Marovic announces army restructuring
Vijesti - March 21, 2003

PODGORICA -- Thursday – President of Serbia-Montenegro Svetozar Marovic today announced personnel changes in the union’s army, assessing that they won’t be radical.

In a frank statement to Podgorica daily Vijesti, Marovic said: "I do not support radical changes, but I do support changes which will transform the army, as a part of the overall democratic system of a country, to act in the interest of civilians and their future".

He continued by explaining that the army should consist of "people who do their job sincerely, professionally and competently and who believe their prospects lie in the future and not in the past".

According to the new president this includes "cooperation with the world, acceptance of contemporary standards with which they will help its people".

"You won't help your people if you say we should not cooperate with The Hague. If there are such people in the army and if we run into such people within our jurisdiction, we will be replacing them with those who defend the future and not the 'bad past'." said Marovic.

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