Popović: Andrija Mandić and Marko Kovačević are the right coalition partners for Jakšić Stojanović

"We understand that Jakšić Stojanović obviously has to prove his and PES's loyalty to Andrija Mandić - because without his nine MPs, the Government no longer has a majority, but let him do it without the Democratic Party of Socialists"

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Sonja Popović, Photo: Boris Pejović

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02.02.2026. 09:38h

Spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and MP in the Parliament of Montenegro Sonja Popović assessed that for the Minister of Education, Science and Innovation and member of the Presidency of the Europe Now Movement, Anđela Jakšić Stojanović, "Andrija Mandić and Marko Kovačević are tailor-made coalition partners."

"It is normal for the Minister of Education, Science and Innovation and member of the PES Presidency, Anđela Jakšić Stojanović, to deny the existence of any communication with Dr. Jevto Eraković and the Democratic Party of Socialists, because the latter chose Chetnik duke Andrija Mandić and his henchman Marko Kovačević as its coalition partners. What we warned about turned out to be true, which is that a vote for PES in Nikšić was a vote for DF, as a result of which Kovačević, who threatened to treat dissenters like Turks and who is a promoter of Chetnik ideology, continued to sit in the chair of the first man of the town under Trebjes," said Popović.

Jakšić Stojanović denied claims by Democratic People's Party (DNP) president Milan Knežević that he has had any communication with DPS vice president Jevto Eraković regarding potential cooperation. She stated that Knežević's public statements and political moves "objectively contribute to strengthening the narrative of the Democratic Party of Socialists about the possibility of returning to executive power, especially at a time when such statements are interpreted by DPS members as destabilizing the current government."

"In the end, we understand that Jakšić Stojanović obviously has to prove his and PES's loyalty to Andrija Mandić - because without his nine MPs, the Government no longer has a majority, but let him do it without the Democratic Party of Socialists. After all, we would not interfere with this, above all, honest and fair partnership based on shared values and obviously the same goals. Just in different ways, as her coalition partner would say," said Jakšić Stojanović.