State of emergency has essentially not been lifted

State of emergency has essentially not been lifted, SRS
Tanjug - April 23, 2003

16:44 BELGRADE , April 23 (Tanjug) - The Serbian Radical Party (SRS) announced on Wednesday that the state of emergency in Serbia "has essentially not been lifted," since the media torture against the regime's political opponents continues, parliament sessions are still not broadcast live, and police armed with automatic machine guns remain on guard before major government facilities.

"It is increasingly becoming clear that the authorities believe that dictatorship is the best solution for all their problems," SRS said demanding that all measures from the order on introducing the state of emergency are lifted.

The Serbian Radical Party (SRS) further accused the authorities that they have no intention of uprooting organized crime in Serbia, but that the whole story about combating organized crime is aimed at removing the competition of mafia groups controlled by the regime."

SRS in a statement asked why now, when the state of emergency has been lifted no one is asking where is Stanko Subotic Cane, why isn't he mentioned and has he suddenly become a "respected citizen about whom no one dares to write or speak."