War Crimes Defendant Reelected Party Leader

The ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party unanimously reelected war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj as its leader and pledged to protect Serbia’s national interests if the party takes power.

Deputy leader Tomislav Nikolic told a packed hall in Belgrade, the capital, that the party had suffered three tough years since it “bade farewell to Seselj and sent him to The Hague to defend the honor of Serb fighters.”

The Radical Party tops polls ahead of parliamentary elections in December but is not likely to win enough votes to form a government alone, and it lack allies.