Fila: Belgrade Authority Will Be Formed with We – Voice of the People

Toma Fila (BETAPHOTO/DRAGAN GOJIC/DS)

The candidate for mayor of the Socialist Party of Serbia, Toma Fila, stated on Jan. 23 that there would be no repeat vote in the capital and that the city authority would be formed with council members from the ticket We – Voice of the People.

Fila told BETA that the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia lacked only two council seats to form the Belgrade city authority, and that they would be joined by council members from the association We – Voice of the People, which is headed by Branimir Nestorovic and Aleksandar Jerkovic.

Commenting on the invitation of a vice-president of the Serbian Progressive Party and candidate for mayor, Aleksandar Sapic, to talks about potential cooperation and plans for Belgrade’s development, We – Voice of the People has stated that they did not support a coalition with either the Progressives and Socialists, or with the potential coalition between Serbia Against Violence and NADA.

They gave a similar response to Aleksandar Jerkovic, who is heading the ticket We – Voice of the People, who invited them to a meeting in the capacity of the president of the movement There’s No Going Back, Serbia is Behind Us, at which they would, as coalition partners, “exchange stances, not only regarding decisions about the Belgrade elections, but also about the current events in Kosmet and further cooperation.”

“We – Voice of the People was not in coalition with anyone, either for the republic or for the city elections, we have not had the right to that as a citizens’ association. That is why we do not have coalition partners that we would have to agree with on anything,” stated the association.

In the Belgrade elections, the ticket Aleksandar Vucic – Belgrade Must Not Stop won 49 seats, the Socialist Party of Serbia-Unified Serbia-Greens of Serbia won six, Serbia Against Violence won 42 seats, NADA for Belgrade seven and We – Voice of the People six seats.