NOVI SAD -- Democratic Party (DS) official and deputy head of the Vojvodina provincial government Goran Ješić says that the entire party leadership should resign.
"Democratic Party leaders should resign before election"
NOVI SAD -- Democratic Party (DS) official and deputy head of the Vojvodina provincial government Goran Ješić says that the entire party leadership should resign.
Source: Dnevnik, Tanjug
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The formerly ruling party was forced to join the opposition on the state level after the May 6 elections in Serbia, while its leader, Boris Tadić, lost his bid to be reelected the country's president two weeks later.
"It would be completely normal to have several candidates in the race, not just for party leader, but for other positions as well," Ješić stated, noting that the Democrats would hold a meeting of the main committee, followed by a program and election assembly.
The rift in the party following its election loss can only be talked about "at the level of suppositions," said Ješić, stressing the most important thing right now was for the DS to define the path it would take and choose the people to lead it in a democratic manner, "and those who believe they should not follow it can feel free to leave the party."
He believes the DS was deservedly punished in the election, because "there was no empathy for the people on whose behalf decisions were made, we did not respond adequately to the economic crisis and we made bad personnel choices."
Pointing out that the leader of this policy was Boris Tadić "who had a say about everything," Ješić noted that when someone is the both leader of a party and the head of state, "as well as the leader of the government, because he appointed a weak prime minister, then not only the successes, but also the failures rest on him."
Agreement on Vojvodina or EU integration problems
Serbia's EU integration process could be hindered if no agreement is reached by the end of the year between the republic and provincial administration on functioning of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Goran Ješić stated on Tuesday.
“I hope that we will nevertheless establish communication with the republic authorities since on the contrary problems will appear both for Vojvodina and the government in Belgrade, and that could be a hindrance in the continuation of the European integration process,” Ješić told the daily Dnevnik.
He believes that that the province should not initiate enforcement of new regulations on Vojvodina jurisdictions, but that it is a duty of Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić to open a discussion on the issue with representatives of the provincial administration.
Ješić said that the province will respect the decision of the Constitutional Court, which abolished numerous provisions of the Law on Establishing Jurisdiction of Vojvodina, but underlined that a manner to protect Vojvodina's autonomy has to be found.
One solution, as Ješić believes, could be the adoption of the constitutional law on Vojvodina, which was recently discussed by Vojvodina Assembly Speaker Ištvan Pastor.
I am just disappointed with this statement from Mr. Jesica because it shows that the party which I was voted began to disintegrate in some new and smaller parties.
(Domino Dama, 8 August 2012 00:58)
Is that Homer Simpson? In any case, I do not think that the DS is/was the problem in Serbia. All the political parties are just as corrupt as the other. Just wait and see the carnage that will be left by the current coalition. The problem with Serbia is, that it will not, or does not know how, to change. With the current judiciary, the influence of business tycoons on government policy, the expanded nanny state that Serbia has become, being the largest employer in the country, and corruption in every level of society, it is going nowhere. Until Serbia cleans up, and that is a monumental order, it will spin its wheels in economic and social misery. And when someone like Goran Ješić comes along, a man that is making great progress in Vojvodina, he is seen as a threat, and should be removed. That is the problem with Serbia. It does not want to help itself - except for the politicians and friends helping themselves to public funds.
(ecoman, 7 August 2012 17:42)
Is that Homer Simpson? In any case, I do not think that the DS is/was the problem in Serbia. All the political parties are just as corrupt as the other. Just wait and see the carnage that will be left by the current coalition. The problem with Serbia is, that it will not, or does not know how, to change. With the current judiciary, the influence of business tycoons on government policy, the expanded nanny state that Serbia has become, being the largest employer in the country, and corruption in every level of society, it is going nowhere. Until Serbia cleans up, and that is a monumental order, it will spin its wheels in economic and social misery. And when someone like Goran Ješić comes along, a man that is making great progress in Vojvodina, he is seen as a threat, and should be removed. That is the problem with Serbia. It does not want to help itself - except for the politicians and friends helping themselves to public funds.
(ecoman, 7 August 2012 17:42)
I am just disappointed with this statement from Mr. Jesica because it shows that the party which I was voted began to disintegrate in some new and smaller parties.
(Domino Dama, 8 August 2012 00:58)
I am just disappointed with this statement from Mr. Jesica because it shows that the party which I was voted began to disintegrate in some new and smaller parties.
(Domino Dama, 8 August 2012 00:58)
Is that Homer Simpson? In any case, I do not think that the DS is/was the problem in Serbia. All the political parties are just as corrupt as the other. Just wait and see the carnage that will be left by the current coalition. The problem with Serbia is, that it will not, or does not know how, to change. With the current judiciary, the influence of business tycoons on government policy, the expanded nanny state that Serbia has become, being the largest employer in the country, and corruption in every level of society, it is going nowhere. Until Serbia cleans up, and that is a monumental order, it will spin its wheels in economic and social misery. And when someone like Goran Ješić comes along, a man that is making great progress in Vojvodina, he is seen as a threat, and should be removed. That is the problem with Serbia. It does not want to help itself - except for the politicians and friends helping themselves to public funds.
(ecoman, 7 August 2012 17:42)