Top DS official in Vojvodina to run for party leader

Top DS official in Vojvodina to run for party leader

"These things are something that should remain between the two of us. He decided to run for president and it is his legitimate right," said Đilas.

Asked whether he believes that after May 31, when the party will hold its electoral assembly, he would remain at its helm, Đilas replied that he would not be running if he did not believe in this outcome.

"It is in the tradition of the DS to have several candidates. I am aware that some citizens will say, 'enough already', but obviously that is what the DS is, and this democratic trait should be treated as our quality," he told the newspaper.

Đilas then added that he would offer DS members "a way of leading the party that is different."

"It will not be like it was at during the time of Boris Tadić, (when) everyone would raise their hands in favor of everything that was said, and it will not be the way it was during the past year, when the president of the party was constantly fighting with the opposition within its own ranks, which had the support of the government and the media that the government controls. Instead of telling the citizens about our solutions, it seems that we are constantly dealing with ourselves," said Đilas.

When asked who the DS was "indebted to," he said that while led by Tadić, the party "spent more money on elections than they had and left a debt of five million."

"We returned half of it. While some engaged in lobbying and struggling to hold on to their positions regardless of the support the citizens gave the party, I'm dealing with debts and with the fact members of the Democratic Party are being arrested, and that these people should be allowed to have a defense and their families something to live on," Đilas said.