If the elections were irregular, then it would be logical that all those who contested them, and under such circumstances entered the republican, provincial, Belgrade and other local self-government assemblies, would not accept the mandates they won.
So far, Vladimir Obradović, the candidate for mayor of Belgrade on the Serbia Against Violence list, has publicly expressed this position.
"Since the election night, we believe that the elections in Belgrade were irregular, that there were many illegal actions, that they were stolen and that they should be annulled. For me, the only logical thing is that I cannot accept the council mandate that arose from such circumstances," says Obradović for "Vreme".
He emphasizes that this is not the position of the coalition or the party, but his personal position, because the mandates are individual, and each elected MP disposes of them independently.
Bus democracy based on voter tourism
"It is important that everyone understands how important this moment is for Serbia," Obradović continues. Because the irregularities that have been exposed so far are only the tip of the iceberg, if the electoral will of the citizens is not defended now, if this kind of electoral fraud becomes an established practice, "then there is no going back", then the elections lose all meaning.
"If this goes through, it turns out that to win the elections, to change the electoral will of the citizens, only a sufficient number of buses is needed," says Obradović. Serbian democracy would turn into a "bus-democracy based on voter tourism".
Multiple combat modes
Currently, says Obradović, there is a political and legal fight to defend the electoral will of the citizens. Complaints are filed and every available legal remedy is applied. There is a willingness to go to the highest judicial instances.
In Belgrade, Serbia against violence filed a complaint that includes all the irregularities and the request that due to their number, the elections be repeated as a whole, but not under the same conditions, but, at the very least, with purified election lists.
The third type of struggle is protests, i.e. the blockade of the Republican Election Commission and the hunger strike that Marinika Tepić went on, explains Obradović.
Portal Nova.rs learns that today the list Serbia against violence and the NADA coalition agreed that there was a large-scale theft in the elections, especially in Belgrade, and agreed that repeating the elections is the best option.
The Serbian movement Dveri previously issued a statement in which, due to the large number of irregularities, it also requests a repeat of the elections at all levels.
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