Opposition: Vucic will no longer rule Belgrade

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We Must coalition leader Aleksandar Jovanovic Cuta said after a meeting of opposition leaders that an agreement had been reached not to allow the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) to take over the Belgrade City Assembly.

He told N1 that they agreed that “SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic will no longer rule the city”. According to Jovanovic, the opposition is investing effort to document all election irregularities and submit them to the City and Republic election commissions to force them to repeat the vote in some places. Opposition parties met in the headquarters of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP).

“Even without this agreement which is a great thing, Vucic does not have a majority in Belgrade. He has 70,000 fewer votes even with (Socialist Party – SPS – leader Ivica) Dacic,” he said and added that 100,000 votes hang in the balance at the disputed polling stations. He said that the preliminary results released by the Republic Election Commission (RIK) did not include some 100 polling stations with about 100,000 votes.

His words were echoed by SSP leader Dragan Djilas who told reporters outside his party offices that polling station records show that 916,960 people cast ballots with just over 412,000 voting for the SNS and SPS while 485,000 voted for the opposition. Djilas said that the vote would be repeated in a number of places due to irregularities. He called the public to turn out to vote and help the opposition take control of the city parliament.

Djilas said that none of the parties present at the meeting would form a coalition with the SNS.

Former Serbian President Boris Tadic, whose election ticket did not cross the 3 percent threshold, said objections would be filed for some polling stations, adding that his list would win in many of the polling stations where the vote should be repeated.

The NADA coalition’s Vlada Djordjevic told reporters that the city authorities should be changed so that Belgrade can breathe again.
The conservative nationalist Oathkeepers’ Nikola Dragicevic said that his party’s view is clear – defend every opposition vote in Belgrade in line with the law.

Dveri spokesman Slavisa Miletic said that the opposition should form the city authorities.