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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 19 PM), February 8, 1997

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    PESIC: MILOSEVIC'S ROLE IN ELECTORAL FRAUD MUST BE INVESTIGATED

    On Saturday opposition leader Vesna Pesic told demonstrators in
    central Belgrade that Zajedno would demand an investigation into
    Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and his party's role in the
    November electoral fraud, BETA reported. Mrs. Pesic added that
    Zajedno would demand similar investigations into the police
    brutality against peaceful protestors in recent weeks.

    Opposition leader Zoran Djindjic said that the driving force
    behind the protests and the opposition was the fight for justice
    and the need for a government of professional, competent
    politicians.

    Opposition leader Vuk Draskovic warned that the Serbian Government
    would probably try to squeeze opposition-controlled cities
    economically in an attempt to undermine their good work. He said
    that if Serbian authorities tried to do this the opposition would
    block all tax payments to central government.


    STUDENTS: LEX SPECIALIS IS EXTORTED POLITICAL ACT

    Belgrade students held their 79th protest march on Saturday
    evening. Earlier at a meeting in front of the School of Philosophy
    the students presented their reply to Serbian President Slobodan
    Milosevic's letter to Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic.

    In that letter the students called the 'lex specialis' an
    unconstitutional political act which attempted to cover up the
    Novemebr election fraud. The letter then said that the law
    revealed ``the autocracy of one man in Serbia.''


    NIS SEATS NON-NEGOTIABLE

    Branislav Jovanovic, President of Nis City Council, told people at
    Saturday's Nis protest rally that the number of seats controlled
    by the opposition in Nis was non-negotiable.

    Mr. Jovanovic also warned that the new city government would have
    a tough few months ahead as more than 27 million dinars had been
    stolen by the out-going Socialist council.


    TEACHING UNION TO SUE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT

    The teachers' branch of the Trade Union 'Nezavisnost' decided on
    Saturday to sue the Serbian Government for debts to teachers. The
    Serbian Government owes teachers both December and January
    salaries.

    Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
    Edited by: Julia Glyn-Pickett

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