DS official thinks party should “apologize to voters”

On February 23, 2012, in Elections, News, by Izborna Reforma

Ruling Democratic Party (DS) official Goran Ješić said on Wednesday the DS “must convince voters that it is prepared to tackle economic reforms with resolve”. At the same time, said Ješić, who is also mayor of the town of Inđija, the Democrats “should also to apologies for the mistakes made during the tenure of the [...]

Tadic to say clear no to DS-SNS coalition, Dinkic

On February 22, 2012, in Elections, News, by Izborna Reforma

As long as Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadic does not state publicly, loud and clear, that he will not enter a coalition with Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolic under any circumstances, a post election coalition between the two is possible, said United Regions of Serbia (URS) leader Mladjan Dinkic. “If after the [...]

Opposition SNS forms shadow cabinet

On February 20, 2012, in Elections, News, by Izborna Reforma

Opposition SNS party, which polls as the country’s most popular ahead of the spring elections, has formed its “shadow government”, made up of councils. Belgrade-based tabloid Press writes today that the shadow PM is party leader Tomislav Nikolić, while his second-in-command Aleksandar Vučić heads the council for international cooperation – which has “special committees for [...]

Elections “will be called by March 11”

On February 17, 2012, in Elections, News, by Izborna Reforma

Parliamentary elections will be held on April 29 or May 6, Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović has said. She noted that the elections would certainly be called by March 11. “Since the elections will certainly be repeated in some places, we still have a dilemma whether to schedule the elections for April 29, so the [...]

Anything is possible, even repeated elections

On February 14, 2012, in Elections, News, by Izborna Reforma

Public opinion polls are not a political forecast, but they primarily serve to define a communication strategy to win new voters. Therefore, serious agencies have agreements with clients not to publish these polls, says for Novi Magazin Srdjan Bogosavljevic, director of Ipsos Strategic Marketing. “It is unwise to spend resources on research for your own [...]

Trivan: No chance for coalition with SNS

On February 13, 2012, in Elections, News, by Izborna Reforma

Deputy President of the Democratic Party (DS) Jelena Trivan stated Monday that there is no chance for a coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) to be formed ahead of the elections, and that speculations of the kind, including those presented by Leader of the United Regions of Serbia (URS) Mladjan Dinkic, are unoriginal attempts [...]

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