Tadić wants “will of citizens respected”

Well Mr Tadić, that mathematical majority is in fact a constitutional majority. It is the law my dear puppet and is sufficient to form a government.

You see, all parties are in favour of EU integration but not at the expense of Kosovo. I suspect some compromise will be made between the SRS/DSS/SPS along those lines. But lets be clear, the will of the people is not to sell Kosovo, which you seem to neglect by cosying up to the very people who are scheming to rip Kosovo away.

Now you are saying that "failure is not an option". What is that supposed to mean? Why did you accept the elections in that case? You should have just announced a return to a dictatorship where you are the leader because that is exactly what you and your US sponsors seem to want - let the people vote so long as they only elect us otherwise we'll just pretent they did and still take power.

Boris Tadić says the Radicals and DSS are trying to create a mathematical majority ...

I wonder if it's not exactly what Tadic did himself together with DSS after SRS victory ? Why can't it work this time ?

He's repeating this lie over and over again but that doesn't make it truth!
The ones who won the elections are the ones who have a majority to set up a government and it's not the Canak, Dinkic, Tadic coalition!
I hope he will honor democracy by doing a good and constructive opposition job!

Tadic - get on with upholding the sanctity of Serbia's sovereignity and not creating divisions where none exist!

What are you as President of Serbia doing to put Peter Feith in his place and upholding Serbia's Un recognised sovereign territory????
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Talking of Maths and "will of people" just shows up the lack of logic and failure to comprehend that D yeS to all that Europe demands popped the corks far too soon and did not win anything as they would like to spin - SRS & DSS-NS (a 3 party grouping) combined have 108 to the D yeS to all that Europe demands 102 (a 5 party grouping). Thus the natural and most stable coalition for SPS-PUPS-JS is with SRS-DSS-NS since this immediatly makes the majority (i.e. the 'will of the people') as opposed to Tadic's (Solanao boys) who would still fall short (122 in such a scenario) and need another parties admission into an ever less stable coalition and more concerning to SPS coalition consent of LDP to pass go!!!

The DS deceit of 'nicey nicey' to the socialist coalition is nothing more then spin since D yeS man Zivkovic let the cat out of the bag regarding the SPS coalition;

"The former prime minister also expected “some younger people who voted for the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) will realize that Europe is the future, and they will change sides.”

Živković said that the SPS’s current position, where it was choosing which coalition to join, was the result of a coincidence as, according to him, they do not have the democratic capacity to help Serbia enter the EU any quicker. "

It is just "coincidence" that DS must form a coalition now but the plan is to have an election again shortly and entice SPS voters away!!! Tadic check what your people are saying on behalf of Double Standards (DS) since it is evident a great deal of BS is being spun!!!

Talking of spin;

"The DS leader said that the Socialists were the authentic representativs of Serbia in the 1990s by the will of the people, and that is what the Democrats have had the same role since 2000. "

- now that is an abrupt U-turn and comical if Tadic has said it - I wonder if his "friend of Serbia" - Solano, Rupel, Rehn, Kouchner, Blair, Clinton Holbrooke, et al coached Tadic in saying this ?!

He doean't seem to realize that all majorities are strictly mathematical majorities.
Also, our President should know his position demands to be above the party politics.
By his meddling he can cause a serious damage to our democracy.

When I read this interview in Blic, all that came to mind was:
Did you learn math at school Mr. President?

ZeS (pre-election coalition) = 38% of the popular vote

SRS/DSS-NS (post-election coalition) = 41% of the popular vote.

Which grouping has the largest share of the popular vote?

And if we look at the SPS-PUPS-JS vote (7.6%), did the voters go with this coalition because they are 'narodnjaci' or 'zabavnjaci'?

Isn't that the problem that Dacic now faces? The political leadership of the SPS are quite keen to ally themselves with DS and 'modernise'. But those who voted them into this position are somewhat more 'traditional' in outlook.

In effect, if the "will of the citizens [is to be] respected" as the President states, we should be looking at a SRS lead government very soon.

Enough with Tadic,Delic and DS!! Serbia should try a nationalist goverment who will not bow to the west.

This like so many other speeches lately from Tadic is really meant for Western consumption.

According to leading parrots in western corporate media, €U´s hand picked men "won" the election and according to statements from US/€U "ambassadors" nothing else is going to be tolerated, so Tadic & Co has to deliver what they get payed for.

