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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 10 PM), April 26, 1997

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      NEWS BY 10 PM

        Presidential Hopeful Vuk Draskovic Certain of Victory  . . .  23
        Civil Alliance Supports Broad Federation of Reform Parties .  41
        Montenegrin Socialists Reprimand ``Pobjeda'' . . . . . . . .  51
  15    Alija Izetbegovic Says Dayton has Come Unstuck . . . . . . .  58
        Republika Srpska Registers 19 Parties for September Local
        Elections  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
        Michael Schteiner Calls on Europe to Prevent New War in Bosnia
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      PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL VUK DRASKOVIC CERTAIN OF VICTORY

      President of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) and presidential
  25  hopeful Vuk Draskovic told reporters on Saturday that his chances
      of victory in forthcoming presidential elections were ``very
      big.''

      Mr. Draskovic said that he had no serious competitor, to the left
      or right of the political spectrum, for the presidential post and
  30  that the only parties with broad support in Serbia were the
      Socialist Party of Serbia and the SPO.

      Asked what he would do if he was elected Serbian President, Mr.
      Draskovic said he would increase state welfare spending, give
      Serbian citizenship to all refugees and fight for their
  35  repatriation and restitute the property of the Yugoslav royal
      family, Radio B92 reported.

      Asked to comment on possible expansion of Zajedno, Mr. Draskovic
      said that the Zajedno coalition could not be expanded, but that
      some kind of the ``asymmetric coalition may be an alternative
  40  solution.''


      CIVIL ALLIANCE SUPPORTS BROAD FEDERATION OF REFORM PARTIES

      Leader of the Civil Alliance of Serbia (GSS) Vesna Pesic on
      Saturday called for a broad federation of parties to link with the
      existing Zajedno triumverate. Ms. Pesic said a federative model
  45  was the best way to broaden Serbia's democratic front in
      preparation for forthcoming elections.

      Discussions about widening Zajedno to include other pro-reform
      parties, spearheded by Zoran Djindjic, have dogged the coalition
      for weeks. The main source of resistence to a broader Zajedno has
  50  been Serbian Renewal Movement leader Vuk Draskovic.


      MONTENEGRIN SOCIALISTS REPRIMAND ``POBJEDA''

      The Montenegrin Democratic Socialist Party has expressed
      dissatisfaction at the state daily 'Pobjeda``s reports on current
      events in Montenegro, Montena-fax reported on Saturday. The DPS
  55  Information Service sternly critisized the editorial policy of
      'Pobjeda', praising instead the pro-Serbian government reports of
      Belgrade's state media.


      ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC SAYS DAYTON HAS COME UNSTUCK

      Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Alija
  60  Izetbegovic attempted to defend on Saturday a letter sent from his
      office which was highly critical of the international community.
      Mr. Izetbegovic said that he had sent the letter to raise
      awareness of the regrettably slow implementation of the Dayton
      Agreement.

  65  The letter provoked an angry reprimand from US State Department
      Spokesman Nicholas Burns who criticised Mr. Izetbegovic for
      failing to recognise the good that had come out of Dayton and
      instead listing a litany of failures.

      Mr. Izetbegovic said that the letter was more than 'useless
  70  weeping' and that he did not deny the good that had been done as
      far as the military implementation of Dayton was concerned. He
      said that the letter took note of the almost total non-
      implementaiton of the civil side of Dayton.


      REPUBLIKA SRPSKA REGISTERS 19 PARTIES FOR SEPTEMBER LOCAL
  75  ELECTIONS

      Nineteen political parties from Republika Srpska (RS) have applied
      to the OSCE for registration in this year's local elections in the
      RS and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

      Representatives of the OSCE called on the citizens of the RS to
  80  register to vote by May 5.


      MICHAEL SCHTEINER CALLS ON EUROPE TO PREVENT NEW WAR IN BOSNIA

      Deputy High Commissioner Michael Schteiner has called on European
      institutions and governments to join forces and prevent the
      outbreak of fresh conflicts in Bosnia, Radio B92 reported on
  85  Saturday.

      Mr. Schteiner said that further democratisation of the entire
      former Yugoslavia was necesarry to ensure the full implementaiton
      of the Dayton Agreement, BETA reported on Saturday.

      He added that Radovan Karadzic and another 56 war criminals must
  90  also be arrested, including Bosnian Croats.

      Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
      Edited by: Julia Glyn-Pickett

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