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THE WEEK, Page 19WORLDFixing the Odds
Panic's bid to oust Serbia's Milosevic is stymied, at least
for now
Even antidemocrats like Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic
crave the legitimacy only elections can bestow; what is vexing
is the chance of losing. So he fixed the odds. Milosevic now
risks almost nothing in upcoming Dec. 20 balloting, since the
Serbian Electoral Commission disqualified his most formidable
opponent, Yugoslavian Prime Minister Milan Panic, for failing
to meet a one-year residency requirement.
Panic, a businessman who made a fortune in California
before taking up his post in July, appealed the decision to the
Serbian Supreme Court, but that body is headed by the same man
who heads the Electoral Commission. Leading opposition figures,
citing other electoral shenanigans from the Milosevic camp,
have threatened to boycott the elections altogether.