I cant see what option apart from yet another rent-a-mob or even bombs are left for the Bondsteel-party to have their will...

It would seem that Tadic is hell bent on trying to have both the Presidency and the PM under the banner of his party. If that happens, then you will see a benevolent dictatorship emerge. This is what he is trying to establish. He is hoping that he can run both high offices without any opposition. Not a good prospect for Serbia if that happens. All Tadic can do is respect what ever coalition makes up the magic numbers because at the end of the day, his party does not have an outright majority so he is in the same boat as all the other parties.

If Tadic wants to play party leader for the DS he should not have gone for the job of president where he is supposed to be somewhat above the parties.

And if the DS really wants to form a government it should start making up with Kostunica instead of making these nonsense statements.

"Tadic is right. He came first, like it or not "
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Thats not the point - the point is he may not be able to form a parliament even if he's party came first.

BUT Tadic unlike Nikolic in the previous elections, who came "first" accepted defeat when he didn't have the numbers to form Government.

Tadic is just a cry baby or he has some serious covering up to do if he doesn't get the majority seats.

For your information many people supported and voted DOS in the early 2000's to give them a chance, many of my relatives went from Milosevic to DOS but they all lost their jobs and even though they said it would be just as easy to get rid of DOS as it was electing them, thats proving not to be true. Tadic's comments and behaviour is border line Dictatorship. We shall see what transpires in the next week or so.

What are the economic policies of either party? i've not read much about either in detail but it seems as though Tadic's coalition pins Serbia's economic future on Europe as though tens of billions of Euro's will suddenly sweep into Serbia. It just isn't going to materialise. Europe has it's own ecomonic problems, with the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy to name but a few on the cusp of a recession. Europe isn't going to be in the mood 1) for enlargement in the near future if the future global economic forecasts are accurate, and 2)Europe definitely won't be pouring money into Serbia when it's major countries suffer in a recession.

Kostunica's/Nikolic's coalition are pinning their hopes mainly on Russia. There are a couple of problems there as well 1) most of Serbia's trade is with the EU, and 2) how can you rely on just Russia for your economic welfare - we'd be at the mercy of Russian policy if this happens.

Neither coalition seems to have any reasonable economic policy.

And then they both have to deal with Kosovo. There's still the problem concerning it's status and it also is in dire economic straits.

Whichever way you look at it, it's in an economic mess with the whole of the Balkans (and most of Eastern Europe for that matter).

Whichever coalition takes power will have some big problems to try to solve in the near and medium term future.

It was Kostunica who took down Milosevic in the first place and Seselj is a complete irrelevant moron with no say in Serbia. Your comment has no basis but to bash people not supporting Tadic for his lack of progress and two faced shenanigans.

Tadic and DS are lairs and nothing else. With DS we don't get the EU or our dignity but at least with Kostunica we can at least keep out heads high and bow to no one.

Dear Clueless Nationalists, I'm confused. Are you saying that you are part of a family of clueless nationalists? Or, are you using an ironic name to poke fun at, say, so-called Nationalist Kostunica? I say "so-called" because it's clear in the Blic interview that Tadic doesn't think of Kostunica as a nationalist. He called Kostunica and anti-nationalist. Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe he's referring to the incoherence of his own party, who are "anti-national." Is that what you're saying? Interesting, Tadic takes the name of nationalist for his own. At least that's the way I'm interpreting things. I used to believe that countries who sought to undercut the EU were nationalist. Take the UK for instance: they wish the EU harm. They are VERY nationalist. But after reading Tadic's interview, I'm starting to think that Luxembourg is the most nationalist country in the world.

Tadic is right. He came first, like it or not.

Tell me guys, how many of you are fans of Slobodan Milosevic and only started posting here once you got bored of criticising B92 at Slobodan Milosevic org? Of course you are not hypocrites...

And how many of you guys have got dual identities, whilst we are asking questions.

Its ok to have an agenda, but don't pretend you are disappointed in Tadic or other such rubbish. You guys always hated Tadic and loved Milosevic. Now that he has gone your heroes are Seselj and Kostunica. Bravo!

it's quite clear, that SRS and DSS-NS did not play with open cards before elections.

since the first day after elections Kostunica - which has definitely lost votes - laid the cards are on the table. new elections would give an answer, whether a majority of Serbian citizens is in favor of a SRS/DSS-NS government headed by Kostunica.

is this wishful thinking?

