IM: Still no agreement on govt. reshuffle

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has stated that there is still no final agreement on the government reshuffle. He said that leaders of the three biggest ruling parties still had not discussed the issue. IM: Still no agreement on govt. reshuffle Dacic, who is also a Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader, told reporters that heads of parliamentary groups, that make majority in parliament, had not talked about it either. “One should not forget that the government does not only consist of these three parties (Democratic Party, SPS and G17 Plus), but that there are also others and that some of them have parliamentary groups. There’s nothing new about all this for now, there are probably talks and consultations on a bilateral level,” he pointed out. The interior minister also repeated that the SPS was not the biggest party in the ruling coalition and that it could have some proposals but that it was “not appropriate” to give them, adding that his party did not know whether the For European Serbia list had made a final agreement. “We are waiting for the information about the possible outcome and what the final proposal is like in the first place,” Dacic stressed. When asked whether the SPS would renounce some ministers’ posts, he said that his party first wanted to see what kind of concept would be proposed. “I absolutely accept serious talks about the ministries that Serbia needs and to harmonize that with a practice of some countries that have similar tradition to Serbia,” he concluded. Ivica Dacic (FoNet, file) Dacic on protests in Croatia Commenting on a Saturday protest in Croatia and the messages that could be heard there, Dacic stated on Sunday that he did not want to interfere with other countries' internal matters but that when it came to reconciliation it was not just the steps taken by Serbia that mattered but that those made by the other side were also crucial. Participants at the Saturday protest in Zagreb downtown, which was organized by the Association of Croatian Defenders 1990-1996, fiercely condemned the policy upheld by the Croatian government regarding Croatian veterans, especially in the case of Tihomir Purda whom Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia want to see extradited.

IM: Still no agreement on govt. reshuffle

Dačić, who is also a Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader, told reporters that heads of parliamentary groups, that make majority in parliament, had not talked about it either.

“One should not forget that the government does not only consist of these three parties (Democratic Party, SPS and G17 Plus), but that there are also others and that some of them have parliamentary groups. There’s nothing new about all this for now, there are probably talks and consultations on a bilateral level,” he pointed out.

The interior minister also repeated that the SPS was not the biggest party in the ruling coalition and that it could have some proposals but that it was “not appropriate” to give them, adding that his party did not know whether the For European Serbia list had made a final agreement.

“We are waiting for the information about the possible outcome and what the final proposal is like in the first place,” Dačić stressed.

When asked whether the SPS would renounce some ministers’ posts, he said that his party first wanted to see what kind of concept would be proposed.

“I absolutely accept serious talks about the ministries that Serbia needs and to harmonize that with a practice of some countries that have similar tradition to Serbia,” he concluded.

Dačić on protests in Croatia

Commenting on a Saturday protest in Croatia and the messages that could be heard there, Dačić stated on Sunday that he did not want to interfere with other countries' internal matters but that when it came to reconciliation it was not just the steps taken by Serbia that mattered but that those made by the other side were also crucial.

Participants at the Saturday protest in Zagreb downtown, which was organized by the Association of Croatian Defenders 1990-1996, fiercely condemned the policy upheld by the Croatian government regarding Croatian veterans, especially in the case of Tihomir Purda whom Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia want to see extradited.