Yet again, the Yugoslavia President, Kostinucan, 'tows the line' of the openly Quisling "Serbian(?)" leadership, lead by "Prime Minister" Djinhead. And I'm sure his ratings within the country -- so a Serbian friend of mine informs me --will remain consistently high. What will it take, I wonder, to demonstrate that this character/cretin is a worse criminal/traitor than the so-called reformist German educated, American Hoar Djinhead?
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Yugoslavia grapples with sacking of army chief
BELGRADE: Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica tried on Tuesday to calm tensions over his sacking of the armed forces chief of staff, a former ally of Slobodan Milosevic closely associated with the 1999 Kosovo war. The president met top commanders to explain his reasons for firing General Nebojsa Pavkovic, who has branded the decision illegal and vowed to contest it in parliament. Kostunica also came under fire from other members of the reformist bloc which ousted Milosevic as president in 2000.
They accused him of acting like an autocrat by sacking Pavkovic with a presidential edict after failing to secure the backing of the country's Supreme Defence Council. Following the meeting with service chiefs, Kostunica's office issued a statement saying the commanders were ready to implement "all the decisions of the Supreme Defence Council and the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". The statement appeared to signal respect for Kostunica's decision, announced on Monday.
But the reference to the council left open the possibility that the army chiefs believed it should also have been asked to approve such a move. Without giving details or sources, the daily newspaper Glas Javnosti reported on Tuesday that the army leadership had backed Pavkovic's stand in a late-night meeting. But whatever their private views, there was no sign of any organised resistance to Kostunica's decision.
The new chief of staff, General Branko Krga, vowed to carry out his duties professionally and Pavkovic said he would not obstruct him. "The Yugoslav Army is a serious institution respecting the laws and the constitution," said Krga, a 57-year-old intelligence specialist who served as Pavkovic's deputy. Pavkovic had hung on to his post despite close ties to the bloody crackdown on Kosovo Albanians during Nato bombing. He has been under investigation by the UN war crimes tribunal, which is trying Milosevic for crimes in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia.
Almost all the members of the reformist bloc which ousted Milosevic demanded Pavkovic's dismissal as soon as they took power, denouncing him as a symbol of an old, repressive and corrupt regime tainted by war crimes accusations. Kostunica had long resisted their calls.
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