Montenegro Says Federation Defunct

Montenegro’s pro-Western president, angry at constitutional changes passed last week by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to strengthen his power, says Yugoslavia no longer exists. Yugoslavia, once a federation that included six Balkan republics, has in recent years consisted only of Montenegro and Serbia. But Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic said that with the latest federal constitutional changes, his republic “has practically left the constitutional and legal system of Yugoslavia.” He said Montenegro will not take part in federal elections envisaged by Milosevic for this autumn.