Ruling DS spokeswoman Jelena Trivan said that the opposition in Serbia is not offering anything constructive to the country. She said that instead of insisting on elections constantly, the opposition should focus on helping to solve problems.
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SNS, NS, DSS push for early elections
February 22nd, 2010 |
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Leaders of the opposition SNS and NS parties Tomislav Nikolić and Velimir Ilić on Monday in downtown Belgrade campaigned for early elections. They were joined by opposition DSS deputy leader Nenad Popović, and stated that the three parties were united in the request for the holding of early parliamentary elections.
Opposition leader’s attacker stays silent
February 9th, 2010 |
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Dejan Stojadinović, who attacked opposition New Serbia (NS) party leader Velimir Ilić on Friday, refused to make any statement when questioned by police. This is according to Serbian police (MUP) Director Milorad Veljović, who spoke in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Arrest the opposition
February 9th, 2010 |
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Sri Lanka’s president cracks down on opponents once more
NOT content with trouncing his main opponent, General Sarath Fonseka, in Sri Lanka’s presidential election last month, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has had him arrested. General Fonseka was nabbed—brutishly, by over 100 soldiers, according to his supporters—on Monday February 8th. Officials say he will be charged in a court martial with conspiring to topple the government.
He was accused shortly after he lost an acrimonious election on January 26th of plotting to assassinate Mr Rajapaksa and seize power. That heralded a purge in the army that General Fonseka led until recently, with 14 senior officers retired and around 40 serving and former soldiers arrested. But the government has given no details of General Fonseka’s alleged plot, which it says he hatched while still in uniform. A statement released by the defence ministry explained that the general had been detained “in connection with condemnation [sic] acts and other military offences”. A government spokesman also suggested that General Fonseka’s crime was in fact to have got involved in politics while still in uniform. …
Defiant talk
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Iran’s opposition refuses to give up
IT WAS a comment calculated to provoke the Iranian regime shortly before the anniversary of the 1979 revolution. Mir Hosein Mousavi, a leader of Iran’s opposition Green Movement and a thwarted candidate in last June’s presidential elections, this week declared that the revolution has failed in most of its aims. Mr Mousavi suggested that the revolution has been unable to do away with “the roots of tyranny and dictatorship” in the country and likened the current regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to that of the shah, the unpopular king who was deposed after strikes and public protests.
Mr Mousavi has timed his comments to encourage a new round of anti-government protests that are expected next week. His defiance is courageous in the face of months of intense repression by the government and a particularly intense recent crackdown on opposition members. Late in January two men were executed after being accused of trying to topple the government. Another nine people have been sentenced to death for taking part in pro-opposition demonstrations. …
Former DS mayor joins opposition party
January 27th, 2010 |
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Former Mayor of Zrenjanin and former member of the ruling Democrats (DS) Presidency Goran Knežević has confirmed he had joined the Serb Progressives (SNS). Opposition SNS Deputy President Aleksandar VuÄić stated on Monday that Knežević was welcome to join, noting that he was a respectful and responsible man who had done a lot for the development of the central Banat region in Vojvodina, northern Serbia, but that his membership in the party depended on whether he wished to join.
“Ex-DS mayor to join opposition partyâ€
January 25th, 2010 |
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Former Mayor of Zrenjanin Goran Knežević will soon become a member of Serb Progressive Party (SNS), Belgrade daily VeÄernje Novosti writes. Knežević is accused of defrauding the town’s budget of RSD 150mn.
Opposition on Srebrenica resolution
January 24th, 2010 |
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There are still discussions that are ongoing among politicians from various parties in Serbia regarding the resolutions for condemning war crimes of the 1990s. Even though it is still not known when the drafts for condemning the crimes in Srebrenica and for condemning crimes committed against Serbs will be finished, it is still a very active topic on the political scene.
Armenian opposition journalist sentenced
January 19th, 2010 |
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A court in Yerevan, Armenia, has sentenced a leading opposition journalist to seven years in jail. Newspaper editor Nikol Pashinian was sentenced on charges of organizing the mass unrest that followed the 2008 presidential election, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports.
Yanukovych leads in Ukraine presidential race
January 18th, 2010 |
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Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading with 36.86% in the Ukrainian presidential elections, after half of the ballots have been counted. This is according to the country’s Central Election Commission, RIA Novosti reported.
Bangladesh opposition defers protest on Hasina’s India visit
January 16th, 2010 |
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Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has deferred its planned agitation to protest the five India-Bangladesh accords, inked during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi earlier this week, and said it will wait for her briefing on the talks with the Indian leadership.
Hasina will elaborate later Saturday on her four-day visit to India [...]
Opposition leader wants elections, talks tough on crime
January 7th, 2010 |
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Leader of the opposition Serb Progressives (SNS) Tomislav Nikolić says he hopes for early parliamentary elections this year. Nikolić was also quoted as saying that he would like to have a “direct showdown” with President Boris Tadić for the post of the head of state.
Mousavi “ready to die†for Iran reforms
January 2nd, 2010 |
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The Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has said he is ready to lay down his life to bring about change in the Islamic Republic. Demanding an end to a state crackdown on pro-reform supporters, he declared on his website: “I am not afraid to die for people’s demands.â€
Iranian cleric: Opposition enemies of God
December 30th, 2009 |
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An Iranian cleric says the country’s opposition leaders are “enemies of God” who could be executed according to Islamic law. The cleric, VOA reports, is close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.
Court Shutters 3 H-1B Opposition Sites
December 29th, 2009 |
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As part of a libel lawsuit, a court issues takedown orders to hosting and domain providers for ITgrunt.com, Endh1b.com and Guestworkerfraud.com. Apex, an IT consulting company, claims the sites are engaging in false and defamatory statements about Apex’s employment agreement.
– A New Jersey county superior
court judge has ordered takedown notices for three anti-H-1B Websites as part
of a libel lawsuit by IT consulting company Apex Technology Group. The sites
targeted by Judge James Hurley are ITgrunt.com, Endh1b.com and
Guestworkerfraud.com. The judge also ordered Face…
Iranian govt. cracks down further on opposition
December 29th, 2009 |
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The Iranian government is cracking the whip on opposition supporters after two days of intense and sometimes bloody demonstrations in Tehran and elsewhere. Scores of opposition activists and political leaders are reported to have been arrested.
Opposition accuses govt. of wasting money
December 28th, 2009 |
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Opposition party MPs said in parliament in Belgrade this Monday that the government has spent more money than planned for 2009. Amendments submitted on a draft law for changes to the budget law for 2009, set expenditures at RSD 719.8bn, income at 614.9bn, and a budget deficit of 104.8bn.
Tehran police “in fatal clashes with protesters”
December 27th, 2009 |
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Opposition sources in Iran say that at least four protesters have been shot dead in violent clashes between anti-government crowds and police. They said security forces opened fire on protesters as some of the fiercest clashes in months erupted in the capital, Tehran.
Statute motion filed with Constitutional Court
December 24th, 2009 |
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Officials of the opposition DSS-NS coalition submitted a motion today to assess the constitutionality of the Vojvodina statute. The two parties, represented by MiloÅ¡ Aligrudić and Velimir Ilić, have also asked Serbia’s Constitutional Court to look into the accompanying law determining the jurisdiction of the province.
Govt. no longer has majority, says opposition
December 24th, 2009 |
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Opposition parties claim that if all of the ruling coalition cannot back the most important government act – the budget – there is no parliamentary majority. Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić said that the “Serbian citizens want elections, because they do not see legitimacy in the parliament and government.â€