He again appeared on the Socialist party's list in the 2003 parliamentary election. The party won twenty-two seats, and he was on this occasion selected for its assembly group. He took his seat when the assembly met in early 2004. In the parliament that followed, the Socialist Party agreed to provide outside support to the administration of Vojislav Koštunica. Stević called for Serbs to boycott the 2004 Kosovan parliamentary election, arguing that participation would legitimate the anti-Serb violence in the region earlier in the year.