That's great. But Nennsy, surely you can see the difference between someone who voluntarily resigns as Prime Minister and reports to court the day after being indicted versus people who take 5 or 6 years to get there and must be "encouraged" with veiled threats of arrest and stipends for families and so on. And further, there are still many indicted war criminals running free in Serbia or the RS.
With the US with-holding aid, NATO denying entry into Partnership for Peace, and the EU entry assessment along with the future status of Kosovo negotiations approaching, the government of Serbia is starting to cooperate.
It would be nice for the Serbs to try their own war-criminals, but so far that hasn't happened. And after Djndjic was assassinated and then Kostunica almost lost his job just for admitting the Serbs committed war crimes; I understand the reluctance of the Serb leadership to take action. The current tactic of giving their families gifts and lauding the indicted persons as heroes going to the Hague as a sacrifice for the good of the country seems to be working pretty well in encouraging surrenders. Plus it sells well to those in Serbia who still haven't figured out the reality of their country's malfeasance under Milosevic.
Mark, when we had elections in Serbia Radicals won. There was a HUGE threat that they will be able to form a Government with majority seats.
To prevent this, Democratic block started making coaltions and they entered as well into coalition with Milosevic's party (at least what was left from it). I don't need to mention what kind of reaction this caused.
However, SPS said we will support you under one condition.
"No arrests for those charged by Hague, or we will withdraw from the Government". If they withdrow, the Government would colapse, so State decided (knowing that they MUST cooperate with Hague), to stimulate the volunter surrenders.
The formula seemed to work, and that is fine with me.
I prefer this over Radical Government. In the end it comes to this.
P.S. Haradinaj's surrender was very well organized by International Community. He'll be set free soon.