Police eject protesting war veterans

This morning, some 50 police officers ejected ex-serviceman protesting unpaid wages from Kuršumlija town hall.

Izvor: B92

Friday, 21.09.2007.

10:42

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This morning, some 50 police officers ejected ex-serviceman protesting unpaid wages from Kursumlija town hall. Slavko Ilic, a member of the strikers’ board, said that police had entered the building at around 7 a.m., by breaking through a cordon erected by the strikers at the entrance to the building, and had then proceeded to eject about a hundred people. Police eject protesting war veterans According to Ilic, the police had not applied force, although a few people were suffering from shock. Protest organizers said that the police had acted on the orders of the public prosecutor. The government yesterday adopted a bill relating to the payment of war wages to reservists in 1999. A decision was also taken to form a Working Group made up of representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Justice and Finance, that will look into the strikers' demands for payment of wages dating back to the Kosovo conflict of the same year, it was reported in a statement from a government session. Afterwards, the ex-servicemen announced that they would continue their hunger strike in Kursumlija town hall, because the government statement meant nothing. Dejan Milosevic from the strikers’ board told B92 that the government had done nothing to resolve the matter. "We plan to continue our strike. The government hasn’t done anything. At the moment, I don’t expect anything from the working group. They’ve put something up on their site, but nothing concrete," said Milosevic He said that the reservists had asked for someone to come and speak to them, and added that he could not understand the state. About forty reservists had been conducting a hunger strike inside Kursumlija town hall over unpaid wages. Ten strikers are receiving medical treatment at home and, according to Milosevic, are still refusing to eat. Around 2,000 reservists have been left unpaid, while, according to some strikers, others have been paid double wages. At the beginning of the week, the court in Krusevac declared that it was no longer responsible for the matter, adding that the case had been passed on to the Municipal Court in the same town. The Ministry of Defense says that there are indications that certain reservists did receive double wages, and are looking into the matter.

Police eject protesting war veterans

According to Ilić, the police had not applied force, although a few people were suffering from shock.

Protest organizers said that the police had acted on the orders of the public prosecutor.

The government yesterday adopted a bill relating to the payment of war wages to reservists in 1999. A decision was also taken to form a Working Group made up of representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Justice and Finance, that will look into the strikers' demands for payment of wages dating back to the Kosovo conflict of the same year, it was reported in a statement from a government session.

Afterwards, the ex-servicemen announced that they would continue their hunger strike in Kuršumlija town hall, because the government statement meant nothing. Dejan Milošević from the strikers’ board told B92 that the government had done nothing to resolve the matter.

"We plan to continue our strike. The government hasn’t done anything. At the moment, I don’t expect anything from the working group. They’ve put something up on their site, but nothing concrete," said Milošević

He said that the reservists had asked for someone to come and speak to them, and added that he could not understand the state.

About forty reservists had been conducting a hunger strike inside Kuršumlija town hall over unpaid wages. Ten strikers are receiving medical treatment at home and, according to Milošević, are still refusing to eat.

Around 2,000 reservists have been left unpaid, while, according to some strikers, others have been paid double wages.

At the beginning of the week, the court in Kruševac declared that it was no longer responsible for the matter, adding that the case had been passed on to the Municipal Court in the same town.

The Ministry of Defense says that there are indications that certain reservists did receive double wages, and are looking into the matter.

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