Govt. reshuffle to be discussed this weekend

Serbian President Boris Tadic is waiting for Socialist Party of Serbia leader Ivica Dacic to return from the U.S. so they could discuss a government reshuffle. Intensive negotiations are expected to take place this weekend, B92 has learned. Govt. reshuffle to be discussed this weekend This weekend could be crucial for the final agreement between the Democratic Party (DS), SPS and G17 Plus leaders on the government reshuffle. In the meantime, media continue to speculate on who would stay and who would leave the government. Every day they announce somebody’s resignation. The last one was Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, whose resignation was published on daily Blic’s front page. The prime minister’s cabinet has denied the allegations and accused the daily of making up information about the personnel changes in the government. Cvetkovic’s cabinet told B92 that the PM had never planned to resign and that he would only do it if his party requested it. B92 has learned that Tadic discussed the current policy with the prime minister on Wednesday night and that he will have a meeting with his team on Saturday. Even though the Democrats claim that the cooperation within the ruling coalition is fine, G17 Plus leader Mladjan Dinkic said only two days ago that the government had lost its authority. Dinkic did not want to answer reporters' questions today. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Cedomir Jovanovic told B92 today that early elections were a solution for the difficult situation. Another signal that shows that relations within the ruling coalition are not exactly the way they are presented to the public is the fact that the Law on the Financing of Political Parties will not be discussed at the government session today. According to the government, the law was approved by the Legal System Committee but some technical details still need to be discussed. Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen announced earlier that the government would adopt the law this week and that political parties were satisfied with the proposed solutions. The law, which envisages possible prison sentences for the offenders, is one of the conditions for Serbia's EU accession. Boris Tadic and Ivica Dacic (FoNet)

Govt. reshuffle to be discussed this weekend

This weekend could be crucial for the final agreement between the Democratic Party (DS), SPS and G17 Plus leaders on the government reshuffle.

In the meantime, media continue to speculate on who would stay and who would leave the government.

Every day they announce somebody’s resignation. The last one was Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, whose resignation was published on daily Blic’s front page. The prime minister’s cabinet has denied the allegations and accused the daily of making up information about the personnel changes in the government.

Cvetković’s cabinet told B92 that the PM had never planned to resign and that he would only do it if his party requested it.

B92 has learned that Tadić discussed the current policy with the prime minister on Wednesday night and that he will have a meeting with his team on Saturday.

Even though the Democrats claim that the cooperation within the ruling coalition is fine, G17 Plus leader Mlađan Dinkić said only two days ago that the government had lost its authority.

Dinkić did not want to answer reporters' questions today.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Čedomir Jovanović told B92 today that early elections were a solution for the difficult situation.

Another signal that shows that relations within the ruling coalition are not exactly the way they are presented to the public is the fact that the Law on the Financing of Political Parties will not be discussed at the government session today.

According to the government, the law was approved by the Legal System Committee but some technical details still need to be discussed.

Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen announced earlier that the government would adopt the law this week and that political parties were satisfied with the proposed solutions. The law, which envisages possible prison sentences for the offenders, is one of the conditions for Serbia's EU accession.