The members of the Democratic Front coalition will continue their political struggle individually, said the leader of the New Serbian Democracy (NSD), Andrija Mandić, marking the end of that coalition after 11 years.
The Democratic Front was founded in July 2012 by the NSD led by Mandić, the Movement for Change led by Nebojša Medojević and a group of former Socialist People's Party officials led by Milan Knežević and Predrag Bulatović. Knežević was then elected president of the Democratic People's Party (DNP), which later became a coalition partner in the DF.
"The Democratic Front made a decision that the constituents of the DF take different paths towards the same goal," Mandic said at the press conference and pointed out that the goal of the three leaders is for Montenegro to be united.
"It is important for us that the people who support DF know that there are no quarrels, conflicts or differences between us," Mandic said.
No questions from reporters.
Medojević pointed out that they had different political views and interests, but they had a common goal to unite the Serbian and Montenegrin worlds.
"The mission of the DF has been accomplished, Serbs and Montenegrins in Montenegro are reconciled," said Medojević and added that if there were no DF, there would be no changes in Montenegro.
According to him, there were no quarrels between the DF leaders and all their coalitions at the local level remain.
He announced that the Movement for Change will appear independently in the June parliamentary elections with a program whose focus will be on how to implement reforms.
Knežević said that dealing with the legacy of the Democratic Party of Socialists should be everyone's goal, pointing out that the media reports that DF leaders clashed over the distribution of mandates and functions are not true.
The leaders of the three parties did not want to answer the journalists' questions. Knežević said that he will inform the citizens about the modalities of NSD and DNP going to the elections later and that this is their last conversion on behalf of DF and on this topic.
BG/FoNet
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