Conflict has long simmered between him and the party's deputy leader, four-time presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic, who has been trying to reform and modernise the SRS.
Između njega i zamenika predsednika stranke i predsedničkog kandidata na četiri izbora Tomislava Nikolića, koji je pokušavao da reformiše i modernizuje SRS, dugo je tinjao sukob.