Opposition rally "depends on govt. response”

Opposition SNS party leader Tomislav Nikolic is convinced that the ruling coalition will decide on early elections before the opposition rally. According to him, it depends on the Democratic Party (DS) whether the rally on April 16 will be a support to the elections or it would actually lead to elections. Opposition rally "depends on govt. response” “I haven’t heard from the Serbian president and the DS leader, or any of his envoys, and the ruling coalition has not responded to our requests to this day, but I’m simply convinced that such a response will follow soon,” the SNS leader told daily Danas. He pointed out that it did not mean that the SNS rally would be postponed and that it would either support the agreement on the early elections or lead to them. Nikolic said he did not know whether information that the elections would be held on December 18 was true. “We haven’t agreed about anything with the people from the government. If this is an attempt to reduce the power of the rally, than the attempt is really bad,” he was quoted as saying. When asked whether the date suited the SNS, Nikolic said that he would like somebody from the DS to explain why the elections should be held on December 18 instead in October or in November. “We know that the elections should not be held before the European Commission sends its opinion to the EU Council, because if the opinion is negative somebody might accuse us of causing that with our rallies. Every other date for the elections suits us, even the one between the Commission’s opinion and the Council’s decision,” he explained. Tomislav Nikolic (FoNet, file)

Opposition rally "depends on govt. response”

“I haven’t heard from the Serbian president and the DS leader, or any of his envoys, and the ruling coalition has not responded to our requests to this day, but I’m simply convinced that such a response will follow soon,” the SNS leader told daily Danas.

He pointed out that it did not mean that the SNS rally would be postponed and that it would either support the agreement on the early elections or lead to them.

Nikolić said he did not know whether information that the elections would be held on December 18 was true.

“We haven’t agreed about anything with the people from the government. If this is an attempt to reduce the power of the rally, than the attempt is really bad,” he was quoted as saying.

When asked whether the date suited the SNS, Nikolić said that he would like somebody from the DS to explain why the elections should be held on December 18 instead in October or in November.

“We know that the elections should not be held before the European Commission sends its opinion to the EU Council, because if the opinion is negative somebody might accuse us of causing that with our rallies. Every other date for the elections suits us, even the one between the Commission’s opinion and the Council’s decision,” he explained.