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Socialists name acting head at Milosevic`s request
The Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) named an acting president yesterday at the request of its arrested leader Slobodan Milosevic, a party statement said.
The Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) named an acting president yesterday at the request of its arrested leader Slobodan Milosevic, a party statement said.
The former Yugoslav president, ousted in a popular uprising six months ago, is being held in Belgrade's central prison on corruption charges. He is also wanted by the UN War Crimes Tribunal on a 1999 indictment for atrocities in Kosovo. He has denied all accusations against him.
''At the proposal of its leader Slobodan Milosevic, the main board of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) appointed Zivadin Jovanovic as the first man of the party,'' the statement carried by Beta news agency said.
It said Jovanovic, a former foreign minister, ''would lead the party in the absence of Milosevic, who is in detention on suspicion of abuse of his professional position''.
The former Yugoslav president, ousted in a popular uprising six months ago, is being held in Belgrade's central prison on corruption charges. He is also wanted by the UN War Crimes Tribunal on a 1999 indictment for atrocities in Kosovo. He has denied all accusations against him.
''At the proposal of its leader Slobodan Milosevic, the main board of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) appointed Zivadin Jovanovic as the first man of the party,'' the statement carried by Beta news agency said.
It said Jovanovic, a former foreign minister, ''would lead the party in the absence of Milosevic, who is in detention on suspicion of abuse of his professional position''.
Bureau Report