He told the press in Belgrade that, given the situation the country was in, dissolving the government and calling early elections was the only realistic solution, saying elections "don't suit the DS but they suit Serbia."
According to unofficial sources, the ruling coalition's leading party, the Serb Progressive Party, could discuss the possibility of early elections on Monday, while Prime Minister Ivica Dacic's Socialists are to hold an extraordinary press conference "about the current political situation" later today.
Djilas said the second, unrealistic option was to leave the economy department in the government to the DS personnel.
He said the DS was not bringing down the government and that the party's participation in the government was not being negotiated. He said the DS would be in a government only with those willing to adopt the party's economic platform and embark on reforms.
Finance and Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic told reporters in Pirot "there's no time" for stories about early elections.
The president of the ruling coalition's Party of United Pensioners, Jovan Krkobabic, said calling early elections was a harmful and unnecessary adventure.
Deputy PM Rasim Ljajic recently said he did not rule out the possibility of early elections by the end of the year.