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On April 1, 2001, the Danas newspaper reported the statement by Dusan Mihajlovic, then Minister of the Interior, as a “striking” text: “Milosevic said that they would not take him alive to jail,” and that Mirjana Markovic and Marija Milosevic they were at the residence.
A dramatic photo was released showing masked police officers preparing to break into Milosevic’s residence at around 2:45 a.m. the previous day, March 31.
On the cover of Danas, as the second most important text, with the message that the Government of Serbia called on armed civilians to surrender their weapons, the headline stood out: “Zoran Djindjic: Kostunica is not negotiating with Milosevic.”
The text quotes Djindjic, who said that Slobodan Milosevic contributed to the aggravation of the situation, and that the whole action had nothing to do with international factors, nor did it mean that Milosevic’s extradition to the Hague Tribunal was planned. “
It is also noted that Djindjic emphasized that they are talking with Milosevic security personnel about the conditions of his delivery of weapons, but without specifying who participates in those contacts.
“It is not true that President Kostunica is with Milosevic and that he is negotiating with him,” Djindjic emphasized.
On April 1, 2001, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the behavior of individuals from the General Staff and the VJ Guards Brigade, who systematically prevented the republican bodies from carrying out their duties, offering open support to armed civilians and the personal safety of Milosevic.
In the same issue, our newspaper published texts one below the other, in which first Zoran Zivkovic, the Federal Minister of the Interior, said that there was a “small military coup in Dedinje”, which, in the following text, Nebojsa Pavkovic, Chief of Staff, denies: The army did not interfere with state organs. “
Most of the other side of our diary is devoted to the fact that Nebojsa Pavkovic prevented the arrest of Milosevic, where, among other things, under the headline: “The mysterious colonel does not give the keys” there is an article about the failed attempt from our journalists to obtain information from the Yugoslav Army Moral Directorate about Colonel Cosic, who allegedly handed over the keys to the residential gate to the police on the night of Friday to Saturday.
In the right corner of Danas, and in that issue, as well as many other issues, months ago, day after day, a photo of the murdered former Milosevic associate was posted with the question: Where is Ivan Stambolic? – Day 218 of disappearance. On the third page of our newspaper, from April 1, 2001, there is a report on protesters and supporters of Slobodan Milosevic, who on several occasions managed to break the police cordon, shouting: “Slobodan, you did not fall, Pavkovic gave the order. “
Featured as “Special”, we broadcast the statement of The Hague Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson, Florence Artman, who said that The Hague does not waive Milosevic’s extradition request to The Hague.
“The accusation against him exists and cannot be withdrawn.” In principle, we have nothing against him being accused of corruption and being prosecuted by the Belgrade authorities for that, but the Hague Tribunal and war crimes suspected ones take precedence, “Artman said.
We also broadcast the statement of the then President of the FRY Assembly Citizens Council, Dragoljub Micunovic, that “the new Yugoslav leadership wants to bring to justice any person accused of a crime against humanity or war crimes.”
In the same issue, we published an article about the fact that the then official and close collaborator of Milosevic, Ivica Dacic, was “captured” at the airport, returning his ticket and forgoing the trip to Havana, due to, as he told journalists . , new circumstances.
The text with the title: “I did not shoot and I was not drunk” reported how Sinisa Vucinic, then president of the Radical Left Party, rejected the accusations that he was the leader of the armed men who prevented the arrest of Milosevic. .
From neighboring Montenegro, Danas reported on the words of the DPS vice president, Svetozar Marovic, who described the events surrounding the arrest in Belgrade, the sad end of all dictatorships, while Milo Djukanovic called the SNP, Milosevic’s partner until yesterday , in a pre-election. rally in Podgorica. “Belgrade Budgets”.
In the same issue, in addition to the reactions from around the world, greetings and encouraging the government of Zoran Djindjic to succeed in the action of arresting Milosevic, the entire accusation of The Hague for the crimes committed by this dictator in the former Yugoslavia. The indictment also concerned Nikola Sainovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic and Milan Milutinovic.
The following day, April 2, the front page of our newspaper published a “striking” text stating that the interrogation had begun and that Milosevic had been placed in preventive detention under the headline: “The detainee is fine.” Below is a photo of Tomo File’s lawyer in front of the Central Prison, who said that Milosevic was taking medication.
In the column -Today Call The Hague- a text was also published on the cover in which Carla del Ponte says that she has understanding, but also that she will not wait indefinitely for Milosevic to be delivered to The Hague. Immediately afterwards, Danas reported on the position of the adviser to the Federal Police Minister, Goran Vesić, that the strategy of the SPS was to organize conflicts, but that what followed made the Socialists sober up.
In the April 3 issue, as the main news item, our newspaper noted that the criminal charges against Milosevic were expanded, as well as that they were filed against his daughter Marija Milosevic. Bogoljub Bjelica, Radovan Markisic and Sinisa Vucinic were arrested for obstructing Milosevic’s arrest.
Kostunica: The Hague is not on my mind at the moment
On April 4, Vojislav Kostunica’s position that the army was working in accordance with the law was published on the front page of Danas, while the MUP was not coordinated during Milosevic’s arrest. He noted that the country has so many problems and “The Hague is not in my thoughts at the moment.” The front page also carried the news that Milan Milutinović was resigning from all party functions, as well as the statement by Cedomir Jovanovic, who spoke about the assurances he gave Milosevic that he would not be taken to The Hague, but to the Central Prison. . , and that the negotiation occasions lasted about 10 hours in total. On the fourth day after Milosevic’s arrest, Danas also announced Zoran Djindjic’s announcement that Milosevic would be charged with killing political opponents, as well as that Mirjana Markovic would pursue the same charges. On the same occasion, Djindjic stated that Rade Markovic “began to cooperate”.
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