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But it is not at all certain that Marcovic will get what he wants.
Yugoslavia's decentralized, federal system, set up in 1974 under
president Tito, paralyzes strong executive action by granting a
substantial measure of self-government to the country's six
constituent republics-Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Macedonia and Montenegro-as well as two autonomous provinces
situated within Serbia-Vojvodina and Kosovo. Thus, real power is
held by Communist Party barons in the republics.
But even if Marcovic can cut the deals he needs to make some
economic changes, the political tensions in Yugoslavia are certain to
remain unresolved and volatile, diplomatic observers said.
At the same time, Croatia put itself badly out of step with Serbia, the
dominant player in the Yugoslav federation.
The starting point for debate will be a draft resolution printed this
week in the Belgrade daily Borba. If adopted, it would call on the
party to abandon its monopoly on power, stop meddling in factory-
level decision-making and allow broad freedom to non-Communist
political groups. But as with everything else in Yugoslavia, the
League of Communists is a federal institution with limited power over
regional bosses.
The Kosovo issue has not been resolved, and this time ethnic
Albanians are the ones complaining of persecution. Since March, 29
of them and two police officers reportedly have been killed in
demonstrations in Kosovo. Azem Vlasi, the ethnic Albanian
Communist leader, has been jailed.
The organizing committee called off the rally, saying, "We do not
want to be greeted with guns and truncheons."
But Serbia's party responded that the Slovenian action was "an
unheard-of act of aggression against basic human rights and
freedoms," and called for the economic boycott of Slovenian goods.