(3 Oct 2000) Serbo-Croat/Nat
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One day after Slobodan Milosevic lambasted opposition leaders, labelling them puppets of the West, reactions from people on the streets of Belgrade were indignant.
In his first television address to the nation since the election, Milosevic remained defiant, accusing his opponents of seeking to plunge the country into chaos and "foreign occupation" in which "Yugoslavia will inevitably break up."
However, few people are impressed by the way Milosevic has handled power.
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"He should be ashamed of himself. After 10 years of his rule, look around us, look how we live in this city, in this state. He should be ashamed."
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"The speech shows that he is scared. It is so clear that he is not indifferent. He was never so aggressive as yesterday and that was his first address to the nation,"
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"He has switched the issues. He described present situation as something that will happen in the future"
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In a veiled threat to tens of thousands of strikers, Milosevic said that "Serbia is obliged to defend itself from the invasion prepared through various means of subversion."
Serbia, together with Montenegro, forms Yugoslavia.
The opposition characterised the speech as bluster from a desperate man.
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