There is likelihood that, if Milosevic and other accused are immediately extradited to the Hague, no one will be held accountable for the grave crimes not included in the Hague Tribunal indictment, in spite of the evidence incriminating Milosevic and some of his collaborators. These acts resulted in the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, genocide, murder of civilians in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, economic destruction of Serbia, an attempt to carry out an unconstitutional coup in FR Yugoslavia and others. In Yugoslavia today, there are enough professional and honest judges and prosecutors who could deal with these extremely complex cases. However, the Hague Tribunal and the demands for independence for Montenegro are not the only subjects made redundant by the establishment of democracy and the rule of law in FR Yugoslavia. Similarly affected are all those who cannot come to terms with the new reality and, led by inertia or their own interests, regardless, are refusing to recognize the democratic potential of the new authorities in FRY, as well as a total and definite defeat of the chauvinist concept of the previous regime.
Accusations made in the statement are simply baseless.
No one relevant in Yugoslavia has questioned the need to try all the criminals who have committed crimes such as murders, deportations, imprisonment in detention damps, maltreatment of prisoners, rape, and war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war. Charges that the critics of the Hague Prosecutor advocate clemency for individuals who have committed these gravest of all crimes, are a wile insult. That is a specific type of hate speech which tries to forge an impression that the citizens of Yugoslavia, most of them, as well as representatives of the new authorities, are incorrigible chauvinists who avoid to face crimes committed by political leaders on their behalf against other nations. The task that these two organizations have taken upon themselves, to spread the truth about the Tribunal, and to inform the Yugoslav public about its work, cannot be achieved through baseless and generic accusations, avoidance of expert discussion or anything else with elements of hate speech. That does not contribute at all to the truth and reconciliation.