Opposition forces in Serbia are looking for a strategy against President Vučić. He counts on the US and EU to look the other way.
The Orthodox holiday season is over in Serbia. But the post-election hangover that followed December's apparently rigged municipal and parliamentary elections is causing problems for both those in power and those in opposition – albeit for completely different reasons. The pro-European opposition alliance “Serbia Against Violence” is faced with a dilemma after the interruption of protests before the holidays: Should it accept the mandates given to it in the parliamentary and city council elections in Belgrade, which it criticized as falsified – or not? ? And how can public pressure be maintained without exhausting supporters' protest strength?
Several opposition politicians spoke out against accepting the mandates of the Belgrade city council, but in favor of accepting the parliamentary mandates: In contrast to the city council elections, the SNS, in power, would have won the parliamentary elections even without manipulations, according to your argument. The opposition is also aware that, without the pressure of protests, their complaints about electoral fraud will soon disappear without consequences: opponents of the government now want to demonstrate against the alleged theft of votes in a targeted and regular way, but no longer daily. base.