Daily newspaper Večernje Novosti today writes that possible series of talks on changing the Constitution of Serbia, announced by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, could begin already in autumn.
Vučić spoke on several occasions about the necessity of the dialogue on the highest legal act, and that he intends to come to a consensus on this issue, although he can provide a two-thirds majority in the Assembly.
Some of the opposition partners, Novosti writes, mostly those on the right, believe that the highest act should not be changed at this time, while most of the pro-European opposition questioned the possibility of constructive dialogue with the authorities.
The president of the political council of the Democratic Party (DS) Zoran Lutovac believes that “it is impossible to conduct relevant social dialogue in these circumstances, where every criticism is perceived as hostility and the opposition as a foreign body.”
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Miloš Jovanović says that they are not at all for the change of the Constitution because “it brings the risk of changing the preamble on Kosovo and Metohija, which was introduced to preserve the territorial integrity of Serbia.”
The president of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Vojislav Šešelj, believes that it is not normal for anyone to change the Constitution in such a situation. He believes that it is necessary to discuss economics, health, culture, and not waste energy on the Constitution.
“The Constitution has imperfections; but the state can function just fine with it. Unless Vučić wants to be promoted to Pharaoh by these changes,” says Šešelj.
