Issue 108 - October 18, 1993

In the event that Sainovic's government fell, Milosevic would be calling elections soon in order to defuse some of the social tensions, and because the parties were not capable of putting together a new government. In the event that Sainovic did not fall, he would dissolve the Assembly because of the blocking of the Assembly's work. Rumors from the state apparatus say that elections have practically been scheduled and that only the President's signature is missing

Tomislav Nikolic, SRS deputy group leader: When the SPO submitted a demand for a vote of confidence in the government in June, you remember my speech, it is also remembered by Mr. Radmilo Bogdanovic, who swore at me and mentioned my mother, my being the Technical Director of the cemetery, all in very derogatory language. My speech was an attack on the government which you could all follow in June...

It was misinformation, instead of information, that reached the public after the recent meeting of the Main Board of the Democratic Party, which was held behind closed doors. Who is behind the initiative of Zoran Djindjic, the President of the Party's Executive Board, to call the extraordinary electoral assembly of the Democratic Party, is somebody trying to buy the party, is there a conflict between the two leaders, is this leading to yet another division of the party? Zoran Djindjic answers these questions for VREME.

Member of Parliament Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan first refused when asked to give a short interview to VREME on the current political events, in which he is one of the protagonists. He said that the journalist of VREME, Milos Vasic, offended him by describing him as ``a disgrace to the Serbian people,'' which is the reason why he did not want to talk. However, after he was given an opportunity to say what he thought about Vasic, MP Raznatovic changed his mind.

``We were surrounded on three sides. I was writing a farewell letter, I was hungry and in pain. They were no longer shooting at us, but somewhere in the distance. Shooting grew distant. Then Arkan and his ``tigers'' entered the village. I was ashamed. I had shit in my pants from fear, although I'm a Serb. All of us were grateful to him. That man saved us. He is crazy. He is a tsar. He is God. He is Popeye.''

Open season on citizens has been declared, and they are now game for whoever gets them first--criminals, the police, shop managers, municipal bus drivers...

A visit to the market required an average monthly pension or half an average salary. Last year, the average Yugoslav pensioner could buy the equivalent of 300 kilos of potatoes for his monthly pension. This year, the average pensioner can buy 30 kilos of potatoes

If former NBJ Governor Borislav Atanackovic is leaving for ``reasons of health,'' then it is only he who is leaving, and the disease remains

The soldiers do not believe in negotiations, although they want the war to end as soon as possible. ``We are fighting for a Mostar where we will all live together, Moslems, Serbs, Croats--but only with those who haven't committed any atrocities. There are Serbs and Croats in our Army, they fought with us at first against the Chetniks, and now they are fighting against the Ustashis''