SLS supports Minister Ziviq: More expert than Serbian List ministers

The Independent Serbian Liberal Party (SLS) has given full support to Dijana Zivic as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development in its new post, following the dismissal of Nenad Rikallos from the Serbian List, which had boycotted the post.

At a news conference, the leader of this party, Slobodan Petrovic, has indicated that Zivic's appointment to the task was done with his proposal, saying an injustice to this party has been arranged to lead at least one ministry.

He has also talked about the reaction of Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, who had said that Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has named private Serb “” to his ministries.

Petroviq: Vuciq knows SLS is parliamentary party

Serbia's “President Aleksandar Vuciq knows that the SLS is a parliamentary party, and the SLS is a parliamentary party that 12 years in contact and the SLS is the oldest party in Kosovo, which gathers Kosovo Serbs and as such in the 13th year, we are politically active in Kosovo is normal to be part of the government as the past years and has no reason to anger someone. Interestingly, we have heard that Defence Minister Vulin, who says Zivic is a organiser and protest participant one of five million in Gracanica. What to Say I stand here in front of you and honestly say that if Zivic is an organizer or a participant, Zivic and I will resign and close the party”, Petrovic has said.

He has accused the Serbian List of spreading various lies against Minister Zivic, saying such a thing is shameful, while pledging that the MBPHR will be the minister of all and that it will be worked transparently and accountablely.

This ministry will be transparent and there will be no misuse. For that, I can be guarantor and the party”, Petrovic said.

He said that this position in the government would not be used to retaliate against the Serbian List, while Minister Zivic will deal with the priorities the MPBZHR has and will not work solely for one party's interests.

The SLS leader has dismissed claims that Minister Ziviq is not an expert in the resources it leads, saying there have been numerous positive results in this area.

If you ask me about expertise, Dijana Zivic is 50 times more expert and qualitative than any minister who has proposed the Serbian List”, he said.

He also spoke about boycotting the Serbian List in Parliament and their possible return.

The “those boycotting is their solution. I've always been opposed to easy choices. This is the solution that currently solves long-term problems. I am not one of those who support this policy. The SLS has never been in this”, Petrovic said.

The SLS leader has also spoken about his detention long ago by the Serbian BIA, saying it may have been part of the pressures that this party is not part of the Kosovo government if the Serb List exits the ruling coalition.

He has also talked about the idea of changing the borders between Kosovo and Serbia, expressing the party's earlier stance that he runs is against any division, while added that he does not know what demitation means.

Otherwise, Minister Zivic did not attend this conference, not the participation which SLS leader Slobodan Petrovic reasoned with her numerous activities in the new post.