Nikolić quits Radicals

Tomislav Nikolic says that he will leave the Serb Radical Party (SRS) and form a new party. He told reporters that he expected many SRS officials to join him, adding that the new party would be based on “the normal ideology of the SRS.” Nikolic quits Radicals Nikolic said that SRS Secretary General Aleksandar Vucic had not attended the session of the Central Homeland Administration, but that he expected Vucic to “state what his future moves will be soon.” Nikolic, the leader of the Forward Serbia MP club, and his club members walked out of today’s session of the Central Homeland Administration. He said that they left before the vote on their expulsion in order to avoid “endless quarrelling.” “We do not belong here. We will go our own way, and the Serb Radical Party will go its,” Nikolic told reporters. The Forward Serbia leader said that a letter from The Hague from SRS leader Vojislav Seselj had been read out at the meeting, and that “strong words” were uttered afterwards against him and his colleagues. Nikolic said that he had been accused of being “a foreign intelligence agent”, a “servant” and that he had “betrayed” Seselj. He said that he would begin with the formation of the new political party as early as next week, that the name had not been chosen yet, but that the party would represent the modern Right wing and would support cooperation with the EU and Russia, as well as the preservation of Kosovo within Serbia. Nikolic said that the party would not be inviting anyone in particular from the SRS, but that once it was formed, “all Serbian citizens” would be invited to join. A number of citizens gathered in front of the building where the SRS meeting was held today--some applauded Nikolic as he entered, while others yelled “traitor” at him. Vojislav Seselj (FoNet, archive) Seselj in appeal to SRS members SRS leader Vojislav Seselj has sent a letter to party members asking them to stay loyal to the party’s basic ideology. Ahead of today’s session of the Central Homeland Administration, Seselj called on members to resist, as he put it, the ideology propagated by Brussels, Washington, foreign embassies in Belgrade, and oligarchs Miroslav Miskovic and Milan Beko. In the letter, in which there is no mention of Nikolic, the SRS leader says that he has been warning for years that foreign intelligence services have been persistent in their efforts and that this has led to a clash of two ideologies—the libertarian ideology of the SRS against the ideology of vassal relations. He states that he will never make peace with those who are stealing Kosovo, and who, he says, are ripping the country apart. “There can be no reconciliation between me and the puppet-traitor group that wishes to change the party’s ideology at a time when they are killing our people at demonstrations, delivering Serb heads on a plate, while the EU continues to set new conditions and demands the execution of new orders that lead to the destruction of our sovereignty and territorial integrity,“ writes Seselj. “They are doing that right now in a stupid and primitive manner, unaware in their own greed that Russia has got back on its feet and wishes to help Serbia. And right now, just when efforts should be stepped up to liberate Serbia, they want to change the ideology of the party that has survived the harshest of circumstances. They will never succeed in this, the Serb Radical Party’s ideology is immortal,“ he states. At the end of the letter, Seselj says that he does not wish to speak of those who are destroying the ideology of Serb nationalism, quoting Achilles, who said: “I would never change my suffering for their servile job.“ SRS Vice-President Dragan Todorovic says that “over 100 municipal boards support the SRS and President Vojislav Seselj.“ "Seselj doesn't realize that life goes on" Forward Serbia chief Tomislav Nikolic says he will form a new party that will be closest to the DSS and NS. Nikolic said that there were two Serb Radical Parties (SRS) currently, and that after today’s session of the Central Homeland Administration there would only be one left, the one loyal to party leader Vojislav Seselj. He said that he was not in a personal dispute with Seselj, nor did he wish to be in dispute with a man who was in The Hague, and who was defending not only his own, but Serbian national interests, there. “The SRS is split into one section that believes the party has reached a dead end, and the other section which doesn’t understand the needs of the modern day and of Serbia, and is blinded by certain goals that haven’t been achieved for 18 years. The SRS is both one and the other, and from today only one section will exist—the one that stays loyal to Seselj,” the Forward Serbia leader told state broadcaster RTS. “Seselj doesn’t realize that life goes on. Serbia has enormous problems that cannot be solved by waiting. If it was a matter of a personal quarrel, I’d have done this a long time ago, because I’ve been under fire for a number of months and that is systematically going on,” he explained. Asked who MP mandates belonged to, the former SRS deputy leader said that his successor Dragan Todorovic was calling the mandates of those MPs that had sided with Nikolic into question, but that this merely demonstrated his ignorance of the Constitution. He said that he would be attending the Central Homeland Administration, but that he did not know who would be chairing the session. “What’s important is what we have to say to each other. I’ll tell them what I think. And I call on them to say what they say at municipal boards, let them tell me what that ideology is that I’m getting wrong,” said Nikolic. According to the Forward Serbia leader, Seselj erred by transferring presidential powers to Dragan Todorovic immediately, and in so doing immediately put Secretary General Aleksandar Vucic out of the picture. “I think that’s final, and I think that broke Vucic off from that group. It’s unthinkable for Todorovic to be president of a party where Vucic is a member. Vucic is a cut above that. I’ve sent him an open invitation to form a party together, from Monday we have to do it,” he said. Nikolic said that he could not imagine a government where his party, which still has no name, could be with the Democratic Party or G17 Plus, but that he did see the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and New Serbia (NS) as partners, because, he said, “right now there is nothing between us”. Asked what his relationship with Seselj would be once he returned from the Hague, the Forward Serbia leader said that he expected he would have a few choice words for him in parliament.

