Dačić: No deal yet on parliamentary majority

The SPS-PUPS-JS pre-election coalition "has not reach any agreement with anybody on forming a parliamentary majority", says SPS leader Ivica Dacic. This is the case "because we have not received a proposal to form a government from any party", he explained in Belgrade on Tuesday. Dacic: No deal yet on parliamentary majority "No agreements were reached with anyone, either about a majority or about personnel matters, because neither the DS nor the SNS, nor any other party has sent any proposal to form a government of Serbia to our coalition," Dacic was quoted as saying by Tanjug. "I have declared many times, both before and after the elections, that the most important questions for our coalition are who enters the government and what will be the policies of that government," he said. "For now, there has been no proposal which would be acceptable to our coalition," Dacic clarified. He recalled that he "several times also emphasized his opposition to the holding of early presidential elections with the parliamentary, in the belief that it could lead to political instability in the country". The minister in the outgoing cabinet was referring to the decision of DS leader Boris Tadic, who in early April resigned as the country's president in order to force early elections and seek his third term in office. "That is why I strive for agreement on the constitution of new authorities and for resuming talks on forming a government," Dacic said. He added that Serbia was "still far from forming a government, bearing in mind the results of presidential and parliamentary elections". The SPS-PUPS-JS coalition will have 44 seats in the new parliament, while those led by the Progressives (SNS) and the Democrats (DS) will have 73 and 67 seats respectively. A future coalition will have to enjoy the support of at least 126 out of the parliament's 250 MPs in order to be voted into office. On Tuesday, Dacic once again stressed that the SPS-PUPS-JS alliance was "the only one that more than doubled its number of votes and seats compared to the previous elections", and that it would "not take part in a post-election revision of its own election results". "We are ready to contribute to the political stability in Serbia, even if that means we will become the opposition," he stated, and added: "However, I wish for the public to know that beside the agreement in principle reached with Boris Tadic and his coalition ahead of the second round of voting (on May 8) about working together to form a parliamentary majority, no other concrete talks have been held on that subject." In the meanwhile, SNS leader Tomislav Nikolic defeated Boris Tadic in the presidential runoff held on May 20. Ivica Dacic (file) B92 Tanjug

Dačić: No deal yet on parliamentary majority

"No agreements were reached with anyone, either about a majority or about personnel matters, because neither the DS nor the SNS, nor any other party has sent any proposal to form a government of Serbia to our coalition," Dačić was quoted as saying by Tanjug.

"I have declared many times, both before and after the elections, that the most important questions for our coalition are who enters the government and what will be the policies of that government," he said.

"For now, there has been no proposal which would be acceptable to our coalition," Dačić clarified.

He recalled that he "several times also emphasized his opposition to the holding of early presidential elections with the parliamentary, in the belief that it could lead to political instability in the country".

The minister in the outgoing cabinet was referring to the decision of DS leader Boris Tadić, who in early April resigned as the country's president in order to force early elections and seek his third term in office.

"That is why I strive for agreement on the constitution of new authorities and for resuming talks on forming a government," Dačić said.

He added that Serbia was "still far from forming a government, bearing in mind the results of presidential and parliamentary elections".

The SPS-PUPS-JS coalition will have 44 seats in the new parliament, while those led by the Progressives (SNS) and the Democrats (DS) will have 73 and 67 seats respectively. A future coalition will have to enjoy the support of at least 126 out of the parliament's 250 MPs in order to be voted into office.

On Tuesday, Dačić once again stressed that the SPS-PUPS-JS alliance was "the only one that more than doubled its number of votes and seats compared to the previous elections", and that it would "not take part in a post-election revision of its own election results".

"We are ready to contribute to the political stability in Serbia, even if that means we will become the opposition," he stated, and added:

"However, I wish for the public to know that beside the agreement in principle reached with Boris Tadić and his coalition ahead of the second round of voting (on May 8) about working together to form a parliamentary majority, no other concrete talks have been held on that subject."

In the meanwhile, SNS leader Tomislav Nikolić defeated Boris Tadić in the presidential runoff held on May 20.