British daily on Vucic: Balkan Capone or the only hope for peace with Kosovo?

The daily quoted MP Srdjan Milivojevic, who called Vucic a mixture of Al Capone and Vito Corleone.

Vucic is criticized for being the killer of democracy in Serbia and for being linked to criminals, but some see him as the only hope for stability in the Balkans, the Times wrote. The paper also added that the US placed the director of the Security Information Agency, Aleksandar Vulin, under sanctions in a recent demonstration of impatience with the President.

Alicia Kearns, a British MP chairing the Foreign Affairs Committee who is also a signatory to a recently published critical letter on Serbia, said that it is constantly being said that Vucic is the only option, but according to her, he is seeking the return of lost territory.

Kosovo is criticized, but Serbia signed an agreement with Russia in September, she recalled, adding that Serbia also sent two ministers to Moscow in the last six months and did not impose sanctions on Russia, Iran or the Taliban.

Vucic replied that Serbia was conducting an investigation against the British MP, the Times recalls.

Kearns believes that Vucic is not the only hope of the West and points to the "Serbia against violence" protests, noting that there are more people in Serbia who want stability than people think.

However, Ivor Roberts, the former ambassador of the United Kingdom in Belgrade in the period from 1994-97, does not agree with her view.

Serbs do not react to the pressure, they only dig in even more, he said. Vucic is far ahead of everyone else and only a dreamer can believe that someone is capable of taking his place, Roberts concluded.