BELGRADE, Jan 4 (Hina) - The leaders of parties which entered parliament at Serbia's recent extraordinary elections have announced the parties will begin talks on the formation of the new government on Monday.
BELGRADE, Jan 4 (Hina) - The leaders of parties which entered
parliament at Serbia's recent extraordinary elections have announced
the parties will begin talks on the formation of the new government on
Monday.#L#
The proposal by Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav
Kostunica, put forward before the Christmas/New Year's holidays, to
form a government which would include representatives of all seven
parliamentary parties has been rejected by the so-called democratic
bloc -- the Democratic Party, G17 Plus, and the coalition of the Serb
Renewal Movement and New Serbia. These parties dismissed any
possibility of forming post-election coalitions with the Serb Radical
Party (SRS) or the Socialist Party of Serbia even before the December
28 polls.
Next week Kostunica's party should decide on the proposal by SRS vice
president Tomislav Nikolic that the new government be formed by the
SRS and Kostunica's DSS.
Negotiations have also been announced by Boris Tadic, who headed the
Democratic Party slate, G17 Plus president Miroljub Labus, Serb
Renewal Movement leader Vuk Draskovic, who has advocated that the
government be formed by the four "democratic bloc" parties, and
Draskovic's coalition partner, New Serbia leader Velimir Ilic.
Serbia's new parliament has to be formed by January 27.
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