Vucic closer to coalition govt. with one party instead of national unity govt.

Speaking to the pro-regime Pink TV morning programme, he said he would present both ideas to his party on Friday, but did not mention which party might be SNS' partner if opted for the coalition government.

 The idea of the national unity government would mean new general elections in 18 months.

After the June 21 general vote, only three national parties - SNS, Socialists and the Patriotic 'Spas" movement -  and some minority political organisations won mandates in the  250-seat Serbia's Parliament.

Vucic said he would made his suggestion public soon.

Referring to the epidemic situation in Serbia he said that if a positive trend continued, the working hours of cafes and restaurants might be extended to 1 am as of next weekend. 

Vucic said that the epidemic in the country was almost under control.

"The economic situation in Serbia isn't easy due to the coronavirus epidemic, but is better than elsewhere," Vucic said, adding that according to the current data, Serbia, followed by Hungary, had the best perspective in the region.

Commenting on Marinika Tepic, an opposition leader, accusations of the wrongdoings in the state Telekom Serbia company, Vucic charged she was "destroying" it by saying it "is the SNS richest cashbox."

Vucic added the politicians "working for tycoons" were trying to destroy Telekom and claimed that the leader of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) Dragan Djilas took 29.7 million Euro from the company on behalf of his two firms from 2004 and 2012.

"Telekom is a shareholding company with Serbia's as the major shareholder. The question is whether the job of a politician is to devastate the state capital belonging to all the citizens, or to help it," Vucic asked.

He said Telekom aimed to enter the Kosovo market, as well as the Albanian one, and that it was the number one company in Montenegro and the second in Bosnia and Herzegovina.