The Democratic People's Party (DNP) is closer to leaving the government than remaining.
This was said by DNP Vice President and Minister of Transport Maja Vukićević, emphasizing that this is confirmed by the party initiatives that she and her party colleague in the executive branch, Milun Zogović, will propose to the Government at the first next session, most likely on Thursday next week.
"These topics require dialogue, and no one has set out to forcefully change the Constitution or state symbols. What we expect is for part of our election program to be implemented, to see if that is possible through participation in this government," said Vukićević, appearing on the Reflektor show on Television Vijesti.
The DNP will not wait indefinitely for the Government's response to accept their initiatives on identity issues, the Serbian language as the official language, the tricolor as the national flag, and dual citizenship.
"We will see what the response of Prime Minister (Milojko) Spajić will be, but we will certainly present the initiatives and we expect that they can be discussed. It is clear to us that these are issues that require a broader social consensus. We do not expect them to be discussed for the next two years or until the beginning of the mandate of a new Government, but that they be resolved within a certain period. What that period will be, we will see in the coming period, we will see what the Government's response will be," said Vukićević.
For the minister, the government is not bloody, as her party leader said during the interruption of the protest in Botun.
"I have a mandate from Mr. Knežević to say that he still stands by the fact that certain elements of the Government are, as he says, bloody. - What does that mean? - Well, that refers to the Police Directorate."
Vukićević rejects the possibility that identity issues are more important than the European path, or even the people of Botun, at this moment. He does not see their inclusion, along with the story of Botun, as a maneuver by the DNP to stay in power as long as possible.
The minister, however, is keeping quiet about the details of the discussions about Botun that were held by the Speaker of the Parliament Andrija Mandić, Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, and the President of the DNP Milan Knežević, which led to the suspension of the protest on December 31 in Zeta.
"The citizens of Zeta and the representatives of Botun have the mandate here. They should determine what is the measure of what is acceptable to them."
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