Runje stressed that power in Vojvodina remained in the hands of democratic parties which had been managing the province over the past four years.
"Thanks to them, primarily to the Democratic Party which was and still is the leading party of the democratic bloc, the mother tongue of the Croat community received the status of an official language in Vojvodina," the DSHV deputy said.
We expect the continuation of support and facilitated realisation of our rights in education, culture, information and the official use of the language in the province, Runje said.
The government in Vojvodina was formed last weekend by the Democratic Party, the Alliance of Vojvodina"s Hungarians, the League of Vojvodina"s Social Democrats and businessman Bogoljub Karic"s the Movement of Serbian Forces which together have 65 in the 120-seat parliament.
Even though it came top in the elections, the Serb Radical Party led by a war crimes indictee, Vojislav Seselj, was unable to form a government in the province because none of other parties wanted to join the radicals in a coalition.