“Stability of government not at stake”

Dragan Sutanovac says that the government will not fall despite differences between the parties of the ruling coalition. “We have not had any serious conflicts, we are defining policies for next year with the adoption of the budget, and the presidential election is going to be a topic that we will have to discuss,” the defense minister and Democratic Party (DS) vice-president said. “Stability of government not at stake” He told Studio B that he “would like to know what points of President Boris Tadic’s agenda and policies the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) is not happy with, and what their actual reasons are for not wanting the presidential elections to be held in January.” “If the DSS had stated that it did not support President Tadic because they had their own candidate, that would be understandable, but I am curious as to what part of our political message they don’t agree with,” Sutanovac said. Speaking of the hasty decision to call elections, he said that it had been done in line with the new constitution. “It is absurd to postpone presidential elections by a year,” Sutanovac said, adding that the elections were originally supposed to be called at the end of last year. “The best thing for the DSS would be to support Tadic, because that would help the party decide between the development of democracy and radicalism in Serbia,” he said.

“Stability of government not at stake”

He told Studio B that he “would like to know what points of President Boris Tadić’s agenda and policies the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) is not happy with, and what their actual reasons are for not wanting the presidential elections to be held in January.”

“If the DSS had stated that it did not support President Tadić because they had their own candidate, that would be understandable, but I am curious as to what part of our political message they don’t agree with,” Šutanovac said.

Speaking of the hasty decision to call elections, he said that it had been done in line with the new constitution.

“It is absurd to postpone presidential elections by a year,” Šutanovac said, adding that the elections were originally supposed to be called at the end of last year.

“The best thing for the DSS would be to support Tadić, because that would help the party decide between the development of democracy and radicalism in Serbia,” he said.