Serbia's opposition: Inter-party dialogue last chance, if fails protests follow

"If that doesn't happen, we will face an outcome which cannot be good – street protests," Djilas told Newsmax Adria.

According to him, "without successful negotiations, there are no elections," and the opposition cannot participate in them.

"If people cannot express free will and if they are under pressure, there is no election and no need for us to take part," Djilas said.

He said he expected MEPs would help reach an agreement on the opposition's minimum conditions to join the political race.

"I don't think the conditions will be ideal, but I do expect the state RTS TV to become a public broadcaster which will allow everyone to express an opinion, to be a corrective factor in the society," Djilas said.

He added the opposition expected the inter-party dialogue would find a way to prevent the collection of the so-called capillary votes (each member of President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, must secure a certain number of votes), i.e. safe votes from public companies.

"If those two conditions are met, Vucic has no chance to win the elections," Djilas said.

He believes the opposition should focus on securing fair elections' conditions and then talk about taking part in the race.