Belgrade: Vojislav Kostunica, the DSS leader stated that only 126 MPs can form a majority that represents the will of the citizens. He warned that anything else would mean changing the will of the people, usurping power, and suspending democratic order.

Kostunica said, “I assume Boris Tadi? knows that his coalition of five parties with 102 seats doesn’t hold a majority in the Serbian parliament.” He reiterated, “according to the principle tenets of democracy, and according to the Serbian Constitution, only 126 MPs can form a legitimate majority that expresses the will of the citizens.”

Pointing out that “so far, nobody other than Boris Tadi? has stated that a vote for his coalition at the elections counts for more than a vote given to other political parties,” Kostunica said, “That nonsense is most indicative of the person who said it, and who even refers to democracy when doing so.”

The DSS lead asserted, “The DSS-New Serbia (NS) will respect the will the citizens expressed at the elections that can only be represented by 126 MPs in the national parliament.” He added that “anything else would mean not only changing the will of the people, but also usurping power and suspending democratic order in the worst possible manner.”

According to DSS spokesman Andreja Mladenovic, the “coalition of the DSS-NS, Radicals and Socialists, together with the Bosniak list in parliament at republic level would have a stable majority of 130 MPs, and would enable the new government to efficiently implement its manifesto objectives and lead the country forward.”

Mladenovic stressed that “it’s foolish and erroneous to claim that 130 MPs do not constitute a majority, and that they do not express the will of the citizens of Serbia.” He said, “To say that 102 MPs (list for “European Serbia”) is a majority, and 130 a minority is a marketing ploy.”