Dinkić: Govt. to see out mandate

G17 Plus leader Mladjan Dinkic expressed belief today that the current government would see out its mandate. He added that the economic crisis that the country was facing was acting as a cohesive factor for the ruling coalition. Dinkic: Govt. to see out mandate "There are many problems that we must resolve, there is the unprecedented global economic crisis. There are no historical examples of such a crisis and these problems require us to act responsibly, to be united and to work on the resolution of problems, so that I believe that this government will not only last for the duration of this year, but will complete its full mandate," Dinkic told Tanjug in an interview. According to the economy minister, the government would do everything in its power to cushion the impact of the economic crisis on ordinary citizens. "Corridor 10 will most certainly be our priority, and this was also one of our election promises. Our great challenge and obligation will be work on saving existing jobs and, of course, fighting for new jobs. Those two things will, in fact, stand out this year," Dinkic stated. He pointed out that he was on very good terms with President and Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadic, and expressed belief that the DS and G17 Plus would cooperate well in the future. “In this government the DS and ourselves have the exact same attitude towards our European path. It’s true that we are from a completely different group of parties in terms of social democracy and looking at that side of the coin. However, I see that the government is gradually coming over to the side that we have propagated since the very outset, so that we started out with big social promises, but now it’s been seen what’s realistic and what can be carried out,” explained Dinkic. Commenting on G17’s relations with former coalition partner the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), he said that the two parties had gone their separate ways when DSS leader Vojislav Kostunica turned his back on the European path, but that future cooperation was possible provided they returned to a pro-EU policy. “Were the DSS to return to its source, to be a conservatively-oriented but European-oriented party, cooperation would undoubtedly be possible with them again,“ said the G17 Plus leader. Mladjan Dinkic (FoNet, archive)

Dinkić: Govt. to see out mandate

"There are many problems that we must resolve, there is the unprecedented global economic crisis. There are no historical examples of such a crisis and these problems require us to act responsibly, to be united and to work on the resolution of problems, so that I believe that this government will not only last for the duration of this year, but will complete its full mandate," Dinkić told Tanjug in an interview.

According to the economy minister, the government would do everything in its power to cushion the impact of the economic crisis on ordinary citizens.

"Corridor 10 will most certainly be our priority, and this was also one of our election promises. Our great challenge and obligation will be work on saving existing jobs and, of course, fighting for new jobs. Those two things will, in fact, stand out this year," Dinkić stated.

He pointed out that he was on very good terms with President and Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadic, and expressed belief that the DS and G17 Plus would cooperate well in the future.

“In this government the DS and ourselves have the exact same attitude towards our European path. It’s true that we are from a completely different group of parties in terms of social democracy and looking at that side of the coin. However, I see that the government is gradually coming over to the side that we have propagated since the very outset, so that we started out with big social promises, but now it’s been seen what’s realistic and what can be carried out,” explained Dinkić.

Commenting on G17’s relations with former coalition partner the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), he said that the two parties had gone their separate ways when DSS leader Vojislav Koštunica turned his back on the European path, but that future cooperation was possible provided they returned to a pro-EU policy.

“Were the DSS to return to its source, to be a conservatively-oriented but European-oriented party, cooperation would undoubtedly be possible with them again,“ said the G17 Plus leader.