However, after DOS Yugoslav and Serbian parliamentary elections in 2000, two of the coalition's leading parties -- the conservative Democratic Party of Serbia (DPS), led by Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, and the Western-oriented Democratic Party of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic -- engaged in a fierce struggle for power.
Međutim, posle izbora za savezni i srpski parlament 2000, dve vodeće stranke u koaliciji -- konzervativna Demokratska stranka Srbije (DSS) predvođena jugoslovenskim predsednikom Vojislavom Koštunicom, i zapadno orijentisana Demokratska stranka srpskog premijera Zorana Đinđića -- ušle su u žestoku borbu za vlast.