Belgrade to get interim administration "soon"

BELGRADE SNS Vice President Nebojsa Stefanovic says "everything" concerning the interim administration in the city "will be resolved very soon." "It really is not clear what the DS really wants. First, they say that they are not even thinking of entering the council, then they ask for two and a half seats, and now they want two," Stefanovic, who is also head of the party's Belgrade board, was quoted as telling the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti. Belgrade to get interim administration "soon" His statements came after Democratic Party (DS) official and Vice President of the City Assembly Zoran Alimpic said on Sunday that the DS believes the parties that won no seats and did not cross the election threshold in last year's elections should not participate in the interim city government, because that would not be in accordance with the Constitution and the law. Alimpic also said that the government, during the formation of the interim administration, should take into consideration the political composition of the city assembly, and that the DS, since more than two fifths of councilors come from its ranks, should have at least two members in the new body. According to an article in the Belgrade-based daily Blic, the temporarily council in the capital is likely to be formed during the next session of the Serbian government, which is to be held on Thursday. The newspaper says that members of the body will "certainly" include Goran Vesic, a close associate of Aleksandar Vucic and former member of the Democratic Party, and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) member Nikola Nikodijevic, while other candidates "are still being talked with." According to this, among them is Sinisa Mali, one of Vucic's advisors, as well as a member of the cabinet of Minister of Finance Lazar Krstic. The daily also said that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will "almost certainly" be invited to join the council - although it has no councilors in the Belgrade Assembly. LDP Vice President Bojan Djuric told the Belgrade-based daily Danas that Zoran Alimpic, with his statements, "went to war against the Liberal Democratic Party." Nebojsa Stefanovic (Beta, file) Tanjug

Belgrade to get interim administration "soon"

His statements came after Democratic Party (DS) official and Vice President of the City Assembly Zoran Alimpić said on Sunday that the DS believes the parties that won no seats and did not cross the election threshold in last year's elections should not participate in the interim city government, because that would not be in accordance with the Constitution and the law.

Alimpić also said that the government, during the formation of the interim administration, should take into consideration the political composition of the city assembly, and that the DS, since more than two fifths of councilors come from its ranks, should have at least two members in the new body.

According to an article in the Belgrade-based daily Blic, the temporarily council in the capital is likely to be formed during the next session of the Serbian government, which is to be held on Thursday.

The newspaper says that members of the body will "certainly" include Goran Vesić, a close associate of Aleksandar Vučić and former member of the Democratic Party, and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) member Nikola Nikodijević, while other candidates "are still being talked with."

According to this, among them is Siniša Mali, one of Vučić's advisors, as well as a member of the cabinet of Minister of Finance Lazar Krstić.

The daily also said that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will "almost certainly" be invited to join the council - although it has no councilors in the Belgrade Assembly.

LDP Vice President Bojan Đurić told the Belgrade-based daily Danas that Zoran Alimpić, with his statements, "went to war against the Liberal Democratic Party."