BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Hina) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said on Wednesday the recent exit of representatives of his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) from the Serbian government was a "state-building and not disintegrating"
move. Talking to reporters in Gornji Milanovac, a stop on a tour of several Serbian towns, Kostunica said the members of his party had left Serbia's government confronted with problems "resulting from the non-fulfilment of some of the pre-electoral promises of the (ruling coalition) DOS." The head of state expects new elections in Yugoslavia and Serbia only after the federal state's constitutional issue has been settled, namely after the settlement of the Serbia-Montenegro issue and Serbia's constitutional issue. He did not mention deadlines but said elections are "something that is inevitable." Kostunica appeared in public today after a three-week holiday, during which ti
BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Hina) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
said on Wednesday the recent exit of representatives of his
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) from the Serbian government was a
"state-building and not disintegrating" move.
Talking to reporters in Gornji Milanovac, a stop on a tour of
several Serbian towns, Kostunica said the members of his party had
left Serbia's government confronted with problems "resulting from
the non-fulfilment of some of the pre-electoral promises of the
(ruling coalition) DOS."
The head of state expects new elections in Yugoslavia and Serbia
only after the federal state's constitutional issue has been
settled, namely after the settlement of the Serbia-Montenegro
issue and Serbia's constitutional issue. He did not mention
deadlines but said elections are "something that is inevitable."
Kostunica appeared in public today after a three-week holiday,
during which time the leaders of his party persistently demanded
the resignation of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. In an
interview with Belgrade's Blic daily, Kostunica said his party had
not considered a confidence vote for the Serbian government.
Djindjic has countered the DSS accusations by demanding the party
state who were the people accused of being in collusion with
organised crime. Kostunica's party has avoided doing so.
After the recent harsh public conflict between the two rival
parties, Kostunica's DSS and Djindjic's Democratic Alliance, local
observers expect a "cooling of tempers" ahead of a DOS presidency
session announced for Thursday or Sunday.
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