PARALELNA VLADA RISTE MATKOVIĆA 1992. PRILOG PROUČAVANJU POLITIČKIH SUKOBA U REPUBLICI SRPSKOJ KRAJINI
PARALLEL GOVERNMENT OF RISTO MATKOVIĆ (1992). CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL CONFLICTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIAN KRAJINA

Summary/Abstract: In early 1992, there was a conflict between Knin and Belgrade over the acceptance of the Vance plan. The conflict also affected relations on the political scene of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. There was a split into two factions. One was headed by President Milan Babić, who was against the Vance plan, and the other was Parliament Speaker Mile Paspalj, who under pressure from Belgrade accepted the plan. In those conflicts, there was a parallelism of power, so during February, March, and April of 1992, the Krajina had two govern-ments. The focus of this paper is on the parallel government whose first minister was Risto Matković. His government was loyal to Milan Babić and had no sig-nificant support outside Knin. It held only three sessions and tried to counter the Government of Zdravko Zečević, which had the support of the Parliament of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and of official Belgrade, which was a crucial moment in the exercise of political power in the Krajina throughout its existence. The paper is based on unreleased archival materials, published documents, press, memoirs, and professional literature.

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