Vucic rules out scenario of violent change of power in Serbia

In Serbia, power is changed by elections, not by force.

At the moment, however, the demonstrating opposition is trying to infiltrate the town hall.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said there would be no violent change of power in the state. His words were reported by the Tanjug news agency on Sunday 24 December.

No matter what the opposition tries to do, there will be no violent change of power in the country, because elections are replacing it in Serbia, the head of state said.

Serbia is a democratic country and will remain so in the future, Vucic added.

Following the results of the parliamentary elections, Vucic announced on 18 December that the ruling coalition of the Serbian Progressive Party had won an absolute majority in parliament, with more than 47 % votes. Afterwards, the Serbian president noted that the "Serbia Must Not Stop" coalition would win at least 127 parliamentary seats out of 250. It would also receive at least 67 of the 120 seats in the parliament of the autonomous region, he said.

Then, in the centre of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, thousands of people blocked the central streets and surrounded government buildings, demanding the annulment of the results of the last elections. They accused the authorities of fraud, filling in unverified signatures, bribing voters and unfair competition. The protests were organised exclusively by pro-Western parties that have been in opposition for many years.

Izvestia/JaV