Serbia’s Protesting Youth Formally Join Race Challenging Vucic Before Next Month’s Election
The student-backed list includes professors and experts as protests over corruption and election irregularities turn into a formal challenge to Vucic.
- On Monday, university students formally entered the election race in Belgrade, submitting their candidate list to the Republic Election Commission to challenge President Aleksandar Vucic in an October 25 parliamentary vote.
- The student movement emerged following a Nov. 1, 2024, train station tragedy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people, with demonstrators alleging corruption caused the concrete canopy collapse during renovation work.
- Participants marched to the Republic Election Commission carrying a banner reading "Students win," while activist Milica Popovic told the crowd, "the law exists in Serbia and that justice is not the privilege of the chosen few."
- Vucic dismissed the opposition as a "nameless list, a list without a program, without plans, without anything," further accusing students and professors of intending to "destroy the state" under unspecified foreign guidance.
- The Oct. 25 vote tests the Serbian Progressive Party, which has held power for 14 years, amid heightened political tensions and international concerns over police violence and arbitrary detentions during the protests.
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Serbia’s protesting youth formally join race challenging Vucic before next month’s election
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — University students behind nearly two years of anti-government protests in Serbia on Monday formally entered the election race before an early parliamentary vote, challenging populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
Serbia's protesting youth formally join race challenging Vucic before next month's election
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — University students behind nearly two years of anti-government protests in Serbia on Monday formally entered the election race before an early parliamentary vote, challenging populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
The STUDENT movement invited citizens to join them in a procession to the headquarters of the Republic Election Commission (REC) on September 14 and together submit signatures for early parliamentary elections in Serbia, scheduled for October 25.
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