DSS: Govt. talks at standstill

A DSS spokesman says government negotiations have come to a standstill, and talks can only continue if consensus is reached over the legal analysis of the SAA.

Izvor: B92

Thursday, 12.06.2008.

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A DSS spokesman says government negotiations have come to a standstill, and talks can only continue if consensus is reached over the legal analysis of the SAA. "It’s obvious that talks on forming a new government have become bogged down because the coalition gathered around the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) has neither accepted the legal analysis of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), nor has it made any concrete suggestions for possible changes,” Andreja Mladenovic told Tanjug. DSS: Govt. talks at standstill He said that it was clear that “without consensus on the legal analysis of the SAA there can be no basis for joint policy, nor therefore a government." Mladenovic said that Kosovo and European integration issues were of essential importance to Serbia’s future. If there was no agreement on the legal analysis which directly connected the two, then there could be no national government. He said that talks could only continue if agreement was reached over the legal analysis. The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) spokesman said that in the event of agreement, negotiations would continue with an analysis of the prospect of an increase in pensions. Earlier, SPS Vice President Slavica Djukic Dejanovic said the arrest of Hague fugitive Stojan Zupljanin would not affect talks on the formation of a new government. Djukic Dejanovic reiterated that the Socialist Party of Serbia’s (SPS) position was that the Hague Tribunal was a political, not legal institution. She told B92 that the coalition around the SPS would do whatever it could to avoid new elections, and said that the party had not ruled out the possibility of talks with the Democratic Party (DS) on forming a new government. "My guess is that next week we’ll see whether we’ll continue talks with the parties we negotiated with thus far, or start new negotiations. Before we make any kind of decision, we will have to present the results of the talks to the party’s main board, which will take a definitive political decision about our potential participation in a government,” Djukic Dejanovic explained. She said that the coalition of parties gathered around the SPS was united, and that had been confirmed yesterday by the formation of a joint MP club in the new parliament. Andreja Mladenovic (FoNet, archive)

DSS: Govt. talks at standstill

He said that it was clear that “without consensus on the legal analysis of the SAA there can be no basis for joint policy, nor therefore a government."

Mladenović said that Kosovo and European integration issues were of essential importance to Serbia’s future. If there was no agreement on the legal analysis which directly connected the two, then there could be no national government.

He said that talks could only continue if agreement was reached over the legal analysis.

The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) spokesman said that in the event of agreement, negotiations would continue with an analysis of the prospect of an increase in pensions.

Earlier, SPS Vice President Slavica Đukić Dejanović said the arrest of Hague fugitive Stojan Župljanin would not affect talks on the formation of a new government.

Đukić Dejanović reiterated that the Socialist Party of Serbia’s (SPS) position was that the Hague Tribunal was a political, not legal institution.

She told B92 that the coalition around the SPS would do whatever it could to avoid new elections, and said that the party had not ruled out the possibility of talks with the Democratic Party (DS) on forming a new government.

"My guess is that next week we’ll see whether we’ll continue talks with the parties we negotiated with thus far, or start new negotiations. Before we make any kind of decision, we will have to present the results of the talks to the party’s main board, which will take a definitive political decision about our potential participation in a government,” Đukić Dejanović explained.

She said that the coalition of parties gathered around the SPS was united, and that had been confirmed yesterday by the formation of a joint MP club in the new parliament.

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