"I think that the opposition should first of all focus on bringing voters to the elections, and less on artificially caused incidents. It's time to be brave and be there to protect our voters, to provide them with support so that no one can harass and blackmail them," Miroslav Aleksić, president of the National Movement of Serbia, told "Vreme"
The National Movement of Serbia (NPS) is participating in the upcoming local elections in all local governments, except in Arandjelovac and Kula, where elections races in favor of the student list, the president of the NPS tells "Vreme". Miroslav Aleksic.
He states that the withdrawal from the election race in Kula and Arandjelovac, where the NPS together with the New Face of Serbia (NLS) had already collected a sufficient number of signatures, is not only a gesture of goodwill, but also a test that should show which election performance gives the best results, given that there are different formats in which to participate in the elections on March 29.
"In some local governments, the NPS participates in elections together with student list of several other opposition parties in the coalition. Such is the case in Bajina Bašta, where it is a coalition of political parties that also includes student representatives. It is similar in Bor, but there it is not a coalition of political parties, but a group of citizens has been formed in which there are representatives of students, NPS and other opposition parties," explains Aleksić.
He adds that the situation in Smederevska Palanka is different, because there, in addition to the student list, there is also a coalition of NPS, NLS and the National Democratic Alternative (NADA), and in Knjažavac, the model of parallel participation in the elections of opposition parties and the student list will be used.
In Majdanpek, Sevojno and Kladovo, the NPS will participate as part of a group of citizens, together with opposition parties and students.
"We are in an intensive campaign in all places, and where we are in a coalition with students, we do that campaign together with them," says Aleksić and points out that on election day all NPS officials will be in all local governments where elections are held.
Since there is a justified fear of physical conflicts, which could happen according to the already known scenario masked thugs, we asked Alaksić how the opposition parties should prepare for such possible attacks and how they should behave.
"All NPS officials will be on the ground on the day of the local elections, we will be divided into municipalities, and our activists from local councils will be there to help. I think that the opposition should first of all focus on bringing their voters to the elections, and less on the incidents they artificially provoke power. It's time to be brave and be there to protect our voters, to support them so that no one can harass and blackmail them, but also to take them to the polls. "All previous incidents were interesting in the media, but they did not lead to results, and the result is victory," says Aleksić.
He points out that we must learn from the past and that the impression is that the authorities like to cause artificial incidents, in order to draw attention, "and they do whatever they want".
Aleksić says that the NPS has permanent and extended members of electoral committees and emphasizes that they are people from local committees.
"We don't invite people through social networks, but these are people trained for that job, which every party should have at their disposal. In addition to them, we will have our observers from other cities and municipalities who will cover the elections. When it comes to control at the polling stations themselves, I think that this time there will not be too many problems, but that the fight will be conducted outside the polling stations, so that the voting will be organized normally," says Aleksić.
He emphasizes that the local elections on March 29 will be a good test of which performance model gives the best results.
"Currently, we see that the best and most intense campaign is where there is a referendum atmosphere, that is, where there is an agreement between the opposition and the representatives of the student movement. In those places, there is a strong synergy and there were no problems in terms of pressures. There will be serious control of the election and there the voters will be given a simple choice. The NPS advocates the thesis that against the regime, which acts unitedly, with the same name of the list and the same message, we must act unitedly in the parliamentary elections as well. We must have a deep sense of responsibility and do everything to reach compromises to the referendum atmosphere and the creation of a broad list that will be able to defeat the regime," concludes Aleksić.
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