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Prognosis Terminal

One way our body fights illness is fever. Described simply as a high temperature, fever is a symptom rather than a disease. Same goes for jaundice — a sign that can occur in many different diseases, and not a disease. Someone noted recently, commenting part of the Serbian political scene, that jaundice, a Yellow disease, is a dirty-hands' disease. Well, what's the real cause of it? It is the evil. Once accepted at hearth, it infects the soul, mind and body of a patient. Fever is spreading, as a wild forest fire, throughout the Yellow camp in Serbia, and among those in touch with them. Those infected, unfortunately, are not seeking help.

The election results on all levels are well known by now, with final results being published next week due to elections being repeated at few poling stations but in mathematical terms whatever the repeated election produces, it will bear no significance to the outcome.

Yet, on a daily basis, we are witnessing feverish and delusional statements issued by Boris Tadic (president of DemoNocratic Party and sadly, a current president of Serbia, although not for much longer we hope), and by the number of his subordinates, in unison with LPD Cedomir Jovanovic (better known as Coke Powder Cheda). They are openly threatening all of the Serbian citizens in the most grotesque, vulgar and illegal way, that they won, will form the new Government no matter what, and if not, that they will establish a parallel one and will not accept any other Government. Patient is obviously severely ill, probably terminally, it refuses to get any help and at the same time screams "I am healthy", in delirium, wanting to pull everything and everyone down to hell with him.

It's Elementary, My Dear Serbian Friends Everywhere

"The new Serbian Government will be formed by those who can secure 126 MP mandates", President of Democratic Party of Serbia and leader of DSS-NS coalition Vojislav Kostunica said.

"Regardless of the abundance of the empty words used by Tadic in an attempt to explain that 102 mandates represents majority in Serbian Parliament, it is undeniable that only 126 mandates are a legitimate Government and legitimate democratic majority", Kostunica told Tanjug.

He stated that "up until now, in democracy, 102 mandates were always less then 126 mandates", warning that "anyone trying to find justification to turn minority into majority is destroying the basic principles of democracy. Serbia is a democratic state and its new Government will be formed by majority of 126 Parliament representatives — there is no way around it," Serbian Premier stressed.

"If DSS-NS (Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia coalition) secures the majority of 126 MPs, we shall form the Government, and if DS (coalition around Tadic's party) secures the majority of 126 MPs, they will form the Government. Everything else is meaningless, empty talk", Kostunica said.

He reminded that for years, during the past elections, Serbian Radical Party kept winning most of the votes but, in accordance with the democratic principles, since it could not secure a majority of 126 MPs, it was not able to form the Government.

"As far as the election results are concerned, it is obvious that Tadic's coalition [consisting of 5 political parties] got 800,000 votes less than at recent presidential elections, which is an elementary mathematical fact, and whether they like it or not, it can't be hidden", concluded Kostunica.

New Serbia: Vucic the New Belgrade Mayor
Serbian Radical Party: Decision on Monday or Tuesday

Vice president of New Serbia Dubravka Filipovski stated for Tanjug that, regarding the Belgrade City Authority, the wording of the coalition agreement has been agreed upon, and the new mayor will be Aleksanadar Vucic, the Serbian Radical Party official. Coalition agreement has been reached at the meeting of DSS-NS coalition, Radicals and the coalition gathered around the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS-PUPS-JS). The agreement will be signed on Monday. "There are only few technical details to be resolved by then, but it is obvious that everything points in that direction", representative of New Serbia said.

Commenting for Tanjug, Vucic said, "nothing is over until it happens" and that public will be informed promptly, on Monday or Tuesday.

In hope that for the first time in eight years Serbia might actually get the patriotic Government it desperately needs, we wish them a good weekend, while to many key players from the other group, as per doctors' recommendation: drink plenty of fluids, especially water, take acetaminophen, Aspirin, or Ibuprofen to lower your temperature and reduce fever and whatever else you do, prepare yourself for a very, very long vacation in a small place with poor ventilation.