Democratic Front (DF) will most probably reveal after 1 October that its presidential candidate is Andrija Jovicevic, director of the Belgrade-based Majestic Hotel, Dnevne Novine learns from multiple sources close to DF.
Jovicevic is also the former Montenegrin minister of interior. He will be proposed by DF as a non-partisan person to be the common candidate for the entire opposition although it is already clear that opposition would not run in the presidential election together.
Democratic Montenegro (DCG) said yesterday it had no intention of reconciling with DF leaders and that it ceased all communication with that party.
As a reminder, DF announced it would wait until 1 October for the response of other opposition entities t its platform. As DF put it, after that it will be known who the anti-regime opposition is and who supports the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).
New Serb Democracy (NOVA) Presidency member Jovan Vucurovic said that after 1 October the alliance would take other steps.
“We will not return to parliament, but we want to do a meaningful job together with other opposition – to organise protests together, to have joint activities, common presidential candidate and common candidate lists at local elections,” Vucurovic told MINA.
Now it’s clear that the Democrats will not join forces with DF in the presidential race. In a way, the same thing is announced by the URA Civic Movement. Two days ago, Social Democratic Party (SDP) indicated that in a sharp statement.
According to Dnevne Novine, it is possible that DF’ presidential candidate will be supported by Goran Danilovic’s United Montenegro.
It is obvious that DF has decided to put an end to speculations about who can be the presidential candidate and to offer citizens a candidate who could be acceptable for the entire opposition and for a part of uncommitted voters, after it was rejected by the rest of the opposition.
Jovicevic is a man who is now engaged in business in Serbia and who was dismissed as interior minister in Milo Djukanovic’s government, after the Moldavian S.Č. affair from 2004.
