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Economic and judicial reforms underway, Kostunica says

Belgrade, 18 September 2004

In an interview with the BBC, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said that the government is conducting reforms both in the economy and judiciary, but is also facing difficult issues such as violation of human rights in Kosovo-Metohija as well as problems in the functioning of the state union of Serbia-Montenegro.

Vojislav Kostunica

Prime Minister Kostunica said that his government is reforming the judiciary and working on a new constitution, describing this phase of reforms as the second one. The Prime Minister said that work on the new constitution will start immediately after the first round of local elections slated for September 19.

Following the demand of the Hague tribunal that four generals are to be extradited, Prime Minister Kostunica said these cases should be tried at home, instead of at The Hague.

Asked whether Kosovo Serbs will be advised to boycott the provincial elections in October, Kostunica said that Serbs insisted on extra guarantees in terms of their human rights. “After the violence against Serbs on March 17, it is questionable whether they will feel safe voting, even if we advise them to,” the Prime Minister said.

He said that Serbs will always be outvoted in the Kosovo parliament as they are a minority. There are no instruments like ones existing in Bosnia-Herzegovina which would make their votes have some effect, Kostunica told BBC.