BELGRADE -- Slavica Đukić-Dejanović said tensions on the state level will lessen once a local government in Belgrade is formed.
Source: B92
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“A political compromise cannot be allowed to work to Belgrade’s detriment. I think that if a city government is formed by August 22, it will reflect the expectations of the majority of Belgrade’s citizens. New elections would be a great blow for Belgrade,” said Đukić-Dejanović.
She reiterated that the SPS had signed a coalition agreement with “different partners” before the government was formed with the Democrats at state level.
“Once the state government was formed, it made sense for it to be reflected especially in Belgrade, and that is why SPS city officials decided to scrap the agreement with the Radicals,” Đukić-Dejanović explained.
She said that it was now up to SPS city officials to decide whether a coalition would be formed in Belgrade with its partners at state level, or if there would be new elections.
Asked to respond to criticism that she was being too lenient in carrying out her duties as speaker, she said that restrictive measures would not improve parliament’s work, and that it had long been known “who expresses themselves in what way.”
Đukić-Dejanović said that the declaration of political reconciliation between the Democrats and the SPS would be signed soon, adding that real practical cooperation between the parties was more important than the document at this precise moment in time.
The more things change, the more they are the same. It seems that the SPS never did like elections. Now that they have abandoned their support base, they feel that Belgrade elections would be a real blow to the city.
(Marko, 5 August 2008 22:05)
The more things change, the more they are the same. It seems that the SPS never did like elections. Now that they have abandoned their support base, they feel that Belgrade elections would be a real blow to the city.
(Marko, 5 August 2008 22:05)
The more things change, the more they are the same. It seems that the SPS never did like elections. Now that they have abandoned their support base, they feel that Belgrade elections would be a real blow to the city.
(Marko, 5 August 2008 22:05)