Word: yugoslavias
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President Milo Djukanovic's coalition won Montenegro's election, but by a narrow margin. How will the result affect his plans to seek independence from Yugoslavia...
...more difficult now. Essentially, these results show that the country is deeply divided between those who want independence and those who want to remain part of the Yugoslav federation. Djukanovic's coalition came out only a few thousand votes ahead of the parties that want to remain in Yugoslavia. Of course the support of the liberals tips the balance in his favor, but that also makes his life more difficult because the liberals will also push him to move faster on independence than he would like...
...Forging a coalition with the liberals certainly gives him a parliamentary majority, and the legal right to call a referendum on independence - which the liberals, who are even more strongly pro-independence than Djukanovic, urge him to do. But the pro-Yugoslavia parties have vowed to boycott a referendum, and judging by the latest election results, the turnout at such a referendum may not enough to achieve legitimacy for independence...
...stand trial for the crimes he has committed would be an important step toward the sanctification of human rights in the international realm. Yet is the United States really the country that ought to be taking the lead in this crusade? Can we honestly expect, nay, demand compliance from Yugoslavia when we have so thoroughly thumbed our nose at the very concept of international criminal...
...claim to be acting on behalf of justice by using coercive tactics to force another nation to comply with a court system at which we would balk? The ICC would only try criminals when domestic courts did not. On the other hand, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia enjoys primacy of jurisdiction, superceding domestic legal structures. We cannot find adequate cause to support a court system that will work in concert with domestic courts, and yet, with righteous indignation, we demand that another nation must endure the flouting of its domestic court system and hand over an indicted...