Lawmakers say the move is a step toward greater democracy.
Opposition parties say it is a scheme to keep President Slobodan Milosevic in power. The legislation, penned by Milosevic's cabinet and passed Monday, gives the president the option to run for two more four-year terms after his current one expires in July 2001. The changes impact opposition parties which choose to boycott elections to protest their legality or fairness. It is clear now that we will not need tensions, confrontations, because all decisions now will be made directly by the citizens. Changes weaken Montenegro leaders Other changes involve the way legislators are elected in the upper house of the Yugoslav parliament, the Chamber of Republics.