Parliamentary majority “slim but stable”

Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic Dejanovic says that as long as there is a parliamentary majority, it will decide when elections will be held. "We are on the threshold of elections, and the citizens are indifferent about whether they will be held at the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012," she told daily Danas, assessing that the parliamentary majority had been "slim, but stable." Parliamentary majority “slim but stable” She expressed regret that Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolic addressed the Serbian public by staging a hunger and thirst strike, thus sending a message without effect, and assessed that, with this act, he only managed to tarnish the reputation of politicians in Serbia. "Fortunately, apart from that, nothing else has changed on the political scene, and it is good that there are no consequences for obtaining the EU candidate status. In addition, we are just as close, that is far, to holding new parliamentary elections," Djukic- Dejanovic stressed. Commenting the statement of Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica Dacic who said that he would call elections immediately if he was in the place of Serbian President Boris Tadic, the parliament speaker pointed out that she understood Dacic's position, because, as a politician, he strongly advocates the stability of political life and security of the Serbian citizens. When asked about the coalition with the SNS, she said that the citizens would make that decision with their votes. "We would like to continue doing the work we started in this mandate, and we consider the Democratic Party (DS) an adequate partner in those activities," she added. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic (Tanjug, file)

Parliamentary majority “slim but stable”

She expressed regret that Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić addressed the Serbian public by staging a hunger and thirst strike, thus sending a message without effect, and assessed that, with this act, he only managed to tarnish the reputation of politicians in Serbia.

"Fortunately, apart from that, nothing else has changed on the political scene, and it is good that there are no consequences for obtaining the EU candidate status. In addition, we are just as close, that is far, to holding new parliamentary elections," Đukić- Dejanović stressed.

Commenting the statement of Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica Dačić who said that he would call elections immediately if he was in the place of Serbian President Boris Tadić, the parliament speaker pointed out that she understood Dačić's position, because, as a politician, he strongly advocates the stability of political life and security of the Serbian citizens.

When asked about the coalition with the SNS, she said that the citizens would make that decision with their votes. "We would like to continue doing the work we started in this mandate, and we consider the Democratic Party (DS) an adequate partner in those activities," she added.