Parliament speaker, seven deputy speakers elected

Tanjug/ Rade Prelić

MP of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Vladimir Orlic was elected parliament speaker in an open ballot, with 154 votes in favor and 76 opposed.

In his first address after the election for parliament speaker, Orlic said that he will be a speaker to all MPs and that he will continue to pursue the state policy that the citizens voted for in the elections. He thanked his Serbian Progressive Party and all his associates who supported him.

Addressing the opposition MPs, Orlic said that their claims that the elections were not fair are not true, and added that the fact that the Republic Election Commission’s report on the final results of the elections was unanimously adopted proves this.

“You know but you won’t say that you got more than a fair treatment,” Orlic told the opposition MPs.

He said the people opted for the politics of results, for a stronger economy, higher salaries, infrastructure, new health centers.

The MPs also elected seven deputy speakers, Sandra Bozic, Snezana Paunovic, Elvira Kovac, Usame Zukorlic, Bozidar Delic, Borko Stefanovic and Zoran Lutovac.

Srdjan Smiljanic was appointed Secretary General of the Parliament.

The MPs also elected members of the parliamentary working bodies and members of the standing parliamentary delegations to international institutions.