The President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, said, after the session of the Parliamentary Collegium held with representatives of the opposition, that the government accepted two of their three conditions, and the third, which refers to the request that all local elections be held on the same day as the Belgrade one, cannot be fulfilled.
In front of the coalition Serbia against violence, Green-Left Front deputy Radomir Lazović repeated after today rounds of negotiations in the National Assembly that in the elections on December 17 there was electoral theft, for which there is a lot of evidence and indications.
"Today we tried to find a solution to continue," said Lazović, but without success.
The opposition presented three basic requirements: to establish a mixed commission with executive powers before the new elections, which will be composed of representatives of the government, the opposition and relevant civil society organizations; that RTS, in accordance with the law, provides space for opposition politicians and starts broadcasting the program indiscriminately; that all remaining local elections be held simultaneously, including repeated elections in Belgrade.
Another requirement is to fulfill all the recommendations of the European monitoring mission ODIHR.
Lazović said that they gave the representatives of the authorities until Wednesday to express their opinion on these demands. Negotiations are expected to continue then.
"Be assured, we will not agree to new election theft," said Lazović and expressed the hope that the current crisis will be resolved by holding fair and democratic elections.
Jovanović: Elementary requirements
The president of the New DSS, Miloš Jovanović, spoke on behalf of the NADA coalition.
He explained that the opposition has set "elementary demands for which there are no legal obstacles", and that this is not an "ultimatum or whim", as the government will probably try to present.
"We are all witnesses that democracy does not work," said Jovanović. And if the government does not agree to these threats, if the election conditions do not change, "we can cancel the elections."
This country is not "Vučić's party thorn", said Jovanović and pointed out that the time for an agreement is running out.