direct elections for the deputies to the upper chamber) and the Chamber
of Citizens or Vece Gradjana (138 seats - 108 Serbian with half elected
by constituency majorities and half by proportional representation,
30 Montenegrin with six elected by constituency and 24 proportionally;
members serve four-year terms) elections: Chamber of Republics - last
held 24 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004); Chamber of Citizens -
last held 24 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004) election results:
Chamber of Republics - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
SNP 19, DOS 10, SPS/JUL 7, SRS 2, SPO 1, SNS 1; note - seats are filled
on a proportional basis to reflect the composition of the legislatures of
the republics of Montenegro and Serbia; since 1998 Serbia has effectively
barred Montenegro from its constitutional right to delegate deputies to
the Chamber of Republics; Chamber of Citizens - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - DOS 58, SPS/JUL 44, SNP 28, SRS 5, SNS 2, other 1
Judicial branch: Federal Court or Savezni Sud; Constitutional Court;
judges for both courts are elected by the Federal Assembly for nine-year
terms
Political parties and leaders: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM
[Jozsef KASZA]; Civic Alliance of Serbia or GSS [Goran SVILANOVIC];
Coalition Sandzak [Rasim LJAJIC]; Coalition Sumadija [Branislav
KOVACEVIC]; Democratic Alternative of DA [Nebojsa COVIC]; Democratic
Center or DC [Dragoljub MICUNOVIC]; Democratic Christian Party of Serbia
of DHSS [Vladan BATIC]; Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Dr. Ibrahim
RUGOVA, president]; Democratic Opposition of Serbia or DOS [leader NA];
Democratic Party or DS [Zoran DJINDJIC]; Democratic Party of Serbia or
DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro or
DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]; Movement for a Democratic Serbia or PDS [Momcilo
PERISIC]; New Democracy or ND [Dusan MIHAJLOVIC]; New Serbia [Velimir
ILIC]; People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Dragan SOC]; Serb People's
Party or SNS [Bozidar BOJOVIC]; Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Vojislav
SESELJ]; Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC, president];
Serbian Socialist Party or SPS (former Communist Party) [Slobodan
MILOSEVIC]; Social Democracy or SD [Vuk OBRADOVIC]; Social Democratic
Union or SDU [Zarko KORAC]; Socialist People's Party of Montenegro or SNP
[Momir BULATOVIC]; Yugoslav United Left or JUL [Ljubisa RISTIC]
Political pressure groups and leaders:
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