Parliament to reconvene on September 2

The next session of parliament will be held on September 2, according to SPS official Dušan Bajatović.

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Friday, 01.08.2008.

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The next session of parliament will be held on September 2, according to SPS official Dusan Bajatovic. After consultations between Parliamentary Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic and party whips, Bajtovic said that new consultations had been scheduled for September 1, one day before the next session. Parliament to reconvene on September 2 Parliament has not convened for two weeks, leaving Serbia to wait on ratification of two very important agreements – the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, and the energy agreement with Russia. On Monday, consultations between whips and Djukic-Dejanovic over scheduling the next session fell through. Serb Radical Party (SRS) official Aleksandar Vucic stated how his party would be acting in the coming parliamentary sessions. “If the parliamentary rules of procedure are breached, then they are breached. If they’re not, then they’re not. SRS representatives will behave strictly according to the law, the Code of Procedure, and the Constitution,” Vucic pledged. Obstructing the work of parliament is the democratic right of the opposition, said Dragan Sormaz of the Democratic Party of Serbia, adding though that the opposition parties were ready to reach an agreement. “If an agreement is reached, there will be no problem, but we need two sides for an agreement. An agreement cannot be reached by one side because it has 128 representatives and ignore the other side that has 122—it’s not much of a majority,” Vucic said. “We have to know how parliament will function, and we have to reach an agreement between ourselves and the opposition, because citizens voted for the opposition too,” Sormaz pointed out. The Democratic Party (DS) says it is willing to listen to the opposition, but party whip Nada Kolundzija expects to see changes from them too. “I expect after everything that has happened that some of these political powers will sober up in a way, and will come to realize their responsibilities towards the citizens of Serbia, and change their stances accordingly,” Kolundzija said.

Parliament to reconvene on September 2

Parliament has not convened for two weeks, leaving Serbia to wait on ratification of two very important agreements – the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, and the energy agreement with Russia.

On Monday, consultations between whips and Đukić-Dejanović over scheduling the next session fell through.

Serb Radical Party (SRS) official Aleksandar Vučić stated how his party would be acting in the coming parliamentary sessions.

“If the parliamentary rules of procedure are breached, then they are breached. If they’re not, then they’re not. SRS representatives will behave strictly according to the law, the Code of Procedure, and the Constitution,” Vučić pledged.

Obstructing the work of parliament is the democratic right of the opposition, said Dragan Šormaz of the Democratic Party of Serbia, adding though that the opposition parties were ready to reach an agreement.

“If an agreement is reached, there will be no problem, but we need two sides for an agreement. An agreement cannot be reached by one side because it has 128 representatives and ignore the other side that has 122—it’s not much of a majority,” Vučić said.

“We have to know how parliament will function, and we have to reach an agreement between ourselves and the opposition, because citizens voted for the opposition too,” Šormaz pointed out.

The Democratic Party (DS) says it is willing to listen to the opposition, but party whip Nada Kolundžija expects to see changes from them too.

“I expect after everything that has happened that some of these political powers will sober up in a way, and will come to realize their responsibilities towards the citizens of Serbia, and change their stances accordingly,” Kolundžija said.

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