YUGOSLAVIA: IMPASSE OVER PRESIDENT CONTINUING

Created: 5/17/1991

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Impasse Over President Continuing

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collective Presidency today will again consider Croatian Stjcpan Mesic for federal President. The Serbian bloc in the Federal Assembly yesterday pushed through the nominations of three new members to theMontenegro and the autonomous provinces of Kosovoand Croatian delegations

again to approve^eBc^WWHroTr^rTTme Minister Markovic may

assert that his cabinet is the only federal institution that continues to function, appealing to the country and the military for support. The Serbian bloc yesterday demanded the^avoic of no-confidence in Mar i. be next hunday^BHV

Croatia and Slovenia probably will strongly protest SermaTaction in the Assembly as unconstitutional but may attend today's Presidency session in the hope of securing Mesic's election. Serbia and its allies, despite possibly being mollified by getting thei nominees added to the Presidency, still may not change their votes and approve the Mesic candidacy. While Markovic is viewed as ineffectual by most of the country, the Army probably would back

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