Vucic continues consultations on PM designate

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic continued consultations on a PM designate with a meeting with representatives of the We, A Voice From The People electoral list on Friday.

Aleksandar Pavic and two other representatives of the list entered the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic in central Belgrade slightly before 8.30 am.

We, A Voice From The People won 13 seats in the December 17 parliamentary polls but has since split into two factions.

Vucic began the consultations on Monday, when he met with representatives of two ethnic minority lists - the Saip Kamberi-led Political Struggle of Albanians Continues and the Slobodan Nikolic-led Russian Party.

In separate statements, the representatives of the lists said they would not be joining the new Serbian government.

Vucic also met with representatives of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and a list led by Usame Zukorlic and Tomislav Zigmanov.

The representatives said afterwards they expected to continue to cooperate with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) as part of a new ruling coalition.

Vucic is also expected to meet with representatives of the SNS and the Socialist Party of Serbia in the coming days, while the Serbia Against Violence and the HOPE for Serbia coalitions have announced they would not be taking part in the consultations.

Ten lists cleared the electoral threshold in the December 17 parliamentary polls.

Under the Serbian Constitution, after discussions with representatives of electoral lists that have made it into the parliament, the president puts forward to MPs a candidate for PM who can ensure the election of a government.