DAILY CATHOLIC THURSDAY August 12, 1999 vol. 10, no. 151
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SERBIAN CHURCH UNITES OPPOSITION TO MILOSEVICBELGRADE, AUG 10 (ZENIT).- Yesterday the Serbian Orthodox Church was successful in bringing together the two principal opposition leaders for the first time since 1997. For the past month and a half, the two leaders have been appealing independently for Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic's resignation. Vuk Draskovic, leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), met Zoran Djindjic at the headquarters of the Belgrade Orthodox Patriarchy. Djindjic is the leader of the Alliance for Change coalition. There is personal animosity between Djindjic and Draskovic that was exacerbated in 1997 when the coalition in which they were both involved disintegrated because of a power struggle in Serbian municipalities.The meeting at the Patriarchy was attended by the SPO, the Alliance for Change, other opposition parties, Patriarch Pavle and some Serbian economists of the G-17 independent group, which last week proposed a Stability Pact for Serbia that provides for the formation of a transition government of experts.
During the meeting, all the parties agreed to support the formation of a
transition government and confirmed their attendance at a mass meeting,
to be held on August 19 in Belgrade, to oppose Milosevic and call for
reforms.
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