Ex-minister talks Oct. 5 expectations

The aftermath of October 5, 2000, could not justify all expectations, says one of the main actors in the regime change on that day ten years ago. Former Yugoslav Foreign Minister and former leader of the GSS party Goran Svilanovic said in Belgrade tody that there was no consensus on joining the EU in Serbia then, and that it is lacking to this day. Ex-minister talks Oct. 5 expectations Speaking for Radio B92, Svilanovic said October 5 was the start of great changes in Serbia, but that ten years on, the citizens have many reasons to be dissatisfied, as the changes are unfolding too slowly. Svilanovic who is today an OSCE official criticized former opposition coalition DOS leaders who took part in instititions for "denying that they knew what would happen to Montenegro, Kosovo and the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic", and said such policy had "dramatic consequences because it raised expectations of the citizens". "The Kostunica-Djindjic conflict was not an issue of personal hostility, as much as different concepts about where Serbia should go after the October 5 changes," according to him. Svilanovic also said that "tycoons who achieved their position during the Milosevic reign got rich after October 5, when a lot of money entered the country", spoke in favor of formation of larger blocks in the political scene, and said he believed corruption and economy will dominate the next election.

Ex-minister talks Oct. 5 expectations

Speaking for Radio B92, Svilanović said October 5 was the start of great changes in Serbia, but that ten years on, the citizens have many reasons to be dissatisfied, as the changes are unfolding too slowly.

Svilanović who is today an OSCE official criticized former opposition coalition DOS leaders who took part in instititions for "denying that they knew what would happen to Montenegro, Kosovo and the arrest of Slobodan Milošević", and said such policy had "dramatic consequences because it raised expectations of the citizens".

"The Koštunica-Đinđić conflict was not an issue of personal hostility, as much as different concepts about where Serbia should go after the October 5 changes," according to him.

Svilanović also said that "tycoons who achieved their position during the Milošević reign got rich after October 5, when a lot of money entered the country", spoke in favor of formation of larger blocks in the political scene, and said he believed corruption and economy will dominate the next election.