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To: kosta50
VK's party is the only Serbian party (I don't count the NDS, as it was formed after 5 OCT 00) that hasn't received a DIME of foreign "aid".

The President of Serbia can dissolve the Parliament upon the recommendation of the PM (which is not going to happen) but he can always declare the state of emergency and then dissolve it (which is, by the way, Drashkovich's idea of solving the problem; it is in his election programme).

The DOS is falling apart. Five member-parties have refused to back Labus - their own candidate - who is trying to sell himself as a GG candidate. It's not working.

8 posted on 08/17/2002 5:17:57 PM PDT by Banat
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To: Banat
Whether or not DSS received any money from various US .gov sources is irrelevant. DSS was part of one coalition called DOS, and DOS received foreign "subsidies." Guilt by association, my friend; it's the company you keep.

The US money (some $100M) pumped into the DOS campaign came from the shadow US "embassy" in Hungary. The B92 DOS mouthpieces and Otpor activists didn't even hide the fact that they were getting foreign money (which makes them, technically, foreign agents).

Let's just call it what it is: the elections were bought, period. Miloshevich turned out to be a lot tougher nut to crack than they thought. The DOS "victory" was marginal to say the least. So, it took some outright thuggery to tip the scale. The thugs who came to Belgrade for a "spontaneous" October "revolution" were paid by the Chachak mayor who got the money from where? Let me guess...

Why is Drashkovich not in a mental institution? That man has no bearings. I think (hope) he is politically finished.

So, the president of Serbia can just up and declare a state of emergency in order to dissolve the parliament? I would imagine that some sort of urgency would actually have to exist to do that, or is that too much to expect from the Balkan style democracy?

Somehow I don't think Djindjich is going to sit and wait for Koshtunitsa to take the presidential oath and then declare a state of emergency to get rid of Zoran the Menice. I think he will outdo VK as he has done until now. And VK will wait for someone, especially Zoran, to make a decision for him.

Besides, VK can't make a decision about anything. I doubt he would do something illicit, staged, to unseat his rival.

9 posted on 08/17/2002 8:46:35 PM PDT by kosta50
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