Opposition leader advocates two-party system

Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic has said he wants a two-party system established in the country. He stated he would not agree to form a government with a smaller party if the condition for it were to give that party the position of the prime minister. Opposition leader advocates two-party system Nikolic told Tanjug there was no way he could lose the presidential election, because Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadic would not get the same support in the second round that he got in 2008. “There is no possibility of the SNS and DS agreeing to form a government together, because that would not be good for Serbia,” he noted. “here are two reasons the SNS cannot cooperate with the DS,” he said, explaining that the first one was that such an alliance would completely eliminate opposition, while the second was that he would then be unable to demand investigations into privatization done by people from the DS, which "were clearly criminal." “Such privatizations numbered at least 1,000, and not just the 24 the EU pointed out and asked they be investigated,” the SNS leader remarked. Commenting on potential coalitions after the elections, he said there were open lines for negotiations with "many parties that seem they do not have much in common with the SNS today, like for example the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Socialist Party of Serbia." “There is no direct EU support for Tadic this time, no matter how much the DS struggles to gain advantage by describing him as a man the EU should not trust, since he often changes opinion,” Nikolic pointed out. Regarding the local elections in Kosovo, he says that if the Serbian government and the national electoral commission cannot take part, UNMIK states it cannot guarantee the safety of those who vote - "why should we poke a finger in everyone's eye" and "risk the safety of our citizens." Nikolic suggests the parties should reach an agreement and implement the results of the parliamentary election on the local level, so no one would be in power or opposition among the Serbs in Kosovo, but instead the offices would be distributed proportionally to the election results. Tomislav Nikolic Tanjug

Opposition leader advocates two-party system

Nikolić told Tanjug there was no way he could lose the presidential election, because Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadić would not get the same support in the second round that he got in 2008.

“There is no possibility of the SNS and DS agreeing to form a government together, because that would not be good for Serbia,” he noted.

“here are two reasons the SNS cannot cooperate with the DS,” he said, explaining that the first one was that such an alliance would completely eliminate opposition, while the second was that he would then be unable to demand investigations into privatization done by people from the DS, which "were clearly criminal."

“Such privatizations numbered at least 1,000, and not just the 24 the EU pointed out and asked they be investigated,” the SNS leader remarked.

Commenting on potential coalitions after the elections, he said there were open lines for negotiations with "many parties that seem they do not have much in common with the SNS today, like for example the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Socialist Party of Serbia."

“There is no direct EU support for Tadić this time, no matter how much the DS struggles to gain advantage by describing him as a man the EU should not trust, since he often changes opinion,” Nikolić pointed out.

Regarding the local elections in Kosovo, he says that if the Serbian government and the national electoral commission cannot take part, UNMIK states it cannot guarantee the safety of those who vote - "why should we poke a finger in everyone's eye" and "risk the safety of our citizens."

Nikolić suggests the parties should reach an agreement and implement the results of the parliamentary election on the local level, so no one would be in power or opposition among the Serbs in Kosovo, but instead the offices would be distributed proportionally to the election results.