SERBIAN POLL SHOWS POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD MILOSEVIC RISING
BBC Monitoring International Reports - February 17, 2005

Excerpt from report by Serbian news agency Beta

Belgrade, 17 February: Citizens of Serbia today have a more positive attitude towards former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic than three years ago, a poll by the Faktor Plus agency has revealed.

According to the results presented at a news conference today, a third of citizens or 33.6 per cent have a positive attitude towards Milosevic.

In April 2002, 22.02 per cent of citizens held a positive opinion about Milosevic.

The poll was carried out in February on a random sample of 1,582 residents of Serbia aged over 18.

Positive attitude towards Milosevic has been rising steadily, with minor oscillations, and in September 2004 29.3 per cent of pollees held a positive opinion of Milosevic.

Vladimir Pejic, director general of the Faktor Plus agency, today said that this percentage was probably rising because following Milosevic's deposition the authorities had failed to live up to citizens' expectations.

As he said, this is aided further by Milosevic's trial before the Hague tribunal, that is, Milosevic succeeding in portraying his defence as the defence of national interests. (passage omitted)
 


Source: Beta news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1323 gmt 17 Feb 05

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