Democracy in Yugoslavia: Milosevic´s Final Defeat - Page 7
© Peter Weber
Serbia is not yet ready to such a policy. In fact, Milosevic, the man responsible for four wars leaving almost 300.000 dead, has even this time collected at least a third of the voter´s consensus. But the new freedom of information and the first revelations about the criminal methods of his regime have already led to rising indignation among the people. Many facts are still waiting to be discovered. Though the exhibited surprise may in some cases be hypocritical, the continuous flow of new rising scandals will most probably give the final blow to Milosevic´s credibility. In countries such as the former DDR this process took at least a few weeks, but afterwards the former leaders were completely discredited. Even Milosevic´s Socialist must therefore fear a complete disaster in the forthcoming elections.
Knowing the plain truth, in the end it could be the Serbian people themselves to ask for a process against Milosevic and his gruesome assistants. The fallen leader is therefore surely checking the possibilities of seeking asylum in some friendly state. While he and his wife Mirjana Markovic are still awaiting their fate, holding out in their residence near Belgrade, their son Marko, one of the most hated figures of the regime, has already flown to Russia. From Moscow he tried to reach the People´s Republic of China, but the former Communist comrades in Beijing took a time-out, trying to understand if such an embarrassing presence could damage their chances of hosting the Olympic Games in 2008. It should then be clear that very few countries in the world will be ready to host his father, Slobodan Milosevic, the slayer of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia from Tito to Kostunica
Source: The Washington Post
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