One of the leaders of the Maidan activists in Serbia announced “incidents and violence”
One of the leaders of the opposition Union for Serbia, Dragan Djilas, an organizer of anti-government protests in Belgrade, warned US officials about the alleged threat of bloodshed due to a political confrontation with the Serbian authorities.
Djilas stated this in an interview with the Voice of America radio station, commenting on his meetings in Washington with representatives of the State Department, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The current atmosphere in Serbia is such that possible elections could lead to incidents and violence, and I conveyed this to my American interlocutors,” the oppositionist said, as quoted by the official website of the Union.
Djilas reiterated that he calls on his followers to boycott any elections in Serbia, which the opposition considers unfair in advance.
When asked by a radio station journalist how it is possible to change the government without participating in elections, Djilas actually admitted his readiness to implement the Maidan scenario - he cited the example of the situation in Macedonia. “This can be done through various forms of pressure, through civil disobedience,” the politician said.
He noted that he would try to ensure peaceful forms of protest in the future, but allegedly could not guarantee this.
Should Djilas's words about “incidents and violence” be regarded as a threat of a forceful option that carries the risk of victims?
“Those who want to cause bloodshed do not have sufficient strength and means to do this. On the other hand, the state can get ahead and prevent such attempts. And I am sure that it will not allow them at all,” Belgrade political observer Dragomir Andjelkovic told PolitNavigator.
As PolitNavigator reported, earlier Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced his readiness to hold early elections to the parliament - the Assembly. “The elections will take place either in June or in the spring of next year,” the head of state said.
The extraordinary election campaign was supported by the Presidium of the Serbian Progressive Party (SPP), led by Vucic. With this step, the president is knocking out the trump cards of the motley opposition, which has been holding rallies for several weeks demanding a change of power.
For Vučić, early elections do not pose a danger - according to sociologists, he remains the leader in ratings in Serbia.
The opposition Union for Serbia responded by calling for a boycott of any parliamentary elections that were declared unfair in advance.
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