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Serbian Legislature Expected to Resign, New Parliamentary Elections Likely

Aired October 9, 2000 - 10:38 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: The entire Serbian legislature resigned earlier today and all political parties have agreed to call new elections now. The Serbian government had been dominated by members loyal to ousted leader Slobodan Milosevic.

CNN's Alessio Vinci, live in Belgrade now.

And, Alessio, on the surface this would seem to be a rather significant matter. How significant there?

ALESSIO VINCI, CNN BELGRADE BUREAU CHIEF: Well, that is correct, Bill, but I have to make a presentation here: The Serbian legislature has not resigned yet. They have agreed, in principal, to call for early elections in December.

But at this time, that legislature is still in session. They have just, now, a few minutes ago, turned down a vote on a new election and now it is up to the Serbian president to call for those elections. So we have seen the Serbian president leaving that legislature just about 10, 15 minutes ago and he said that, yes, the elections will happen, probably. So we'll have to see when, exactly, that president Milotinovic will call for those elections.

What is happening right now here, Bill, is this: Vojislav Kostunica, the new president, is the president of Yugoslavia -- the Yugoslav Federation. That Yugoslavia is formed of two republics: Montenegro and Serbia; and in order to run Yugoslavia, Kostunica must control Serbia and the key institutions of Serbia. Of course, the parliament, but also the government. The key ministries like the interior, the finances.

And this is exactly what they're trying to do right now. They're trying to push the Serbian government and the Serbian parliament to accept the new reality that has taken place here in the last week or so; and they're saying, look, you're no longer in charge of this country, you lost the elections. We have to organize new elections, and in order for us to be able to take over and control and start this country -- to start the reforms.

There is tremendous pressure, of course, against all those institutions and, eventually, by the end of this day, they will agree to call for these new elections and to step down. But so far, they have not done yet, that; and we heard from the former opposition leader Zoran Djindjic and now, of course, one of the main players in this negotiation saying, yes, the elections will take place in December.

But it is not up to Djindjic at this point, yet, to call for those elections.

Back to you, Bill.

HEMMER: All right; clarification well noted. Difficult to follow, but we will.

Alessio Vinci, thanks; live in Belgrade with us.

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