Nine members of the Democratic Party's (DS) main board have voted against the formation of the Alliance for Serbia, and their party's participation in it.

At the same time, 180 members of this body were in favor, the DS reported on its website.

Daily Blic named the dissenting members of the main board as former DS leader Dragan Sutanovac, National Assembly members Natasa Vuckovic, Dragoljub Micunovic, Radoslav Milojcic, Gordana Comic, Vojovodina Provincial Board Chairman Miroslav Vasim, and Vida Ognjanovic.

The opposition Alliance for Serbia was formally established in Belgrade late on Sunday by its founders: Dragan Djilas, Bosko Obradovic (Dveri Movement), Vuk Jeremić (People’s Party), Zoran Lutovac (Democratic Party), Leftist Serbia leader Borko Stefanovic, Prosperous Serbia leader Milan Stamatovic, Together for Serbia leader Nebojsa Zelenovic, Movement for Reversal leader Janko Veselinovic, United Trade Unions of Serbia leader Zeljko Veselinovic, and leader of a Serb movement from Kosovo and Metohija Fatherland, Slavisa Ristic