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Serbia after 5 October

Serbia after 5 October. The interim federal government - headed by Zoran Zizic Zoran Zizic : the deputy leader of Montenegro’s pro Serb SPP( Socialist People’s Party ) -7 Cabinet posts to SPP,9 to DOS - From 4 November 2000 to 29 June 2011

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Serbia after 5 October

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  1. Serbiaafter 5 October

  2. Theinterim federal government -headedbyZoranZizic ZoranZizic: thedeputyleader of Montenegro’sproSerb SPP(SocialistPeople’sParty) -7 Cabinetpoststo SPP,9 to DOS -From 4 November 2000 to 29 June 2011 -MiroljubLabus: thedeputy prime ministerresponsibleforeconomicaffairs Americantrainedeconomist, chairman of G17 Plus -GoranSvilanovic:foreignminister leader of CivicAlliance, long-time humanrightsactivist -ZoranZivkovic: interiorminister the DOS mayor of Nis

  3. ElectionstotheSerbianSkupstina 23 December 2000 • -Theeighteenparty DOS (DemocraticOpposition of Serbia) coalitionwonnearlytwothirds of seatsneededtochangeconstitution. • The DOS-ledSerbianGovernment • -headedbyZoranDjindic • -he promisedtransparencytherule of lawandeconomicliberalization • 25 January 2001 to 12 March 2003 • New Skupstina:reform-minded,DOS-led,beganexecution on 25 January,convened on 23 Januaryforthefirst time

  4. Economicaffairsafter 5 October 2000 Revolution • -Serbianinhabitants had toendure; • prolongedelectricityshortagesandblackouts;monthlyinflation rate increasedto • 27 percent;half of theworkforcewasunemployed;thethird of thepopulation • underthesubsistencelevel • -enterpriseswerestilllargelyunreformed • -In 2001 GDP wasstillonlyhalf of the 1989 level • No effectivebankruptcyprocedures • Thenew federal government: stabilizedthecurrency,initiatedforeigntradeliberalization,abolishedthesystem of preferentialcustomsduties.

  5. Warcrimeindictees SlobodanMilosevicRadovanKaradzicRatkoMladic Died in detention On 11 March 2006

  6. MainDevelopmentsDuring 2000s 1-Milosevic’s 24 hourpolicesurveillance/protectionbeginning on 1 February 2001 2-Therestrictiveandrepressivepublic –informationlawenactedduringMilosevic’smediacrackdownwasrepealed 3-WhoremainedMilosevicregimewerefired 4-Parliamentpassed a legislationthatrestoredtheexpropriatedproperties of Karadjordjevicfamilyandtheir Yugoslav citizenship 5-OfficialinvestigationstartedforMilosevic’ssmuggle 6-GroundSafetyZone as a bufferzonedecidedby NATO 7-AnnouncementbyjusticeministerVladanBaticto transfer non-Yugoslav citizensindictedforwarcrimesbythe ICTY

  7. 8-USA threatenedSerbiawitheconomicsanctionstocomplywith ICTY 9-Milosevicwasarrestedafter a gunfire on 1 April 2001 10-US declaredto Us wouldcontinuetoeconomicassistance 11-A warrantforthearrest of SlobodanMilosevic on 5 April bytheregistrar of ICTY 12- ManySerbsgainedaccesstohithertosecretpolicedocuments 13-Theextradition of warcrimeindictee’s problem(!) 14-Handingover of SlobodanMilosevictothe ICTY on 28 June 2001 15- RedBeret’sstrikeafterarrestment of Banovictwins 16-MilosevicformallychargedwithcommittinggenocideagainsttheBosnianpeople on 23 Nov

  8. 17-Belgraderemovedsomeimpedimentstothearrest of RatkoMladic 18-Thereplacement of FRY with a looserconfederalStateUnion of Serbia 19-ArrestwarrantsincludingRadovanKaradzicandRatkoMladic on 9 May 2002 20-TheSerbianPresidentialElection 29 September,13 October,8 December 2002 21- Theinauguration of theStateUnion of SerbiaandMontenegro 4 February 2003 22-Theassasination of PremierZoranDjindicbyZemunClan,12 March 2003 23-IvanStambolic’sMurder

  9. 24-Anotherattempttoelect a Serbianpresident 16 November 2003 25-Electionstothe 250-seatSerbianSkupstina,28 December 2003 26-Thefifthandsixthsuccessiveattemptstoelect a SerbianPresident 27-Montenegro’ssecessionfromSerbia on June 2006

  10. TheMainPoints -Theultranationalistsandthe anti-Miloseviccamp had conflicted. Thisconflictpostponedthe transfer of thewarcriminalsto ICTY sosuspendedtheliberalizationprocess. -West andthe EU had alwaysthreatenedSerbiawitheconomicsanctionstomakeSerbiacomplywith ICTY bytransferingprominentwarcrimeindicteestotheHague. Therealreasonwasthatthesecountrieslostprestige in theinternational arena because of theirineffectivenessduringthe 1992-95 warsandtheywerereluctanttolosttheirprestigeagain. Theextradition of theprominentcriminalslikeMilosevic,Karadzic,Mladicwould be a relieffortheirinternationalprestige. -Theextradition of warcrimeindictees had alwaysbeeneffective in theinternalpolitics of Serbia,sopoliticians had thechancetouse it arbitrarilyfrom time to time. Nevertheless, SlobodanMilosevic’sextraditioncausedthebiggestturmoil inside theSerbia. -DOS alliance had failedtofullfillproperlyliberalizationreformsbotheconomicallyandpolitically, andextraditionissuedamagedthemsomuchbecause of theWest’sexcessivepressure on theissue. Serbianpeoplesufferredfromwrongliberalizationpolicies. Besides, the reform processbecame a harshliberalizationexperienceforSerbians.

  11. -RatkoMladic, RadovanKaradzic had alwaysbeen an obstacleforSerbia on itswayto EU. On 21 July 2008 Karadzic’sarrestmentdeclaredbyBorisTadic. On 26 May 2011 RatkoMladicarrested.

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