October 21, 2009

21. October 2009.

A six-member group of local parliament members, which consists of two representatives of the Democratic Party (DP), one representative of the G17+ Party and three representatives of PhD Stojanca Arsic and PhD Miodrag Milkovic Group of Citizens, was established in Bujanovac. The aim of the group is to negotiate with the Albanian majority in the assembly about re-involvment of Serbs in the local government. Zoran Antić from G17+ was appointed the head of the gropup.

According to Mr. Milkovic, the group will take activities in the local parliament and will work on stabilization of the multi-ethnic government in multi-ethnic Bujanovac. "We didn’t participate in the local government for over a year and a half due to disagreements among the Serbian political parties. We don’t want to boycot the government in Bujanovac, which is made up of 23 Albanians in the local parliament. We are trying to make the government more stable and useful to future generations“, Mr. Milkovic said. After the local elections, the majority in the 41- member parliament and in the government in Bujanovac consists of the Albanian political parties, whereas Serbs have 15 local parliament members.