Tadić, Koštunica on cabinet talks

Negotiations with the SPS-led coalition have not even started yet, the leader of the Democrats (DS) Boris Tadic said Tuesday in Belgrade. For this reason, he continued in a statement, any talk that the name of the next premier has been agreed is "speculation and journalists' guesswork". Tadic, Kostunica on cabinet talks Tadic expressed his dissatisfaction with this, since, in his words, the talks with the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition have not yet begun. Forming a stable, socially responsible government that will be made on European and democratic principles is most important, Tadic, who is also Serbia's president, added. "The central point is the quality of a new government and personnel solutions must work for the strategic goals: improvement of the standard of living and strengthening of the economy, attracting new investment, preserving sovereignty and integrity of the country, her European integration, as well as building a socially just society," Tadic said. Meanwhile, his now archrival, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, who heads the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), says that "as time goes by, it seem less realistic that goals of a national government could be achieved with the SPS-led coalition". In order for a national government to successfully defend state and national interests, strong will and clear political principles are needed, while negotiations so far have not proven that the SPS coalition wishes to make a national government as much as the DSS-NS and the SRS, Kostunica told Tanjug news agency today. He emphasized that the public is aware that the DSS-NS have produced a legal analysis of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), as well as that the parties gathered around the SPS have not clearly answered whether they agree with the document, or have any objections to it. At the same time, the Socialists were given an analysis about the possible increase of pensions, something requested by their partners, PUPS. "The DSS will make no further analyses," Kostunica concluded.

Tadić, Koštunica on cabinet talks

Tadić expressed his dissatisfaction with this, since, in his words, the talks with the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition have not yet begun.

Forming a stable, socially responsible government that will be made on European and democratic principles is most important, Tadić, who is also Serbia's president, added.

"The central point is the quality of a new government and personnel solutions must work for the strategic goals: improvement of the standard of living and strengthening of the economy, attracting new investment, preserving sovereignty and integrity of the country, her European integration, as well as building a socially just society," Tadić said.

Meanwhile, his now archrival, Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, who heads the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), says that "as time goes by, it seem less realistic that goals of a national government could be achieved with the SPS-led coalition".

In order for a national government to successfully defend state and national interests, strong will and clear political principles are needed, while negotiations so far have not proven that the SPS coalition wishes to make a national government as much as the DSS-NS and the SRS, Koštunica told Tanjug news agency today.

He emphasized that the public is aware that the DSS-NS have produced a legal analysis of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), as well as that the parties gathered around the SPS have not clearly answered whether they agree with the document, or have any objections to it.

At the same time, the Socialists were given an analysis about the possible increase of pensions, something requested by their partners, PUPS.

"The DSS will make no further analyses," Koštunica concluded.