"Five ministers to be replaced in reshuffle"

Goran Knežević, Bratislav Petković, Alisa Marić and Milutin Mrkonjić will be leaving the government after the reshuffle, it has emerged.

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Friday, 26.07.2013.

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BELGRADE Goran Knezevic, Bratislav Petkovic, Alisa Maric and Milutin Mrkonjic will be leaving the government after the reshuffle, it has emerged. They will be joined by SNS leader and First Deputy PM and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who will relinquish one of his roles. "Five ministers to be replaced in reshuffle" Tanjug is reporting that Vucic told his party's main board meeting on Friday in Belgrade that he "wishes to step down as Serbia's minister of defense." SPS leader and PM Ivica Dacic and Vucic also agreed that to split the Ministry of Finance and Economy in two. The ministry is now headed by URS party president Mladjan Dinkic. At the SNS main board meeting, Vucic "first proposed to be replaced as either deputy prime minister or as minister of defense," and then said that Agriculture Minister Goran Knezevic had offered his resignation, which he accepted. The leader of the Serb Progressive Party (SNS) went on to say that two more members from his party would leave the cabinet: Bratislav Petkovic, who heads the Ministry of Culture and Information, and Youth and Sports Minister Alisa Maric. Meanwhile a session of the Presidency of the SPS, also held on Friday, decided to accept the resignation offered by Minister of Transport Milutin Mrkonjic. The third partner in the government - the United Regions of Serbia (URS) - will decide on their course of action over the weekend. They will announce whether any of their cabinet members - Suzana Grubjesic, Verica Kalanovic, and Mladjan Dinkic - will be replaced in the reshuffle. The party suggested earlier that the government should be reduced to 15 from the current 19 members, and that if this took place, they were prepared to "give up one of their three members of the government." If the URS does not accept the proposed changes, the coalition agreement based on which the government was formed will be terminated, said SPS leader and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic. The current cabinet was sworn in on July 27 last year, and is made up of 19 ministries. They are divided between the three ruling parties and their respective pre-election coalition partners. (Tanjug, file) B92

"Five ministers to be replaced in reshuffle"

Tanjug is reporting that Vučić told his party's main board meeting on Friday in Belgrade that he "wishes to step down as Serbia's minister of defense."

SPS leader and PM Ivica Dačić and Vučić also agreed that to split the Ministry of Finance and Economy in two. The ministry is now headed by URS party president Mlađan Dinkić.

At the SNS main board meeting, Vučić "first proposed to be replaced as either deputy prime minister or as minister of defense," and then said that Agriculture Minister Goran Knežević had offered his resignation, which he accepted.

The leader of the Serb Progressive Party (SNS) went on to say that two more members from his party would leave the cabinet: Bratislav Petković, who heads the Ministry of Culture and Information, and Youth and Sports Minister Alisa Marić.

Meanwhile a session of the Presidency of the SPS, also held on Friday, decided to accept the resignation offered by Minister of Transport Milutin Mrkonjić.

The third partner in the government - the United Regions of Serbia (URS) - will decide on their course of action over the weekend. They will announce whether any of their cabinet members - Suzana Grubješić, Verica Kalanović, and Mlađan Dinkić - will be replaced in the reshuffle.

The party suggested earlier that the government should be reduced to 15 from the current 19 members, and that if this took place, they were prepared to "give up one of their three members of the government."

If the URS does not accept the proposed changes, the coalition agreement based on which the government was formed will be terminated, said SPS leader and Prime Minister Ivica Dačić.

The current cabinet was sworn in on July 27 last year, and is made up of 19 ministries. They are divided between the three ruling parties and their respective pre-election coalition partners.

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