Nikolić quits Radicals

Nikolić said that SRS Secretary General Aleksandar Vučić had not attended the session of the Central Homeland Administration, but that he expected Vučić to “state what his future moves will be soon.”

Nikolić, the leader of the Forward Serbia MP club, and his club members walked out of today’s session of the Central Homeland Administration.

He said that they left before the vote on their expulsion in order to avoid “endless quarrelling.”

“We do not belong here. We will go our own way, and the Serb Radical Party will go its,” Nikolić told reporters.

The Forward Serbia leader said that a letter from The Hague from SRS leader Vojislav Šešelj had been read out at the meeting, and that “strong words” were uttered afterwards against him and his colleagues.

Nikolić said that he had been accused of being “a foreign intelligence agent”, a “servant” and that he had “betrayed” Šešelj.

He said that he would begin with the formation of the new political party as early as next week, that the name had not been chosen yet, but that the party would represent the modern Right wing and would support cooperation with the EU and Russia, as well as the preservation of Kosovo within Serbia.

Nikolić said that the party would not be inviting anyone in particular from the SRS, but that once it was formed, “all Serbian citizens” would be invited to join.

A number of citizens gathered in front of the building where the SRS meeting was held today--some applauded Nikolić as he entered, while others yelled “traitor” at him.

Šešelj in appeal to SRS members

SRS leader Vojislav Šešelj has sent a letter to party members asking them to stay loyal to the party’s basic ideology.

Ahead of today’s session of the Central Homeland Administration, Šešelj called on members to resist, as he put it, the ideology propagated by Brussels, Washington, foreign embassies in Belgrade, and oligarchs Miroslav Mišković and Milan Beko.

In the letter, in which there is no mention of Nikolić, the SRS leader says that he has been warning for years that foreign intelligence services have been persistent in their efforts and that this has led to a clash of two ideologies—the libertarian ideology of the SRS against the ideology of vassal relations.

He states that he will never make peace with those who are stealing Kosovo, and who, he says, are ripping the country apart.

“There can be no reconciliation between me and the puppet-traitor group that wishes to change the party’s ideology at a time when they are killing our people at demonstrations, delivering Serb heads on a plate, while the EU continues to set new conditions and demands the execution of new orders that lead to the destruction of our sovereignty and territorial integrity,“ writes Šešelj.

“They are doing that right now in a stupid and primitive manner, unaware in their own greed that Russia has got back on its feet and wishes to help Serbia. And right now, just when efforts should be stepped up to liberate Serbia, they want to change the ideology of the party that has survived the harshest of circumstances. They will never succeed in this, the Serb Radical Party’s ideology is immortal,“ he states.

At the end of the letter, Šešelj says that he does not wish to speak of those who are destroying the ideology of Serb nationalism, quoting Achilles, who said: “I would never change my suffering for their servile job.“

SRS Vice-President Dragan Todorović says that “over 100 municipal boards support the SRS and President Vojislav Šešelj.“

"Šeselj doesn't realize that life goes on"

Forward Serbia chief Tomislav Nikolić says he will form a new party that will be closest to the DSS and NS.

Nikolić said that there were two Serb Radical Parties (SRS) currently, and that after today’s session of the Central Homeland Administration there would only be one left, the one loyal to party leader Vojislav Šešelj.

He said that he was not in a personal dispute with Šešelj, nor did he wish to be in dispute with a man who was in The Hague, and who was defending not only his own, but Serbian national interests, there.

“The SRS is split into one section that believes the party has reached a dead end, and the other section which doesn’t understand the needs of the modern day and of Serbia, and is blinded by certain goals that haven’t been achieved for 18 years. The SRS is both one and the other, and from today only one section will exist—the one that stays loyal to Šešelj,” the Forward Serbia leader told state broadcaster RTS.

“Šešelj doesn’t realize that life goes on. Serbia has enormous problems that cannot be solved by waiting. If it was a matter of a personal quarrel, I’d have done this a long time ago, because I’ve been under fire for a number of months and that is systematically going on,” he explained.

Asked who MP mandates belonged to, the former SRS deputy leader said that his successor Dragan Todorović was calling the mandates of those MPs that had sided with Nikolić into question, but that this merely demonstrated his ignorance of the Constitution.

He said that he would be attending the Central Homeland Administration, but that he did not know who would be chairing the session.

“What’s important is what we have to say to each other. I’ll tell them what I think. And I call on them to say what they say at municipal boards, let them tell me what that ideology is that I’m getting wrong,” said Nikolić.

According to the Forward Serbia leader, Šešelj erred by transferring presidential powers to Dragan Todorović immediately, and in so doing immediately put Secretary General Aleksandar Vučić out of the picture.

“I think that’s final, and I think that broke Vučić off from that group. It’s unthinkable for Todorović to be president of a party where Vučić is a member. Vučić is a cut above that. I’ve sent him an open invitation to form a party together, from Monday we have to do it,” he said.

Nikolić said that he could not imagine a government where his party, which still has no name, could be with the Democratic Party or G17 Plus, but that he did see the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and New Serbia (NS) as partners, because, he said, “right now there is nothing between us”.

Asked what his relationship with Šešelj would be once he returned from the Hague, the Forward Serbia leader said that he expected he would have a few choice words for him in parliament.