Local elections in Serbia, where the president is Aleksandar Vučić declared victory coalitions led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in all ten municipalities and cities were marked by numerous incidents, fights and irregularities, which were pointed out by the opposition and the student movement, Croatian media write.
The media close to Vučić throughout the election day talked about the "torture of the blockaders", as they call the student movement and the opposition lists, Index.hr reports. Observers accuse the government of, in conjunction with the police, intimidating citizens and creating irregular conditions for a normal election process.
According to reports from independent observers and opposition newspapers, election day was marked by physical confrontations, attacks on citizens, activists and journalists.
Index.hr states that incidents were registered in Bor, Bajina Bašta and Kula, while numerous irregularities were reported - from the "Bulgarian train" to photographing ballot papers and pressure on voters.
The Croatian public service HRT reported that Vučić, whose name was on all the local lists of the "Aleksandar Vučić - Serbia, our family" coalition, declared a convincing "10:0" victory over the opposition and the student lists.
Croatian N1 reports that at the end of the election day, the police raided the party premises of the opposition National Movement of Serbia (NPS), which was condemned by other parliamentary opposition parties. NPS President Miroslav Aleksić stated that the police announced that they were carrying out "police action against persons found in the premises". Vučić told reporters that NPS officials are suspected of urging citizens not to vote for list number one
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Source: FoNet
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