Socialists want SPS leader to be next PM

The Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) wants SPS leader Ivica Dacic to be the next prime minister, SPS official and Education Minister Zarko Obradovic has said. “We believe that (Serbian President Boris) Tadic and the Democratic Party (DS) will accept the idea of Dacic being a prime minister,” the SNS official told daily Press. Socialists want SPS leader to be next PM He pointed out that he was satisfied with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic’s work, adding that cooperation with him thus far had been excellent. “In these past three years we almost had no disputable issues, but the agreement within the SPS is that our leader should head the next government,” Obradovic was quoted as saying. He also expressed expectation that his party would continue its cooperation with the DS after the elections, pointing out that the Democrats were SPS’ “strategic partner”. Commenting on Tadic’s recent statement that there was a possibility that Serbia would not get the EU candidate status by the end of the year, the education minister said that “it is not the end of the world if that happens”. “It is important that the citizens understand that we are doing everything to become an EU member but that we are also taking care of our people,” he concluded. Ivica Dacic and Boris Tadic (Beta, file)

Socialists want SPS leader to be next PM

He pointed out that he was satisfied with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s work, adding that cooperation with him thus far had been excellent.

“In these past three years we almost had no disputable issues, but the agreement within the SPS is that our leader should head the next government,” Obradović was quoted as saying.

He also expressed expectation that his party would continue its cooperation with the DS after the elections, pointing out that the Democrats were SPS’ “strategic partner”.

Commenting on Tadić’s recent statement that there was a possibility that Serbia would not get the EU candidate status by the end of the year, the education minister said that “it is not the end of the world if that happens”.

“It is important that the citizens understand that we are doing everything to become an EU member but that we are also taking care of our people,” he concluded.