The delegates at the 14th Democratic Party (DS) Election Convention re-elected Boris Tadic to the position of party president for the third consecutive time late Saturday, along with five vice presidents: Dusan Petrovic, Dragan Djilas, Bojan Pajtic, Jelena Trivan and Dragan Sutanovac, while Vuk Jeremic did not get the needed number of votes.

Boris Tadic got 2,543 votes, while Djilas led the vice presidential race with 1,725, followed by Petrovic at 1,607, Pajtic at 1,535, Sutanovac at 1,421 and Trivan at 1,138, while Jeremic received 981 votes, Tanjug learned from the DS electoral commission.

A total of 2,744 delegates attended the convention held at the Sava Center in Belgrade.

Tadic: DS as regional political factor

Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadic, who was elected party president for the third consecutive time Saturday, said he is proud to be following in the political footsteps of Zoran Djindjic, so that DS can become not only the key party in Serbia, but one of the key political factors in the region as well.

At the 14th DS Election Convention held in Belgrade, Tadic pointed out that Djindjic laid the foundations for a modern European Serbia and proved that DS members are willing to take on any risk in the interest of the state and the people.

Tadic concluded that the elections in DS took place in a fair atmosphere, following months of democratic dialogue inside the party.

He said the party will keep working to build a modern European Serbia and create room for new freedoms, thus setting the bar high for its political competitors and showing the way to its political partners.