By Prensa Latina,
Belgrado : Serbian Interim Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica held talks on Wednesday with SPS (Socialist Party) leader Ivica Dacic, about formation of a possible coalition with the government.
The conversations were constructive and will continue on Thursday, said Dacic after the meeting with Kostunica, who heads the DSS (Serbian Democratic Party), which obtained over 11 percent of the votes in the elections on Sunday.
Dacic, whose party won seven percent of the votes and will have 20 of the 250 seats in Parliament, also received an offer, which was made official today by Boris Tadic, of the DS (Democratic Party).
The DS, which is in favor of an unconditional rapprochement with the European Union, was supported by 38 percent of the votes, and will control 102 seats, while its main rival, the SRS (Serbian radical Party) obtained 29 points and 78 seats.
The democrats, with 30 seats, and the Tomislav Nikolic’s SRS wish to shape a coalition cabinet, but they lack the necessary votes to be the absolute majority, thus they seek a rapprochement with the SPS of late Slobodan Milosevic.
Tadic is trying, with the EU’s open support, to create a government alliance with the liberal democrats, with few more than five points in percentage in the elections and 13 seats, but it will need support by the socialists.
The DS and the DSS broke the alliance in power in February, amid great differences about conditions to enter the EU.
Kostunica opposes the signing of an agreement of association and stabilization with the European bloc, without previously solving the issue of the unilateral declaration of independence by the Serbian Kosovo province.