Djilas calls for calm among Serbian opposition parties

The Dveri movement and Democratic Party (DS) engaged in a war of words over a statement by DS senior official Dragoljub Micunovic opposing a boycott of the elections, as agreed by the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) member parties.  

“For the sake of everyone who has been humiliated and lost their rights today, for the sake of everyone who is leaving Serbia, everyone who is staying here and not giving up, I am imploring the leaders of all SzS parties and all other opposition parties and movements to stop. Stop attacking each other, questioning the decisions we took, start respecting each others’ views and refrain from making statements which benefit Vucic,” Djilas told Belgrade daily Danas.  

He warned that the opposition can’t seem to be like the people they are fighting against if they want to win the trust of the population. “I know that (DS founder) Micunovic and (Dveri leader Bosko) Obradovic share a goal but their way of achieving it is different. That should not be the reason to give our opponents reason to rejoice. The sooner we realize that, the sooner we will beat this evil over us,” Djilas said.