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SERBIA: PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC DENIES THAT HE STOLE LOCAL ELECTIONS

(13 Dec 1996) English/Nat Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic on Friday rejected charges that he stole local elections won by the opposition, and accused his foes of "threatening political terrorism." The comments, a response to a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, were Milosevic's first comprehensive public comment on more than three weeks of protests that followed annulment of elections won by the opposition. And on the streets of Belgrade a 100-thousand opposition supporters marched in protest, their leaders calling for the elections to be recognised. These are the people Milosevic accuses of "political terrorism". He has called the opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition-- who organised this massive march--" terrorists" in a letter to U-S Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Zajedno has waged more than three weeks of peaceful street protests after claiming it was cheated of victory during the November 17 local elections by Milosevic's ruling socialists. Milosevic has now proposed the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) should check the vote in which Zajedno said the socialists suffered their worst defeat in 50 years of unbroken rule. Vuk Draskovic, a leader of the Zajedno coalition, reiterated his position that there would be no discussion without the reinstating the initial election results. SOUNDBITE: "We are ready for compromise with dialogue, but not any dialogue until achieving respecting the recognition of the election will of the people we achieved on November 17." SUPERCAPTION: Vuk Draskovic, Opposition Leader Eager to join the Belgrade demonstrations, some two hundred University students from Novi Sad set out on an 80-kilometre (50 mile) walk to the capital. This woman's English may not be word perfect, but her message is crystal clear. SOUNDBITE: (English) We are organising a march to Belgrade. Nobody takes us seriously, so we deciding that. Providing a symbol that people can live can together and democracy and human and human rights are with us since we were born." SUPERCAPTION: Bojana Prokic, student marcher. The Novi Sad students are calling for election results to be recognised, objective media coverage of the current demonstrations, and restoration of the abolished local student radio and television station. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...