"Govt. to carry can for airport affair"

Following the resignation today of the Belgrade Airport CEO, the DSS believes the whole govt. should bear responsibility for such affairs, not just individuals. Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) whip Milos Aligrudic said that the whole government should pay for the financial abuse identified at Nikola Tesla Airport, not just Deputy Prime Minister and G17 Plus leader Mladjan Dinkic. "Govt. to carry can for airport affair" “A government that is incapable of resolving any state problem, and which generates scandals and crises should go,“ Aligrudic told journalists in front of parliament. He said that Dinkic bore the responsibility for Bojan Kristo, adding that the DSS would look into the responsibility of its own member on the company’s board of directors, should it prove necessary. The DSS official added that the salaries of the company’s board, regardless of whether or not they were paid out in line with the law, were so disproportionate as to beggar belief. Earlier, Aligrudic said that it was in the best interests of the Serbian people for the government to be ousted in Friday’s no confidence vote. However, he said that he was not confident that “the government will be opposed by the minimum 125 MPs needed for the no confidence vote to succeed.” The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) official said that the upcoming debate was a “chance for the citizens of Serbia to hear the facts about the work of a completely incompetent government,” because “it is more important for the citizens to hear how the government is placing them at risk, than whether the debate places the government at risk.” Asked why the opposition had chosen this moment to call a no confidence vote, Aligrudic said that “the government is in the process of approving the EULEX mission to Kosovo, which, supposedly, has neutral status.” “According to Resolution 1244, the current UNMIK mission respects the territorial integrity of Serbia and does not have neutral status. If the government begins negotiations on the reconfiguration of the mission, advocating neutral status, that means that it is renouncing its defense of the state’s territorial integrity. That’s why such a government was formed in the first place. The citizens must know this,” Aligrudic said. He said that political parties that planned to support the government had limited oppositional capacities themselves, highlighting primarily the Liberal Democratic Party, while also pointing to comments by Serb Progressive Party leader Tomislav Nikolic that his party would not rule out giving minority support to the government. Asked whether there was any possible scenario where the DSS could support the government, Aligrudic said that “every passing day with this government means doom for our people.” “There is no chance that the DSS would, under any circumstances, offer minority support to this government,” he underlined. Milos Aligrudic (FoNet, archive)

"Govt. to carry can for airport affair"

“A government that is incapable of resolving any state problem, and which generates scandals and crises should go,“ Aligrudić told journalists in front of parliament.

He said that Dinkić bore the responsibility for Bojan Krišto, adding that the DSS would look into the responsibility of its own member on the company’s board of directors, should it prove necessary.

The DSS official added that the salaries of the company’s board, regardless of whether or not they were paid out in line with the law, were so disproportionate as to beggar belief.

Earlier, Aligrudić said that it was in the best interests of the Serbian people for the government to be ousted in Friday’s no confidence vote.

However, he said that he was not confident that “the government will be opposed by the minimum 125 MPs needed for the no confidence vote to succeed.”

The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) official said that the upcoming debate was a “chance for the citizens of Serbia to hear the facts about the work of a completely incompetent government,” because “it is more important for the citizens to hear how the government is placing them at risk, than whether the debate places the government at risk.”

Asked why the opposition had chosen this moment to call a no confidence vote, Aligrudić said that “the government is in the process of approving the EULEX mission to Kosovo, which, supposedly, has neutral status.”

“According to Resolution 1244, the current UNMIK mission respects the territorial integrity of Serbia and does not have neutral status. If the government begins negotiations on the reconfiguration of the mission, advocating neutral status, that means that it is renouncing its defense of the state’s territorial integrity. That’s why such a government was formed in the first place. The citizens must know this,” Aligrudić said.

He said that political parties that planned to support the government had limited oppositional capacities themselves, highlighting primarily the Liberal Democratic Party, while also pointing to comments by Serb Progressive Party leader Tomislav Nikolić that his party would not rule out giving minority support to the government.

Asked whether there was any possible scenario where the DSS could support the government, Aligrudić said that “every passing day with this government means doom for our people.”

“There is no chance that the DSS would, under any circumstances, offer minority support to this government,” he underlined.