DSS, Radicals reach deal, daily claims

The leaders of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and the Serb Radical Party (SRS) have signed an agreement to forming the next cabinet, the daily Blic says. The Belgrade newspaper speculates that the deal was "signed before the parliamentary elections were called". DSS, Radicals reach deal, daily claims According to this report, the next prime minister will come from the DSS ransk, while the deputy SRS president, Tomislav Nikolic, will become the next parliament speaker. Both DSS president Vojislav Kostunica, and Nikolic, have on several occasions denied that any such agreement existed. DSS spokesman Andreja Mladenovic reacted to this report today by saying that no such agreement existed, at the same time calling on those who claim otherwise to publish the alleged document. He added the daily's "false claims were written by NATO marine Dragan Sutanovac". Sutanovac is defense minister in the caretaker cabinet and a high ranking Democratic Party (DS) official. "I am calling on NATO marine Dragan Sutanovac to publish this agreement and in that way prove me wrong, and I will then immediately resign. If such an agreement did exist, surely the NATO command would have obtained and given it to their marine," Mladenovic said in a statement sent to Tanjug news agency. He also called on Sutanovac to "publicly reveal his trump cards, instead of being caught each time falsely denouncing the DSS".

DSS, Radicals reach deal, daily claims

According to this report, the next prime minister will come from the DSS ransk, while the deputy SRS president, Tomislav Nikolić, will become the next parliament speaker.

Both DSS president Vojislav Koštunica, and Nikolić, have on several occasions denied that any such agreement existed.

DSS spokesman Andreja Mladenović reacted to this report today by saying that no such agreement existed, at the same time calling on those who claim otherwise to publish the alleged document.

He added the daily's "false claims were written by NATO marine Dragan Šutanovac".

Šutanovac is defense minister in the caretaker cabinet and a high ranking Democratic Party (DS) official.

"I am calling on NATO marine Dragan Šutanovac to publish this agreement and in that way prove me wrong, and I will then immediately resign. If such an agreement did exist, surely the NATO command would have obtained and given it to their marine," Mladenović said in a statement sent to Tanjug news agency.

He also called on Šutanovac to "publicly reveal his trump cards, instead of being caught each time falsely denouncing the DSS".