Međutim, ministri iz Demokratske stranke Srbije (DSS) i njenog manjeg koalicionog partnera, Nove Srbije, nisu uspjeli dobiti neophodnu većinu, pošto su se oni koji predstavljaju prozapadnu Demokratsku stranku (DS) uzdržali od glasanja, a ministri iz G17 Plus bojkotirali sjednicu u znak protesta zbog Koštunicinog pokušaja da to pitanje iskoristi u kampanji.
However, the ministers from his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and its junior coalition partner, New Serbia, failed to get the necessary majority, as those representing the pro-Western Democratic Party (DS) abstained and the G17 Plus ministers boycotted the session to protest Kostunica's attempt to use the issue as a campaign issue.