Serbian Radical Party leader announces comeback

Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj said Sunday that he will continue his political career despite his illness and his legal problems.

Sixty-year-old Seselj was temporarily released because of poor health from 12-year detention in the Netherlands, where he faced a trial in the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague.

He announced in Belgrade that he is consolidating his party for possible early elections by the end of the year to form a government.

The prosecution has asked the International Criminal Tribunal to return Seselj to the detention unit, but this was rejected in January by the Trial Chamber, leaving Seselj in Serbia on medical treatment for an undetermined time period.

In front of several thousand supporters who gathered at Republic Square, he criticized the government of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for its wish to join the European Union, the country's cooperation with the EU, the United States and Germany as well as corruption, economic crisis and the decreasing living standards of citizens.

"It was enough of bending in front of the Western powers and begging to be received into the European Union," Seselj said.

Accusing the country's leaders that they have given up nationalism, Seselj explained that the gathering presents "a torch of Serbian radicalism that will not be put out until Radicals establish their rule."

The Radical Party was the leading opposition nationalist party in Serbia since 2000 although its leader was arrested in 2003. However, at the elections held in March 2014, it achieved poor results. Endi