Citizens in Vojvodina “do not want DS anymore”

BELGRADE A declaration on protection of Vojvodina’s rights was just a latest reason for the rally, Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) deputy leader Igor Mirovic has said. He stressed that opinion polls had shown that citizens in Vojvodina were not in favor of the Democratic Party (DS) anymore. Citizens in Vojvodina “do not want DS anymore” “I want to point out that the rally went by in a peaceful and democratic atmosphere, participants came from all parts of Vojvodina,” Mirovic told B92 on Friday evening. The rally was held in Novi Sad on Friday under the slogan, "Stop the breaking up of Serbia", prompted by a proposed declaration on Vojvodina's rights. “The declaration was just the last reason, polls have shown that citizens are no longer in favor of the DS, the Democrats lost the last elections in four municipalities and the declaration was just the last straw,” Mirovic said. DS leader Dragan Djilas said on Friday that there was no and there would be no separatism in Vojvodina while the DS led the majority in the province. “The declaration came in a very difficult political moment, it was not launched by accident, containing a powerful separatist sentiment, the day when final negotiations on a possible agreement on Kosovo and Metohija were underway,” the SNS deputy leader stressed. “Vojvodina is currently the most underdeveloped part of the Republic of Serbia so it is normal that citizens are dissatisfied,” he added. DS Executive Board President Dusan Elezovic told B92 that the rally had been organized in order to divert attention from much bigger problems, such as failed negotiations with Pristina and the government’s inability to solve problems in the country, and that the declaration did not call for separatism but for respect of Vojvodina citizens’ constitutional and legal rights. “The rally did not achieve what the organizers had planned,” he said, adding that majority of the participants had come from other parts of Serbia. He added that Vojvodina Executive Council Chairman Bojan Pajtic did not think about resigning and that there was no reason to call for his resignation. Mirovic stressed that more than 90 percent of the participants had been from Vojvodina. Igor Mirovic (B92) B92

Citizens in Vojvodina “do not want DS anymore”

“I want to point out that the rally went by in a peaceful and democratic atmosphere, participants came from all parts of Vojvodina,” Mirović told B92 on Friday evening.

The rally was held in Novi Sad on Friday under the slogan, "Stop the breaking up of Serbia", prompted by a proposed declaration on Vojvodina's rights.

“The declaration was just the last reason, polls have shown that citizens are no longer in favor of the DS, the Democrats lost the last elections in four municipalities and the declaration was just the last straw,” Mirović said.

DS leader Dragan Đilas said on Friday that there was no and there would be no separatism in Vojvodina while the DS led the majority in the province.

“The declaration came in a very difficult political moment, it was not launched by accident, containing a powerful separatist sentiment, the day when final negotiations on a possible agreement on Kosovo and Metohija were underway,” the SNS deputy leader stressed.

“Vojvodina is currently the most underdeveloped part of the Republic of Serbia so it is normal that citizens are dissatisfied,” he added.

DS Executive Board President Dušan Elezović told B92 that the rally had been organized in order to divert attention from much bigger problems, such as failed negotiations with Priština and the government’s inability to solve problems in the country, and that the declaration did not call for separatism but for respect of Vojvodina citizens’ constitutional and legal rights.

“The rally did not achieve what the organizers had planned,” he said, adding that majority of the participants had come from other parts of Serbia.

He added that Vojvodina Executive Council Chairman Bojan Pajtić did not think about resigning and that there was no reason to call for his resignation.

Mirović stressed that more than 90 percent of the participants had been from Vojvodina.