New government has to be most serious in Serbia’s history

DELIBLATO - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday that given the enormous trust of the people it has earned, the new government has to be the most serious one in Serbia’s recent history, and pledged doing all he can to help in achieving its goals.

Nikolic said that that prime minister-in-waiting Aleksandar Vucic is aware of that, adding that he is confident that Vucic is able to choose the right people who can follow his energetic lead.

After visiting the household of Dimitrije Margan in the village of Deliblato, northern Serbia, Nikolic voiced his desire for the people in Serbia to finally feel they can live normally like everyone else.

“In these most difficult possible conditions, the government has a great chance to stay remembered as the one that has fulfilled the wishes of the people. If somehow it fails in that I do not know if we will be able to go on. Let all those who are to take oaths before the members of parliament by the end of the month now reconsider if they are ready to accept the big job and responsibilities and if they are aware that it is no longer just the honor of being an MP, minister or any kind of state official,” Nikolic said.

To assume responsibility now is an obligation and honor is for some other times, he said.

Nikolic said that he and incoming prime minister Vucic discussed the goals, plans and programs drawn up by the SNS leader, and also the scale of priority for actions to be taken in different areas.

He added, however, that these talks did not touch on the resolution on Kosovo-Metohija that he had proposed.

We are bound to deal with the Kosovo issue and we will be thinking about it and the new resolution seriously when the government is...