Freedom of opinion and expression and the autonomy of the universities in Serbia endangered
The government of Serbia, headed by Mirko Marjanovic, of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) of President Milosevic, has submitted to the Parliament of Serbia a restrictive draft bill on universities. The draft came as a surprise to the faculty and students of Serbian universities, neither of whom had been consulted by the drafters, whose names remain unknown. It is very likely that the draft will be adopted already on 26 May 1998 by the Parliament, which is dominated by SPS and its coalition partners the United Yugoslav Left (JUL) of Mirjana Markovic and the Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Šešelj. Most democratic parties have boycotted the latest elections in Serbia. (more…)