Serbia continues to interfere with itself. Amid months of protests and regional tensions against the current Serbian government, the country’s president is a nationalist Aleksandar Vucicannounced dissolution of parliament and new call early parliamentary elections. New elections will be held from now on, in which the new parliament and officials of 64 municipalities will be elected. 17 DecemberIt has been reported.
Announcement implying that Serbs will have to go to the polls again third time in four years, was expected. Already in mid-October, the president announced that he would make this decision, which, according to observers, is part of this decision. a Vučić strategy strengthen its position and silence criticism his party is against the Serbian Progressive Party. “We live in times when it is imperative for all of us to be united in the fight to protect Serbia’s vital national and state interests,” Vucic said in making his announcement. he commented.
In fact, the decision comes out on the following date: a moment of tension For Serbia, both regionally and internally. In fact, Belgrade has had a serious dispute for months with Pristina over municipalities in northern Kosovo, where the ethnic Serb majority lives, and is at odds with Kosovo authorities over the status of these municipalities in that territory. The situation escalated into a violent clash between Kosovo Albanian police and armed attackers last September.
internal discomfort
Meanwhile, in Serbia, conservative Vučić’s government faced numerous protests following two mass shootings in May that brought thousands of people to the streets and accused the Serbian president and government of inciting violence and sowing suspicion in the country. About Serbia’s desire to become part of the European Union (EU). This situation has also led to: several opposition parties decided to create a unitary list List of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections and simultaneous voting in the capital Belgrade.
The joint list includes the Freedom and Justice Party of former Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas, the Serbian People’s Movement led by Miroslav Aleksic and the Green Front-Left/Ne Davimo Beograd. The Srce (Heart) movement, led by Zdravko Ponos, ranked second after Vucic in 2019. 2022 presidential electionKnown for leading the Ecological Uprising group environmental protests The Democratic Party, which governed the country before Vucic in recent years, the Free Citizens Movement and the Zajedno Party (Together), which has a liberal and pro-European tendency.
On the other hand, Vučić’s party will receive support in Belgrade and other municipalities of the Serbian Radical Party, which is led by a shadowy figure in Serbian politics. Vojislav Seseljalready doomed war crimesAs reported by the tutorial itself. However, it is not yet clear whether Seselj will be a candidate in the elections.