Radicals predict December 9 elections

Tomislav Nikolic says that presidential elections will soon be announced for December 9. In an interview with daily Vecernje Novosti, the Serb Radical Party deputy leader said that Speaker Oliver Dulic will announce the elections “today or tomorrow” because Boris Tadic "wants to win the presidency early, so that he can wait in peace for the independence of Kosovo to be proclaimed." Radicals predict December 9 elections According to Nikolic, Tadic made an agreement with the European Union and United States to have the presidential elections held before Kosovo is proclaimed independent. “American official in the international mediating Troika, Frank Wisner, has already said that the decision regarding independence will be made in January, even though he had claimed earlier that it would be in December,” Nikolic said. Nikolic added that he could be one of the candidates in the presidential elections, but his party is deciding whether it will participate in the elections or boycott them. DS official: Elections should take place in December State Administration and Local Self-Governance Minister Milan Markovic said that the presidential elections need to be held in December. “This is an important question for the country that needs to be resolved in this period, taking into consideration that the first months of 2008 will be very active with foreign politicy activity." "And it would be very good to have a president of the Republic elected according to the new constitution,” Markovic, a member of President Boris Tadic’s Democratic Party (DS), told Novi Sad daily Dnevnik. Markovic added that it would be good to hold local elections in the spring and to hold them separately from other ballots, "because the quality of local politics needs to be improved.” “This will be done if the citizens, when voting, focus on people who they wish to represent them in their local assemblies, and not in the provincial elections or any other ones,” Markovic said. Asked if the provincial elections could be held together with the presidential vote, Markovic said that he was not aware of any such plans.

Radicals predict December 9 elections

According to Nikolić, Tadić made an agreement with the European Union and United States to have the presidential elections held before Kosovo is proclaimed independent.

“American official in the international mediating Troika, Frank Wisner, has already said that the decision regarding independence will be made in January, even though he had claimed earlier that it would be in December,” Nikolić said.

Nikolić added that he could be one of the candidates in the presidential elections, but his party is deciding whether it will participate in the elections or boycott them.

DS official: Elections should take place in December

State Administration and Local Self-Governance Minister Milan Marković said that the presidential elections need to be held in December.

“This is an important question for the country that needs to be resolved in this period, taking into consideration that the first months of 2008 will be very active with foreign politicy activity."

"And it would be very good to have a president of the Republic elected according to the new constitution,” Marković, a member of President Boris Tadić’s Democratic Party (DS), told Novi Sad daily Dnevnik.

Marković added that it would be good to hold local elections in the spring and to hold them separately from other ballots, "because the quality of local politics needs to be improved.”

“This will be done if the citizens, when voting, focus on people who they wish to represent them in their local assemblies, and not in the provincial elections or any other ones,” Marković said.

Asked if the provincial elections could be held together with the presidential vote, Marković said that he was not aware of any such plans.