RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 220, Part II, 13 November 2000
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT THREATENS REFERENDUM ON INDEPENDENCE.
Milo Djukanovic said on 10 November that Montenegro will hold
a referendum on secession from Yugoslavia unless the union
between Serbia and Montenegro is radically modified, AP
reported. Djukanovic said: "I think that a union between
Serbia and Montenegro is possible, but on completely new
foundations. Present-day Yugoslavia must be changed to be the
union of two internationally-recognized states.... Yugoslavia
doesn't exist." The Montenegrin president also said that the
new union would "in fact have more common functions than the
current one," adding that joint functions are only found in
"state air control and the military, which Milosevic abused
by threatening Montenegro's democracy." The latest opinion
polls show that some 55 percent of Montenegrins support
independence for the republic. PB
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