Media reports about the government reshuffle are aimed at reducing the power of the Serbian Socialist Party, SPS leader Ivica DaÄić told daily VeÄernje novosti.
He claims that there has not been a single concrete proposal for downsizing of the government.
Ivica DaÄić said the ruling Democrats (DS) and the opposition SNS have a common goal of creating a two-party system in Serbia. The leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Serbia’s first deputy PM said his ruling coalition partners the Democratic Party, led by the country’s president Boris Tadić, will not have the Socialists’ help in achieving this.
Ruling SPS party has joined the Democrats in calling on Serbs in Kosovo to take part in elections organized by Kosovo Albanian authorities. Previously, the Liberal-Democrats (LDP) also voiced this stand. Opposition DSS is against such a move.
SPS leader Ivica DaÄić did not rule out a possibility of joining a coalition with the Democrats (DS) and Serb Progressives (SNS) after next elections.
“It has not been discussed so far, but if there are no other possibilities it will remain an open option,†DaÄić said in a statement published by the Belgrade daily Blic on Thursday.
The local authorities in the municipality of Novo Brdo in Kosovo will be formed by the Socialist-led SPS-PUPS-JS coalition and the Democratic Party (DS). The authorities in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica “will probably be organized in the same manner as on the state levelâ€, SPS-PUPS-JS officials stated on Wednesday.
The Higher Court in Belgrade has ruled that a former NBS vice-governor and an SPS party official were not guilty in a bribery case. The prosecution indicted and sent to trial central bank’s former number two, Dejan Simić, and Vladan ZagraÄ‘anin of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), for allegedly accepting bribes in a case the media dubbed the Suitcase Affair, since the money was found in a suitcase.
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica DaÄić announced Saturday that he has received an invitation to attend the National Prayer Breakfast. He added that the gesture from the U.S. administration had “symbolic importance for the SPS.”
Ivica DaÄić said that Energy Minister Petar Å kundrić will respect all decisions of the government regarding his position in the NIS shareholder assembly. The interior minister said that Å kundrić will leave his position as the president of the NIS shareholder assembly if the government recommends for him to do so. DaÄić is the leader, and Å kundrić a high ranking official of the ruling Socialists (SPS).
Parliament Speaker Slavica Äukić-Dejanović (SPS) said that the ruling coalition is stable despite disagreements over the Law on Information. “The ruling coalition is not at risk despite disputes regarding the changes and additions made to the draft of the Law on Information,†Äukić-Dejanović told daily Danas.
