PM to ask party for permission "to decide on early polls"

Aleksandar Vucic will on Sunday ask his party, the SNS, to allow him to decide on whether to call early parliamentary elections before the SNS Assembly meets.

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Wednesday, 13.01.2016.

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PM to ask party for permission
(Tanjug, file)

PM to ask party for permission "to decide on early polls"

The SNS Assembly will meet on February 13.

Speaking on Tuesday, Vucic said that he cannot make a decision on elections alone and that he will discuss the issue with his associates, ministers, and the Serbian president.

"I hope that citizens of Serbia will soon have an opportunity to choose better," Vucic said. Asked "whether that means early parliamentary elections will also be held," the prime minister said, "everyone wants them."

The possibility has been raised on several occasions during 2015, and while most high ranking SNS officials would publicly say they were in favor of going to the polls, later statements would reveal that Vucic was against.

The last time the topic came up was in October, when Vucic said he was opposed to the idea as it would be "irresponsible" to organize early polls "at a time we have to deal with (Pristina's bid to join) UNESCO and the opening of (EU membership talks) chapters."

"Whether they (elections) would happen in six, eight, or ten months, I don't know, but in the next three, four, five - there won't be any. My job is to make decisions in the interest of citizens," he told TV Pink at the time.

Several days ago, Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti reported that there was also the possibility of "a broader reshuffle" of the government.

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