Markovic and Milosevic still own a home in the factory town about 60 miles east of Belgrade. Milosevic's daughter faces charges for allegedly firing shots at a government official who helped negotiate his surrender on Sunday. An envoy from the tribunal handed Yugoslav authorities an arrest warrant for Milosevic on Friday and said the country's justice minister promised to serve it on the jailed former president. I handed over the indictment and the warrant of arrest, and Mr. Grubac promised to have it served on Mr. Milosevic in person,'' he said. Holthuis said Grubac in turn gave him a copy of a draft law on cooperation with the tribunal, yet to be debated by parliament, which includes a provision allowing Yugoslavs to be extradited to the U.N. court.
Current law prohibits sending any citizen to a foreign court.
But Svilanovic, a former key opposition leader, suggested that Milosevic won't be heading to The Hague anytime soon. There is a need to deliver what we promised. Milosevic was ousted from power in October after hundreds of thousands of people rioted when he refused to concede elections won by opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica. The new president rode into office on a pledge to improve everyday life for the 10 million people in Yugoslavia, which encompasses Serbia and much smaller Montenegro. Although most Serbs blame Milosevic for wrecking the country, nationalist sentiment hasn't disappeared.