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The new government should be formed early next month, the deadline is October 10, and Aleksandar Vulin and Nebojsa Stefanovic should “rotate” the ministries, unofficial sources from the Serbian political scene tell Danas.
Photo: Photo: FoNet / Government of Serbia / Slobodan MiljevićAccording to our interlocutors, Stefanovic, the current Interior Minister, “has good ties with the United States”, which could further contribute to the current approach of Officer Belgrade towards the administration in Washington, while Vulin is “the man in whom entrusts the Serbian President and the Serbian Progressive Party Alexander Vučić “.
As for other personnel solutions, Danas diplomatic sources say that the new Serbian ambassador in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, should become Milan Bacevic, the former ambassador to Beijing.
As speculated, Radomir Nikolić, son of former Serbian President and Serbian Progressive Party Tomislav Nikolić, will be appointed as the new ambassador to China. Let us remind you that Radomir Nikolić has been Mayor of Kragujevac since 2014.
It is also believed that Finance Minister Siniša Mali will “surely” be a member of the new government, as well as that Ana Brnabić will retain the post of prime minister.
Intentionally or accidentally, Aleksandar Vučić was sitting between Mali and Brnabić at the dinner he hosted on Tuesday for US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenel.
There is also much speculation that the current president of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Marko Čadež, will enter the new government, as Minister of Economy.
It is also believed that the leader of the Serbian Socialist Party, Ivica Dacic, “will probably remain” the Foreign Minister, and that his party colleague Aleksandar Antic, the former Minister of Mines and Energy, will enter the new executive branch.
Diplomatic circles are dominated by the attitude that Vučić will form the so-called “concentration government”, which will include the SPS, Aleksandar Šapić’s Serbian Patriotic Alliance and certain minority parties, in addition to the progressives.
Such a government, according to Vučić himself, would have a “short term”, that is, early parliamentary elections would be called, most likely in conjunction with regular presidential elections, in a year and a half.
Clash of the EU
Some Western diplomats unofficially say that “the EU is shocked” by the fact that the new Serbian government was not formed, despite the fact that more than three months have passed since the elections in which the SNS recorded a resounding victory. “In Montenegro, the coalition that will make up the new government is much more heterogeneous, so an agreement was quickly reached, while in Serbia a lot of time is wasted in forming a government,” our interlocutors say.
Speculation in the press
Blic writes that the favorites for the new Minister of Culture are Maja Gojković, but also Jelena Trivan, Aja Jung and even Ivan Tasovac, who has held that position before, while Nebojsa Stefanović can replace Aleksandar Vulin in the defense sector. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mona Hotel, Tomislav Momirović, is the most serious candidate for the post of Minister of the Economy, while the epidemiologist Darija Kisić Tepavčević could also win a position in the new Serbian Government. Branislav Nedimović and Siniša Mali are still in government, it is not safe for Ivica Dačić. Blic also writes that Ana Brnabić is certain to remain Prime Minister.
The messenger claims that Nebojsa Stefanovic is leaving the Ministry of the Interior and taking over Defense or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Suzana Grubjesic could replace Jadranka Joksimovic in the European integration sector, while Aleksandar Vulin could go for the ambassador in Belarus.
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