Tadic is right. He came first, like it or not.

Tell me guys, how many of you are fans of Slobodan Milosevic and only started posting here once you got bored of criticising B92 at Slobodan Milosevic org? Of course you are not hypocrites...

And how many of you guys have got dual identities, whilst we are asking questions.

Its ok to have an agenda, but don't pretend you are disappointed in Tadic or other such rubbish. You guys always hated Tadic and loved Milosevic. Now that he has gone your heroes are Seselj and Kostunica. Bravo!

it's quite clear, that SRS and DSS-NS did not play with open cards before elections.

since the first day after elections Kostunica - which has definitely lost votes - laid the cards are on the table. new elections would give an answer, whether a majority of Serbian citizens is in favor of a SRS/DSS-NS government headed by Kostunica.

is this wishful thinking?

Dear Clueless Nationalists, I'm confused. Are you saying that you are part of a family of clueless nationalists? Or, are you using an ironic name to poke fun at, say, so-called Nationalist Kostunica? I say "so-called" because it's clear in the Blic interview that Tadic doesn't think of Kostunica as a nationalist. He called Kostunica and anti-nationalist. Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe he's referring to the incoherence of his own party, who are "anti-national." Is that what you're saying? Interesting, Tadic takes the name of nationalist for his own. At least that's the way I'm interpreting things. I used to believe that countries who sought to undercut the EU were nationalist. Take the UK for instance: they wish the EU harm. They are VERY nationalist. But after reading Tadic's interview, I'm starting to think that Luxembourg is the most nationalist country in the world.

Boris Tadić says the Radicals and DSS are trying to create a mathematical majority ...

I wonder if it's not exactly what Tadic did himself together with DSS after SRS victory ? Why can't it work this time ?

He's repeating this lie over and over again but that doesn't make it truth!
The ones who won the elections are the ones who have a majority to set up a government and it's not the Canak, Dinkic, Tadic coalition!
I hope he will honor democracy by doing a good and constructive opposition job!

Well Mr Tadić, that mathematical majority is in fact a constitutional majority. It is the law my dear puppet and is sufficient to form a government.

You see, all parties are in favour of EU integration but not at the expense of Kosovo. I suspect some compromise will be made between the SRS/DSS/SPS along those lines. But lets be clear, the will of the people is not to sell Kosovo, which you seem to neglect by cosying up to the very people who are scheming to rip Kosovo away.

Now you are saying that "failure is not an option". What is that supposed to mean? Why did you accept the elections in that case? You should have just announced a return to a dictatorship where you are the leader because that is exactly what you and your US sponsors seem to want - let the people vote so long as they only elect us otherwise we'll just pretent they did and still take power.

Tadic - get on with upholding the sanctity of Serbia's sovereignity and not creating divisions where none exist!

What are you as President of Serbia doing to put Peter Feith in his place and upholding Serbia's Un recognised sovereign territory????
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=50703

Talking of Maths and "will of people" just shows up the lack of logic and failure to comprehend that D yeS to all that Europe demands popped the corks far too soon and did not win anything as they would like to spin - SRS & DSS-NS (a 3 party grouping) combined have 108 to the D yeS to all that Europe demands 102 (a 5 party grouping). Thus the natural and most stable coalition for SPS-PUPS-JS is with SRS-DSS-NS since this immediatly makes the majority (i.e. the 'will of the people') as opposed to Tadic's (Solanao boys) who would still fall short (122 in such a scenario) and need another parties admission into an ever less stable coalition and more concerning to SPS coalition consent of LDP to pass go!!!

The DS deceit of 'nicey nicey' to the socialist coalition is nothing more then spin since D yeS man Zivkovic let the cat out of the bag regarding the SPS coalition;

"The former prime minister also expected “some younger people who voted for the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) will realize that Europe is the future, and they will change sides.”

Živković said that the SPS’s current position, where it was choosing which coalition to join, was the result of a coincidence as, according to him, they do not have the democratic capacity to help Serbia enter the EU any quicker. "

It is just "coincidence" that DS must form a coalition now but the plan is to have an election again shortly and entice SPS voters away!!! Tadic check what your people are saying on behalf of Double Standards (DS) since it is evident a great deal of BS is being spun!!!

