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.
Međutim, ministri iz Demokratske stranke Srbije (DSS) i njenog manjeg koalicionog partnera Nove Srbije nisu uspeli da prikupe neophodnu većinu glasova, s obzirom da su se ministri koji predstavljaju prozapadnu Demokratsku stranku (DS) uzdržali, dok su ministri iz stranke G17 Plus bojkotovali sednicu u znak protesta zbog Koštunicinog pokušaja da to pitanje koristi kao deo predizborne kampanje.