Sapic, a former member of the national water polo team and senior member of the Serbian Progressive Party, told a news conference that a monument to World War II Chetnik movement leader Draza Mihailovic would be erected in a park in downtown Belgrade.

“Bolshevism and Communism should be done away with once and for all, because it was fatal for the Serbian people,” said Sapic, who is known for his pro-Russian views.

Sapic said that he would personally see to it that the relocation of Tito's grave was done in a dignified way.

Josip Broz Tito, the life-long president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, died in 1980 and was buried at a mausoleum called the House of Flowers, which today is part of the Museum of Yugoslavia. His funeral was attended by more than 200 delegations from around the world, including 33 heads of state, 21 prime ministers, four kings, five princes and leaders of international organisations.

The common grave of four WWII national heroes – Ivo Lola Ribar, Djuro Djakovic, Mosa Pijade and Ivan Milutinovic – is located within the city's historical complex Kalamegdan.

Sapic said that the decision on the relocation of the grave was within the remit of the Culture Ministry, as the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments was in charge of Kalemegdan as well as of the Museum of Yugoslavia, but that the city authorities would see to it that the graves were relocated in a dignified way and that they were willing to finance the exhumation.

As for the proposal to erect a monument to Draza Mihailovic, Sapic said that Mihailovic “deserves it”.

This is also important for the sake of national reconciliation, Sapic said, describing Mihailovic as one of the most decorated Serbian officers and fighters, “who was posthumously awarded the highest US and French decorations.”

Sapic had earlier announced that he would ask that the House of Flowers and the Museum of Yugoslavia become a museum of Serbian history and that Josip Broz Tito should “return to Kumrovec”, his place of birth in Croatia.