Talking of spin;

"The DS leader said that the Socialists were the authentic representativs of Serbia in the 1990s by the will of the people, and that is what the Democrats have had the same role since 2000. "

- now that is an abrupt U-turn and comical if Tadic has said it - I wonder if his "friend of Serbia" - Solano, Rupel, Rehn, Kouchner, Blair, Clinton Holbrooke, et al coached Tadic in saying this ?!

When I read this interview in Blic, all that came to mind was:
Did you learn math at school Mr. President?

ZeS (pre-election coalition) = 38% of the popular vote

SRS/DSS-NS (post-election coalition) = 41% of the popular vote.

Which grouping has the largest share of the popular vote?

And if we look at the SPS-PUPS-JS vote (7.6%), did the voters go with this coalition because they are 'narodnjaci' or 'zabavnjaci'?

Isn't that the problem that Dacic now faces? The political leadership of the SPS are quite keen to ally themselves with DS and 'modernise'. But those who voted them into this position are somewhat more 'traditional' in outlook.

In effect, if the "will of the citizens [is to be] respected" as the President states, we should be looking at a SRS lead government very soon.

It would seem that Tadic is hell bent on trying to have both the Presidency and the PM under the banner of his party. If that happens, then you will see a benevolent dictatorship emerge. This is what he is trying to establish. He is hoping that he can run both high offices without any opposition. Not a good prospect for Serbia if that happens. All Tadic can do is respect what ever coalition makes up the magic numbers because at the end of the day, his party does not have an outright majority so he is in the same boat as all the other parties.

What are the economic policies of either party? i've not read much about either in detail but it seems as though Tadic's coalition pins Serbia's economic future on Europe as though tens of billions of Euro's will suddenly sweep into Serbia. It just isn't going to materialise. Europe has it's own ecomonic problems, with the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy to name but a few on the cusp of a recession. Europe isn't going to be in the mood 1) for enlargement in the near future if the future global economic forecasts are accurate, and 2)Europe definitely won't be pouring money into Serbia when it's major countries suffer in a recession.

Kostunica's/Nikolic's coalition are pinning their hopes mainly on Russia. There are a couple of problems there as well 1) most of Serbia's trade is with the EU, and 2) how can you rely on just Russia for your economic welfare - we'd be at the mercy of Russian policy if this happens.

Neither coalition seems to have any reasonable economic policy.

And then they both have to deal with Kosovo. There's still the problem concerning it's status and it also is in dire economic straits.

Whichever way you look at it, it's in an economic mess with the whole of the Balkans (and most of Eastern Europe for that matter).

Whichever coalition takes power will have some big problems to try to solve in the near and medium term future.

Enough with Tadic,Delic and DS!! Serbia should try a nationalist goverment who will not bow to the west.

He doean't seem to realize that all majorities are strictly mathematical majorities.
Also, our President should know his position demands to be above the party politics.
By his meddling he can cause a serious damage to our democracy.

This like so many other speeches lately from Tadic is really meant for Western consumption.

According to leading parrots in western corporate media, €U´s hand picked men "won" the election and according to statements from US/€U "ambassadors" nothing else is going to be tolerated, so Tadic & Co has to deliver what they get payed for.

I cant see what option apart from yet another rent-a-mob or even bombs are left for the Bondsteel-party to have their will...

If Tadic wants to play party leader for the DS he should not have gone for the job of president where he is supposed to be somewhat above the parties.

And if the DS really wants to form a government it should start making up with Kostunica instead of making these nonsense statements.

"Tadic is right. He came first, like it or not "
--------------------

Thats not the point - the point is he may not be able to form a parliament even if he's party came first.

BUT Tadic unlike Nikolic in the previous elections, who came "first" accepted defeat when he didn't have the numbers to form Government.

Tadic is just a cry baby or he has some serious covering up to do if he doesn't get the majority seats.

For your information many people supported and voted DOS in the early 2000's to give them a chance, many of my relatives went from Milosevic to DOS but they all lost their jobs and even though they said it would be just as easy to get rid of DOS as it was electing them, thats proving not to be true. Tadic's comments and behaviour is border line Dictatorship. We shall see what transpires in the next week or so.

It was Kostunica who took down Milosevic in the first place and Seselj is a complete irrelevant moron with no say in Serbia. Your comment has no basis but to bash people not supporting Tadic for his lack of progress and two faced shenanigans.

Tadic and DS are lairs and nothing else. With DS we don't get the EU or our dignity but at least with Kostunica we can at least keep out heads high and bow to no one.