The Serbian Constitution set May 14 as the expiry date for the formation of the cabinet following the parliamentary elections held in January.

“The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and its leader Vojislav Koštunica are in no hurry,” Đelić said, urging the DSS to respond to the Democrats’ proposition according to which Koštunica would attain premiership, while the majority of portfolios would go to the Democrats.

“Even though we do not intend to coerce anybody into discussion, it is high time the DSS and Koštunica either reacted to our proposal or made their own in order to resume the dialogue. I think it is rather clear what has been happening so far, who has been the active party, offering compromise, and who has been stalling and buying time for the outgoing technical government to make illegitimate decisions and finish off privatization activities beyond their limited jurisdiction,” Đelić said.

On the other hand, Capital Investments Minister Velimir Ilić claims Serbia's president and Democrats’ leader Boris Tadić was to blame for the deadlock in cabinet talks, since he "hasn't offered anyone a mandate to form government to date".

“The president shouldn’t have waited for so long before offering the post of the prime minister. He should have done that following the initial consultations and seen who could garner the majority. The Democrats can do little with the majority seats they won if they cannot secure majority support. A politician capable of doing so can consider himself a winner and put together a government,” Ilić said.