Interview: Milorad Đurić, political scientist

15.May 2024. Nedim Sejdinovic

At the local level, ideological differences are unimportant

"Obviously, it is not possible to avoid the critical tones that the parties that decided for the boycott and the parties that are going to the elections send to each other. This results in an absurd situation in which the opposition parties direct a large part of their energy to the delegitimization of yesterday's allies instead of devoting themselves to criticizing the current government. It should not be emphasized to what extent all this has a demotivating effect on the electorate, especially on the "softer" part that does not vote for the ruling party, but is not among the sure voters of the opposition.

Novi Sad elections in 2024

13.May 2024. MP / Phone

At the last moment, GIK still accepted the list United for a Free Novi Sad

"In addition to this immoral act, the Serbian Progressive Party organized that the entire city, all sidewalks and pedestrian crossings be vandalized and defaced with the inscriptions 'Boycott 02.06.2024', so that the citizens would think that there is a part of the opposition that calls for non-appearance in the elections," the Party states. freedom and justice, commenting on the announcement of the list at the last moment

Comment

24.April 2024. Andrei Ivanji

Do not fit the pistons in the wrong wheels

We can dwell endlessly on what would have been. The political reality, however, is that the idea of ​​a boycott has failed. The worst thing now would be if its supporters undermine the campaign of those who go to the elections, just to prove that they were right. In Belgrade. Because in the rest of Serbia, even the boycotters are not calling for a boycott

Presevo

24.April 2024. Maja Popovic

Little Preševo, many parties: Who is "Vučić" and who is "Kurti"

The former president of the municipality of Preševo ​​was not overthrown by Kurti or Vučić, but he himself lost his majority in the local parliament, journalist from Preševo ​​Belgzim Kamberi tells "Vreme" and adds that the topic of the next local elections will probably be whether people close to Aljbina Kuti will come to the power

Overview of the week

19.April 2024. Philip Schwarm

Elections 2024: Looking the truth in the eye

The phrases "there will be no election" or "active boycott" are good for fiddles in like-minded social media groups, but they are not politics. It is fought tirelessly for every vote in every town and village. There is no other way

Boycott and doubts

10.April 2024. Nedim Sejdinovic

Opposition at the crossroads

In the 2019 local elections in Albania, the opposition boycotted the local elections with similar arguments that we hear today in Serbia. The turnout, according to official data, was slightly less than 23 percent. And what were the results of the boycott? None, Edi Rama and his compatriots "rocked" the bar until the end as they wanted. Has the international community been shaken? It's not. The more natural learning is imposed by itself

Belgrade elections scheduled for June 2

03.April 2024. Nemanja Rujevic

Where to go without an agreement between the government and the opposition: There are three paths to the election

Ana Brnabić announced the Belgrade elections for June 2. There is still a theoretical chance that Vučić will "interfere" and for the sake of "stability" perform a legal acrobatics so that the Belgrade and other local elections will be held on the same day. If that does not happen, the opposition will either go to the elections or try an "active" boycott. But not everyone is of the same opinion

The negotiations between the government and the opposition failed.

Negotiations between the government and the opposition

03.April 2024. MS

Ana Brnabić: I'm sorry, compromise is the key word

After the failed negotiations between the government and the opposition, the Speaker of the Assembly, Ana Brnabić, said that the only request they could not make private was that the Belgrade and the rest of the local elections be held on the same day, and that she regretted that they did not reach an agreement.

The negotiations between the government and the opposition failed

03.April 2024. AI

Aleksić: The government chose to go to the elections without opposition

Negotiations between the government and the opposition regarding the change in election conditions ended without an agreement. The coalitions Serbia against violence and NADA will not participate in the regular local and repeated extraordinary elections in Belgrade. They say that the government has proven that it wants to continue where it left off: dealing with phantom voters and electoral migration

SNS in the campaign

20.march 2024 Tijana Stanic

The season of noisy intercoms

While the party in power often uses door-to-door promotion - which, it should be emphasized, is allowed only with the consent of the voters - opposition activists opt for this kind of action somewhat less often. Professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences and sociologist Zoran Stojiljković explains that the main reason for this is of a monetary nature: "It is a financial factor and a type of pressure. All levers and resources of power are concentrated in the hands of the ruling apparatus, which keeps us in a sandwich between the top and the bottom of the social pyramid"

Belgrade and local elections

11.march 2024 AI

The opposition presented a document on the conditions for going to the elections

The coalitions Serbia against violence and NADA signed a document on the conditions that the government should fulfill before the next elections. It all boils down to ensuring a fair and honest election process. If the parties in power agreed to this, they would at least hand Belgrade over to the opposition

Repeating the Belgrade elections

05.march 2024 DW

"Noah Züricher Zeitung": They will neither be fair nor free

Even in the upcoming elections in Serbia, the starting position of the participants will not be fair. The government camp will no doubt use state resources and media dominance again. In addition, the divided opposition lacks a charismatic figure to present as an alternative to the omnipresent Vučić