Photo: AP Photo/Darko VojinovicDobrica Veselinović and Vladeta Janković are very different, but both of them "dare to look you in the eye", instill confidence in the citizens of Belgrade that they could quickly and easily agree on a post-election coalition after the elections, and offer voters the opportunity to choose from conviction. On the presidential stage, the opposition does not seem at all coordinated, but Zdravko Ponoš could move people. Contrary to previous expectations, the elections on April 3 could be very interesting
The crowd created among the opposition candidates for the president of Serbia seems confusing and inconsistent. It took on the sour taste of a VIP reality show, like when stars at the end of their careers try to once again attract the spotlight to themselves, despite the fact that Boris Tadic, the former president of Serbia, constantly claims that in the "circumstances of the media duopoly" in which we live, some candidates do not have any spotlights. However, in order to make sure that he is right, he should perhaps run for office first.
The distribution of tickets for the city elections, however, looks like some sort of agreement has been reached between two political blocs that are recognized by some of the public as the "real" opposition. Although, if we're not lying, it would have been real SF if they had agreed on something so complex, it's more likely that they just "set themselves up".
When the Green-Left decided to go on a separate list with the explanation that it would wake up abstainers, it seemed that they were justifying their disagreements with the coalition gathered around the SSP, DS and NS more than they themselves believed in it. Today, however, the two candidates of these two opposition blocs, Vladeta Janković and Dobrica Veselinović, seem like a very good combination.
Not because there is no flaw in the finished work, but because with the two of them "in the election offer" no one has to hold their nose and vote for the "lesser evil". One is young, smart, energetic and capable, with a local idea and concrete activist results that have brought him to where he is - he is the unquestionable candidate for mayor of the green-left coalition. The other is a smart, experienced, respected and respectable professor and a staunch democrat committed to the national and state interest. At the same time, both of them are not strangers to honesty and decency. You know what: who is allowed to look you in the eye? Well, that.
Two opposition blocs that could not be together, but the ratings say that they will not be able to separate after the election, in the end, they offered the voters a buffet. It will be for everyone, including those who are quite young and apolitical, those who declare themselves as extreme leftists, those who are environmental activists first and second, but also for the middle and older generation of traditionalists who see in Professor Vladeta Janković a guarantee of stability and moderation.
With these two on the ballot for Belgrade, there will be no need to vote "against". Both coalitions, Vladetina's and Dobričina's, certainly exceed the threshold and it is certain that they will get more votes in two columns than they would in one.
The two of them instill confidence in the opposition Belgraders that they could quickly and easily agree on how, who and how they will lead Belgrade. Professor Janković has already decided in this sense: because of his age, he said, and because of his professional education, he is not qualified to manage the city, but he could assemble a team of professional and honest people who will be able to stop the deterioration of the capital under Goran Vesić. Dobrica Veselinović and other representatives of the green-left Moramo coalition have repeatedly told "Vreme" that a post-election agreement is their priority.
And a word or two about the candidates for the presidential elections. Dragan Đilas made an unusual launch maneuver Zdravka Ponoša at the Main Board of the SSP, he enthroned himself as the strongest man in the opposition. It is unusual for the president of one party to run for the presidential candidate of a man from another party who until recently was also vice president there. And that only a few hours after the People's Party nominated Miroslav Aleksić as its candidate. It was shocking, but a week later Vuk Jeremić showed his loyalty to the idea of the imperative of a joint performance against Vučić and supported Ponoš.
In the end, the election result will show what Jeremić and Đilas got, and, why not, the pragmatic Lutovac. Ponoš will be a soldier in a race that is generally considered lost in advance. It is the most difficult for him, because he can be easily spent, while both SSP and NS, through the positioning of Marinika Tepić and Miroslav Aleksić, saved their trump cards for the future.
Despite earlier expectations, this could be an interesting election. They can even resemble the real thing.
The results of the referendum and the epilogue of all the events surrounding Rio Tinto obviously had an impact on the rating of SNS, so Vučić's projections are that they can count on more votes if they and Dacić's SPS go to the elections in different columns.
The big challenge for the opposition is how to control the electoral will of the citizens from beginning to end, that is, how to thwart the theft of votes. Vladimir Đukanović, on the other hand, calls on SNS sympathizers to be ready to defend the progressive victory.
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