Šešelj out of heart surgery, party says

The surgery to fit Serb Radicals (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj with a heart pacemaker has been performed, the party has announced. “According to unofficial information we have, Seselj’s wife Jadranka was informed in the Hague Tribunal detention unit that the surgery is over,” SRS official Nemanja Sarovic has said. Seselj out of heart surgery, party says He added that the SRS requested that the public be informed about their leader’s condition as soon as possible. The SRS official stated that the Hague Tribunal Secretariat had said that it was still uncertain whether Seselj’s wife would be allowed to visit him during the day or not, even though she was promised on Wednesday that she could visit her husband. National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal President Rasim Ljajic announced on Thursday morning that the Hague indictee would undergo surgery to have a heart pacemaker implanted. “If Seselj agrees, a medical team will be sent from Serbia to The Hague during the day that will also examine him and assess his health condition,” he pointed out earlier on Thursday. Ljajic talked to the Hague Tribunal representatives on Wednesday and told them that it was unacceptable to transfer Seselj to a hospital outside prison without informing the Serbian authorities. He also said he wanted to visit the Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader but that he had refused. “The decision is not personal, it is not directed against me, it’s his principle position not to speak to the representatives of the Serbian government since he arrived in The Hague,” Ljajic explained. In the meantime, the Hague Tribunal has requested information about Seselj’s condition and ordered that he be examined by Russian specialist Sergei Nikolayevich Avdeyev once he is transferred back to his cell. The trial chamber also requested a report on circumstances under which the Hague indictee was transferred to the hospital last Friday. The judges also instructed Avdeyev to submit a report on Seselj’s condition as soon as possible. Vojislav Seselj Serbia must help Seselj, minister says Serbian Infrastructure and Energy Minister Milutin Mrkonjic believes that Serbia needs to help the SRS leader, bearing in mind his bad health. “Everything that has been happening with Seselj there for years and years of imprisonment without a court epilogue should have alarmed the government and the social organizations in Serbia, as well as the non-governmental sector a long time ago, and it should have prompted a general condemnation of The Hague and the inhumane Hague practice, at least when Serb prisoners are concerned,” he pointed out in a written statement to media. B92 Beta

Šešelj out of heart surgery, party says

He added that the SRS requested that the public be informed about their leader’s condition as soon as possible.

The SRS official stated that the Hague Tribunal Secretariat had said that it was still uncertain whether Šešelj’s wife would be allowed to visit him during the day or not, even though she was promised on Wednesday that she could visit her husband.

National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal President Rasim Ljajić announced on Thursday morning that the Hague indictee would undergo surgery to have a heart pacemaker implanted.

“If Šešelj agrees, a medical team will be sent from Serbia to The Hague during the day that will also examine him and assess his health condition,” he pointed out earlier on Thursday.

Ljajić talked to the Hague Tribunal representatives on Wednesday and told them that it was unacceptable to transfer Šešelj to a hospital outside prison without informing the Serbian authorities.

He also said he wanted to visit the Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader but that he had refused.

“The decision is not personal, it is not directed against me, it’s his principle position not to speak to the representatives of the Serbian government since he arrived in The Hague,” Ljajić explained.

In the meantime, the Hague Tribunal has requested information about Šešelj’s condition and ordered that he be examined by Russian specialist Sergei Nikolayevich Avdeyev once he is transferred back to his cell.

The trial chamber also requested a report on circumstances under which the Hague indictee was transferred to the hospital last Friday.

The judges also instructed Avdeyev to submit a report on Šešelj’s condition as soon as possible.

Serbia must help Šešelj, minister says

Serbian Infrastructure and Energy Minister Milutin Mrkonjić believes that Serbia needs to help the SRS leader, bearing in mind his bad health.

“Everything that has been happening with Šešelj there for years and years of imprisonment without a court epilogue should have alarmed the government and the social organizations in Serbia, as well as the non-governmental sector a long time ago, and it should have prompted a general condemnation of The Hague and the inhumane Hague practice, at least when Serb prisoners are concerned,” he pointed out in a written statement to media.