BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president detained in The Hague on war crimes charges, is planning to return to Serbian politics, this month.
Though thrown from power in 2000 and extradited under an international warrant, Milosevic has clung to his post as honorary chief of Serbia's Socialist party, the Financial Times reported.
He will run first on the party's list in the Dec. 28 ballot, Socialist leaders said Monday.
Ivica Dacic, a senior Socialist party official, called Milosevic's candidacy a "legitimate demand" issued by the former leader from his prison cell, Belgrade Radio B92 reported.
Dacic said party leaders expect to approve his candidacy formally later this week.
The party is expected to exceed the 5 percent threshold required for entering parliament, so Milosevic is virtually assured of success.
Under Serbian law, Milosevic would be "debarred" if he were convicted by a court, but whether this rule would apply to Hague convictions is unclear.
