Former president reacts as new government takes over

Democratic Party leader Boris Tadić on Friday commented on <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=07&dd=27&nav_id=81476" class="text-link" target= "_blank">the election of Serbia's new government</a>, headed by the SPS leader and his former ally, Ivica Dačić.

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TARA Democratic Party leader Boris Tadic on Friday commented on the election of Serbia's new government, headed by the SPS leader and his former ally, Ivica Dacic. Tadic told reporters that after Dacic presented the key points of his policy in parliament late on Thursday, "it remained unclear how the government meant to solve economic problems". Former president reacts as new government takes over Speaking on Mt. Tara in western Serbia, where he was visiting a humanitarian summer camp, Tadic accused the new ruling coalition of "presenting the economic situation as being worse than it really is, and putting forward false data on the budget deficit". He asserted that the deficit was "at 5.7, and not seven percent", and that Dacic's government program "reminded him of that presented by former PM Mirko Cvetkovic after the reconstruction of his cabinet". One possible problem that Tadic identified on Friday was "a large number of parties in the ruling coalition", that he said could influence its efficiency. He also urged the now ruling Serb Progressives (SNS) "not to repeat the mistakes made by the Democrats (DS) in the previous cabinet, where they were overwhelmed by demands coming from small parties which deadlocked the system and the government's work". Tadic also promised that his party would act as "constructive opposition that will support all European laws and insist on their implementations". To the new head of the Serbian government, he wished "luck in his difficult and responsible position", and expressed hope that Dacic would "improve his communication with political opponents". Tadic also told reporters that he expected the new government "to bring changes for the better". Both Tadic and his party were ousted from power in the May elections - the Democrats came in second in the parliamentary ballot on May 6, and were subsequently unable to form a ruling coalition. Tadic himself lost his bid to be elected Serbia's president for a third term in the runoff held on May 20. Boris Tadic (Tanjug, file) B92 Beta Tanjug

Former president reacts as new government takes over

Speaking on Mt. Tara in western Serbia, where he was visiting a humanitarian summer camp, Tadić accused the new ruling coalition of "presenting the economic situation as being worse than it really is, and putting forward false data on the budget deficit".

He asserted that the deficit was "at 5.7, and not seven percent", and that Dačić's government program "reminded him of that presented by former PM Mirko Cvetković after the reconstruction of his cabinet".

One possible problem that Tadić identified on Friday was "a large number of parties in the ruling coalition", that he said could influence its efficiency. He also urged the now ruling Serb Progressives (SNS) "not to repeat the mistakes made by the Democrats (DS) in the previous cabinet, where they were overwhelmed by demands coming from small parties which deadlocked the system and the government's work".

Tadić also promised that his party would act as "constructive opposition that will support all European laws and insist on their implementations". To the new head of the Serbian government, he wished "luck in his difficult and responsible position", and expressed hope that Dačić would "improve his communication with political opponents".

Tadić also told reporters that he expected the new government "to bring changes for the better".

Both Tadić and his party were ousted from power in the May elections - the Democrats came in second in the parliamentary ballot on May 6, and were subsequently unable to form a ruling coalition. Tadić himself lost his bid to be elected Serbia's president for a third term in the runoff held on May 20.

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