In most areas he is also assisted by paramilitary units and the police.
However, the conference decided not to form paramilitary units, stating that such groups should have a separate organization of their own.
Of those, the paramilitary units now called the national police are the most feared.
Many of the forces taking part are Serbian police and paramilitary units.
"Just because we have guns, we're not going to change overnight and suddenly become a paramilitary unit," he said.
The paramilitary units lost their legal status more than a decade ago, and moved heavily into the drug trade.
The Police also has several paramilitary units for defense.
He knows also that the opposition has no military force while the power of his paramilitary units is growing.
British soldiers said that the main resistance was coming from the paramilitary units.
He served in this paramilitary unit for 27 years.