Tomanovic: Kay Knows Nothing About Defense Strategy
Beta - September 2, 2004

Belgrade, 2 Sep (BETA) -- Zdenko Tomanovic, legal adviser to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in a trial before the Hague Tribunal (International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia -- ICTY), tonight voiced doubt in the efficacy of the court's decision to impose a defense lawyer on his client.

"We are yet to see whether it is possible that a lawyer who has been an amicus curiae dons his defense lawyer's hat without having spoken to a single witness or seen the documents prepared by the accused, without knowing the strategy of the defense," Tomanovic told BETA.

Tomanovic advised waiting for the official appointment tomorrow of Steven Kay and his aide Gillian Higgins as Milosevic's defense lawyers when the details of the Hague Tribunal trial chamber decision will be known.

"We will only find out how all this will look like on Tuesday (7 September) when the first witnesses for the defense will be questioned," Tomanovic said.

The Hague Tribunal trial chamber today appointed British lawyers Steven Kay and Gillian Higgins as Milosevic's defenders.

Source: Belgrade BETA in Serbian 1825 GMT 2 Sep 04
Description of Source: Belgrade BETA in Serbian -- independent Belgrade press agency.

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