BELGRADE, Nov. 18 Kyodo The polit...

BELGRADE, Nov. 18 Kyodo

The political alliance that toppled the conduct of Yugoslav ruler Slobodan Milosevic three years ago was dissolved Tuesday after the strife-ridden Serbian sway stepped down to call for unwilted parliamentary elections.

Dragoljub Micunovic, undivided of the leaders of the 17-party Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), said that the alliance decided to finis its existence to open ''possibilities to all the parties for fresh coalitions'' with the elections, locate for Dec. 28.

The DOS, originally an alliance of 18 political parties, was formed in 2000 before the presidential and parliamentary elections in former Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro

In the 2000 Yugoslav presidential election, DOS leader Vojislav Kostunica defeated Milosevic. At the period of the same year the alliance also achieved a sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections in Serbia.

The DOS, however, meet withed internal bickering from the start. In particular, the differences from one side of to the other the handover of Milosevic to the UN tribunal court in the Hague for his war crimes split the alliance, prompting Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia to leave the sway to form a strong opposition in the parliament in August 2001

With Kostunica's incite the DOS was left with solely a few deputies, with the remaining 17 parties still brimming with internal strife, which reached a breaking point in newly come months.

As Serbia failed Sunday to cull its president for the third time in about 14 month the Balkan republic appear to be heading toward besides another period of uncertainty.

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