Zoran Lilic: "Cannot testify"
Ivo Skoric
ivo at reporters.net
Mon Jul 22 19:12:41 CEST 2002
Ok. This is going to be a recurring b.s. we are hearing from the
Milosevic's inner circle, obviously. What are they going to The
Hague for? To do some shopping? To see whether they can find a
lawyer that is willing to give them some dough? Serbia needs to
pass a law outlawing Milosevic's state a.s.a.p. Kind of like new
democratic Germany was not viewed as a continuation of Nazi
Germany, and secrets from Nazi Germany were not protected as
'state secrets' in the new democratic Germany, Serbia needs to
draw a line, because she will not be able to re-join the democratic
community of the nations if it continues to view itself as a
continuation of a regime that is perceived by their neighbors as
criminal.
ivo
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Subject: Zoran Lilic: "Cannot testify"
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:17:11 +0200
From: Frank Tiggelaar <frankti at xs4all.nl>
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Amsterdam, July 22nd, 2002 - DN list
Another setback for the prosecution in the Milosevic/Kosova case: Zoran
Lilic, Yugoslavia's president from 1993 to 1997, cannot testify in the
Milosevic case before the ICTY, he told the judges. He fears prosecution
in Yugoslavia when disclosing state secrets.
Lilic claims that Vojislav Kostunica (in his capacity of Chairman of the
Supreme Defence Council) must grant permission for him to testify in
court first. Lilic says he has not yet obtained such permission. Later
this week the court will further discuss this matter in closed session.
During this session "another party" will also be heard. Because the
hearing will also deal with "the dignity of the State" it seems likely
that the "[an]other party" are representatives of Kostunica.
Frank
Based on Teletekst/ANP/Volkskrant
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