Five months after the beginning of the blockades, there are increasingly frequent indications among students and the public that the elections will take place after all. Dejan Bursać, a research associate at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory, believes that this is a good way towards the political articulation of the rebellion.
Students have been beginning of blockades fenced off from all political actors, including the parliamentary opposition. They did not call for the removal of the ruling group, the calling of elections, nor did they ask for a transitional government, it says Deutsche says.
Five months after the beginning of the blockades, there are increasingly frequent indications among students and the public that it will happen after all. Students in the blockade of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad published on their Instagram account the conclusions of one of the plenums, at which the majority of students were in favor of announcing extraordinary elections and drawing up the student list.
Local Elections "Demonstration Exercise"
Dejan Bursać, research associate at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, explains that such a decision is still in the decision-making process and that it is far from even a proposal to call elections. But, he believes, it is a good way towards the political articulation of the rebellion.
"SNS is not comfortable with that option. The very fact that they do not call elections and that we see various responses from their side, none of which work, shows that they do not know how to deal with this. If they were sure that they could win the elections convincingly, they would have already called them. The numbers are not so favorable, and that is why it might be a good way to articulate the fight," Bursać told DW.
He notes that a good indicator will be the local elections in Zaječar and Kosjerić, which are scheduled for June 8.
"In Kosjerić, a compromise was made for political parties to stand behind the students from Kosjerić, while in Zaječar, lists of opposition political parties are published, so we will see what works better," says Dejan Bursać.
"One list and general support for that list"
Dejan Ilić, the columnist of the "Peščanik" portal, sees a potential solution to the crisis in extraordinary elections or a transitional government, but he believes that important steps towards that path have been skipped.
"First, we should create a united front, agree that we are in this together and that together we will pressure the regime to accept a peaceful solution to the crisis. When we reach an agreement on the list, 70 percent of the work is already done. If the students say they are going with one list, we will support it. If we agree that the opposition will go with a separate list, we will all support it," Ilić announced to DW.
He believes that the only correct solution to the current crisis is non-violent action, but he does not expect reciprocity from the authorities.
"I expect a violent reaction from the authorities, until they realize that peaceful solutions are peaceful for everyone. They have to realize that what is proposed from this side is also good for them, and not see us as someone who wants to deal with them," concludes Dejan Ilić.
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW)
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