Belgrade: The Demokratska Stranka (DS) yesterday rejected the claim that the SAA contains an undisclosed annex that will have Serbia renounce a part of its territory as “Pure Lie”.

Boris Tadic, the leader of the DS said this comment, made by Vojislav Koštunica – who is the leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) – is false. In the party statement DS said, “The DS is warning Kostunica to stop disturbing the public with untruths, slander, lies and usage of vocabulary that is not appropriate considering the office he currently holds,”

In reference to the DSS leader’s victorious 2000 presidential campaign slogan, “Who can look you in the eye”, the DS stated, “After so many untruths we are asking Kostunica whether he can still look anyone in the eye?”

The DS statement said, We “warn Koštunica that hate speech, slander and marking of political opponents as traitors and Judases can lead to tragic consequences Has the 2003 murder of Prime Minister Zoran Din?ic not been a lesson to all of us?”

Dragan Sutanovac, the defense minister in the Kostunica cabinet and DS deputy president also accused the premier of “telling untruths”. Sutanovac said, “I really don’t understand why the prime minister at this point misleads the public and tells untruths. Is it possible that the only things left from the people’s coalition policies from a year ago are false accusations and untruths?”

Sutanovac said that the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) was signed in the form in which it was initialed in November last year, “when the government had a full mandate”. He also said that posters which appeared in Belgrade yesterday, branding Boris Tadic and Bozidar Delic as enemies of the state, represent a public call to lynch, and that those responsible must face the consequences of their actions. He said, “I am convinced there is political support for these posters and that there is a financier that the police can trace.”