Ahead of Serbian Presidential Elections
Politics | June 26, 2004, Saturday
A Belgrader passes a pre-election poster with picture of Boris Tadic, the pro-reformist candidate of the Democratic Party competing in Serbia's presidential runoff on Sunday. Photo by AFP.
Serbians will go to the voting booths to make a crucial choice at the presidential elections, seen as the country's most important since the end of Slobodan Milosevic's regime four years ago.
The Sunday ballot labeled as a choice between the past and the future, will decide who will be Serbia's next head of state, with most prospective candidates being the radical candidate Tomislav Nikolic and the reformer-imaged Boris Tadic.
The extreme nationalist Tomislav Nikolic pertains to the Radical Party still led by imprisoned Milosevic, a sued suspect of war crimes. The radicals represent the main opposition and the largest party in the Serbian Parliament.
Nikolic came first in a void presidential election last year and also won the first round of the current contest a fortnight ago, but failed to get the required absolute majority.
The former defense minister Boris Tadic is seen as the democratic successor of assassinated Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who embodies Serbia's reformist views on the country's EU-orientated future.
It is the fourth presidential election in 18 months, after the others have failed because the turnout was too low. This time the rules on turnout have been abolished to ensure a successful election.
The polls suggest Boris Tadic could win on Sunday as he has secured the support of the principal losers in the first round.
Political observers say that the future of Serbia will hinge on the presidential elections' turnout.
The Sunday ballot labeled as a choice between the past and the future, will decide who will be Serbia's next head of state, with most prospective candidates being the radical candidate Tomislav Nikolic and the reformer-imaged Boris Tadic.
The extreme nationalist Tomislav Nikolic pertains to the Radical Party still led by imprisoned Milosevic, a sued suspect of war crimes. The radicals represent the main opposition and the largest party in the Serbian Parliament.
Nikolic came first in a void presidential election last year and also won the first round of the current contest a fortnight ago, but failed to get the required absolute majority.
The former defense minister Boris Tadic is seen as the democratic successor of assassinated Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who embodies Serbia's reformist views on the country's EU-orientated future.
It is the fourth presidential election in 18 months, after the others have failed because the turnout was too low. This time the rules on turnout have been abolished to ensure a successful election.
The polls suggest Boris Tadic could win on Sunday as he has secured the support of the principal losers in the first round.
Political observers say that the future of Serbia will hinge on the presidential elections' turnout.
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