and its ministries, which they did, the President said.

They also had the opportunity to present their views on how the Federal Government should look in the future and to say whether they wished to take part in it, Lilic said.

The President said he would inform the future Prime Minister of the views expressed during the consultations and would ask him to undertake similar consultations before he decides on the composition of his Government.

Monday was the last day of the consultations President Lilic had with party representatives on the future Prime Minister.

Among the parties invited to the last session of consultations, the Montenegrin National Party was the sole party whose representatives did not come.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

[02] U.S. CONDEMNS ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN MOSTAR

U.S. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said that the United States had invited Croat authorities and citizens to show restraint and do everything in their power to prevent the recurrence of such conflicts.

Bosnian Croats on Monday opened fire at Muslims who wanted to visit a cemetery in the Croatian-held part of Mostar on the occasion of the Muslim religious feast of Bairam. According to information available in the United States, one person was killed and 39 others wounded in the conflict.

Mostar is one of the riskiest places in Bosnia, Burns said and added that the implementation of the Dayton Agreement mostly relied on the Bosnian peoples.

The United States will continue investing efforts aimed at calming the situation in Mostar, Burns said but added that people who live there should be the most responsible.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-11

[03] BOSNIAN CO-PREMIER SILAJDZIC URGES GERMANY AND USA TO INTERCEDE

Co-Chairman of the Council of Ministers Haris Silajdzic said that the Croat authorities in the west, Croat sector of the divided city were collecting Muslims from their homes and bringing them to one assembly point to use them as a human shield.

Silajdzic said that Monday's armed clashes between the city's Muslims and Croats showed that the Croat side had decided to split up Bosnia- Herzegovina, because it did not want the Muslim-Croat Federation to be emplaced.

He invited the U.S. and German Governments to intercede with Zagreb, saying that, if it was left to the Bosnian Croats alone, there would be no Muslim- Croat Federation at all.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

[04] PRESIDENT OF THE YUGOSLAV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECEIVES POLISH AMBASSADOR

Last year, it was said, agreements were concluded on mutual protection and promotion of investments, on trade and economic cooperation and on avoiding double taxation, of which the latter two have been initialled and their signing is expected next month.

Yugoslavia needs financial resources, new programs and new offers to world markets, Milojevic said, adding that the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce will encourage meetings between businessmen of the two countries.

The Polish Ambassador said he wanted to see the beginning of the realization of the program of cooperation with the Yugoslav economy, which has been prepared by the Embassy.

He said that the program had two starting points. The first is that Poland has registered in the last five years a consecutive economic growth of 5 to 7 percent, and the second that legal grounds (accords) have been created for economic cooperation between Poland and FR Yugoslavia.

Dabrov expressed an interest for political developments in our country and especially for privatization.

Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce President pointed out that privatization was under way in Yugoslavia, while closely watching such changes in all the countries where the same process was under way.

Yugoslavia will try not to make the same mistakes as other countries in that respect, Milojevic said, adding that our economy had suffered damages from sanctions and that changes will have to be slower.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

[05] BOSNIAN CO-PREMIER SILAJDZIC: ZAGREB SUPPORTS MOSTAR'S CROAT EXTREMISTS

Muslim radio sarajevo quoted co-Chairman of the Ministerial Council Haris Silajdzic as saying that, as of Monday, the international community had one address (Croatia) at which to enquire about the implementation of the Federation Agreement.

Silajdzic said that all reports in the past three years had clearly pointed to the fact that extremists in the west, Croat sector of Mostar, helped by centres in Zagreb, wished to block the emplacement of the Federation.

The Bosnian Presidency's Croat member Kresimir Zubak said that Monday's clash in the southern city of Mostar proved that problems could not be solved by political pressure, media campaigns and intimidation.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

[06] YUGOSLAV LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER RECEIVES SLOVAK CHARGE D'AFFAIRES

Minic and Mojzita stressed the two countries' wish and readiness to promote all-round cooperation. They also stressed the need for stepping up economic activity and improving trade between the two countries, the Yugoslav Parliament Press Section said.

They pointed out great prospects for cooperation in the sphere of machine- building industry, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, power industry, railways and other forms of transport as well as in other spheres. Minic informed Mojzita about the current political situation in Yugoslavia, stressing that top priority was given to economic and ownership reforms and to solving social problems.

He said it was vital that Yugoslavia restore its position in international organisations and institutions and normalise relations with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation.

Mojzita said it was vital for stability in the region that Yugoslavia immediately join international organisations and institutions, which he said his country fully supported.

The two officials stressed that minorities were an important link between the two states. They also agreed that all conditions existed for intensifying parliamentary cooperation, to which they said a coming visit to Slovakia by the Yugoslav Parliament's Foreign Trade Committee would largely contribute.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

[07] THREE NEW MINISTRIES TO BE SET UP IN SERBIA

The new ministries will be for economic and ownership transformation, for local self-rule and for family care.

The Ministry for economic and ownership transformation will deal with ownership transformation, organisational restructuring of enterprises and structural adaptation of the economy. It will also suggest measures of the economic policy for the development of small and medium enterprises. It will deal in the coordination of activities regarding the estimation of value of capital and prepare regulations in the field of ownership transformation.

The new Ministry for the local self-management will be responsible for the territorial organisation of the Republic, building the system of local self- management and territorial autonomy, the position of Belgrade in the system of local self-rule, preparation of regulations on the voting of citizens and elections for local power.

The Ministry for family care will be responsible for the activities of local self-rule regarding the family, legal protection of the family and tutorship, adoption of children, relations between parents and children, family planning, system of social care for children.

According to the amendments of the Law on ministries the Ministry for entrepreneurship will be suppressed.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

[08] SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS LEX SPECIALIS AND GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE

The session will be convened at the Serbian Government proposal and is expected to last for a few days. It will focus on a Bill on proclaiming as final the preliminary municipal election results as set out in the report of a mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The Bill, for which Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic gave the initiative, will proclaim as final the preliminary results of the November 17, 1996 elections for the municipal assemblies of Pirot, Kraljevo, Uzice, Smederevska Palanka, Vrsac, Sokobanja, Pancevo, Jagodina, Zrenjanin, Lapovo and Sabac and the Belgrade municipalities of Stari Grad, Vracar, Savski Venac, Zvezdara, Rakovica, Palilula, Cukarica and Vozdovac as well as the City Assemblies of Kragujevac, Nis and Belgrade.

Once the election results are announced, the Serbian Parliament Speaker will convene the constituent sessions of the municipal and city assemblies within five days.

The Government said that the preliminary local election results, on which the OSCE mission based its report, had been challenged by numerous objections to the electoral commissions, court appeals and special legal measures to judicial decisions.

The election disputes have postponed the establishing of final election results in many municipalities, which, in turn, postponed the normal functioning of local self-administration organs for an unacceptably long period.

This and the developments that followed the election disputes have inflicted damage on the Republic both in the country and abroad, the Government said and added that the Bill would create a legal basis for a speedy removal of misunderstandings and their harmful effects.

The other important topic which will be discussed at the session is the announced Government reshuffle and amendments to the Law on ministries.

The parliament will also review draft amendments to the Law on ensuring funds for a regular and safe railway traffic. The amendments are aimed at increasing a special sales tax, introduced in order to secure railway funds, to 3 instead of the current 2 percent and extending the payment deadline from late 1997 to the end of 2000. The government believes that funds for the revitalisation of the railway, which was severely affected by the international sanctions against Yugoslavia, will be ensured in this way.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-11 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-10

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