Tadić "to assess risk" of early presidential vote

Democratic Party (DS) official Dusan Petrovic says President Boris Tadic will based on risk assessment decide whether early presidential election will be held. “It is necessary to pay attention to the stability of institutions, this is why our system does not envisage holding of all elections at the same time and it is being carefully analyzed whether there are risks to hold the presidential elections together with the parliamentary ones,” he told B92. Tadic "to assess risk" of early presidential vote According to him, important decisions cannot be made at the time when the elections are held. “The president will make a decision whether there would risks if he was not in office for 45 days and if Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, as the Serbian parliament speaker, took over the president’s duties, and if the presidential elections would be held at the same time as the parliamentary ones,” Petrovic pointed out. The parliament speaker, who will call the presidential elections, said that the elections would be called once Tadic had decided. “The presidential elections will be held, but it depends on President Tadic whether they will be held in the end of the year, a little sooner or the same day as the parliamentary elections and he will decide whether we will have the elections sooner or whether he will have a full mandate,” Djukic-Dejanovic stressed. She added that the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) candidate for president was SPS leader Ivica Dacic. “The SPS will take part in all the elections, if there should be presidential elections our candidate will be Dacic, because he as an interior minister and deputy prime minister has personal popularity, he has improved police’s reputation and citizens like him,” she explained. The speaker noted that Dacic would be Socialists’ candidate for prime minister if presidential elections were not held. Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolic said that Tadic “if he is an honorable man, should resign as Serbian president and call the presidential elections”. “He is giving himself another ten days for the campaign and then he will resign and call the elections,” he said. Boris Tadic (Tanjug, file) B92

Tadić "to assess risk" of early presidential vote

According to him, important decisions cannot be made at the time when the elections are held.

“The president will make a decision whether there would risks if he was not in office for 45 days and if Slavica Đukić-Dejanović, as the Serbian parliament speaker, took over the president’s duties, and if the presidential elections would be held at the same time as the parliamentary ones,” Petrović pointed out.

The parliament speaker, who will call the presidential elections, said that the elections would be called once Tadić had decided.

“The presidential elections will be held, but it depends on President Tadić whether they will be held in the end of the year, a little sooner or the same day as the parliamentary elections and he will decide whether we will have the elections sooner or whether he will have a full mandate,” Đukić-Dejanović stressed.

She added that the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) candidate for president was SPS leader Ivica Dačić.

“The SPS will take part in all the elections, if there should be presidential elections our candidate will be Dačić, because he as an interior minister and deputy prime minister has personal popularity, he has improved police’s reputation and citizens like him,” she explained.

The speaker noted that Dačić would be Socialists’ candidate for prime minister if presidential elections were not held.

Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić said that Tadić “if he is an honorable man, should resign as Serbian president and call the presidential elections”.

“He is giving himself another ten days for the campaign and then he will resign and call the elections,” he said.