[Cicero]

AP hates Kostunica because he is a sensible Serbian nationalist who doesn't accept clinton's little favor of bombing Belgrade for its own good. That's presumably why they came up with this ridiculous headline.

In the long run, the US will be much better off with Kostunica in power than the corrupt manipulator Djindjic.

[Notforprophet]

Wouldn't it work a lot better if they just had a Constitution?

[Kate22]

I am in total agreement - what a totally misleading and loaded title! Saying that he would 'bring down Serbia' which is a highly unlikely thing for Kostunica to say, is totally different to vowing to "topple Djindjic's government".

Not so long ago Kostunica also said that it would be healthy for the coalition, formed just after the bombing of Serbia by Nato, to split and form opposition parties. You can't have democracy without a strong opposition was what Kostunica said at the time, and I thought that it was a pity his message couldn't be heard in other countries (such as the UK where the opposition is about as effective as heavy rain at the moment).

How careless the 'free press' seem to be when twisting a story's entire meaning.

[kosta50]

The title of the article by AP is obviously worded in such a way as to present Koshtunitsa as the "bad guy." The article itself says he would bring down the pro-Western government of Zoran Djindjich, not bring down Serbia. Apprently, for AP and its political management, Serbia and Djindjich's government is one and the same.

IN a related story, B-92 quotes Koshtunitsa as saying:

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"Let me tell share with you one more thing: just as I saw the end of the Tito's or Milosevic's regime, there is no reason for me not to persist and see the end of Djindjic's regime as well"

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that he would internationalise the problem of the outdated election legislation. He accused the Parliament, Serbian Government and Prime Minister Djindjic of being responsible for the failure of the elections. They will be brought to shame because of this, in the country and abroad

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I doubt that because I doubt Djindjich and his collaborationist DOS scum are capable of shame.

Koshtunitsa also implied that the responsability for incomplete voter lists is indirectly the fault of the Serbian Government. However, B-92 reports that DOS leadership tonight accused Koshtunitsa's party of being directly responsable for them:

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Zoran Djindjic's Democratic Party today stated that the Democratic Party of Serbia's dissatisfaction with irregularities in electoral rolls is inappropriate, because the electoral rolls are in care of municipalities, and the Democratic Party of Serbia is in power in most of the Serbian municipalities

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Whatever happens, the honeymoon is over. Djindjich is more and more likened to Miloshevich, and DOS is ever more assuming the role of the immutable depsot.