Pro-Western Reformer Wins Runoff Election
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A pro-Western reformer won Serbia’s presidential runoff election, defeating a hard-line nationalist ally of former autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.
Boris Tadic received 54% of the vote. Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic got 45%, the state electoral commission said.
“My hope is that Serbia will never again be led by a man who will spearhead the killing of our countrymen,” Tadic said, referring to Milosevic.
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