"Vucic he didn't fool anyone, regardless of how much his surroundings were uplifting," writes editor-in-chief Philip Schwarm in the editorial new number "Vremena", which hits newsstands on Thursday (April 2).
"Smarter people in SNS know that with a narrow tactical victory - the famous 10:0 - they became strategic losers. Compared to the previous elections, they now have twenty percent fewer votes in ten local areas."
Elections in ten small communities on Sunday (March 29) brought reports that looked more like a report from the running of the bulls through the streets of Pamplona. Broken ribs and jaws were counted.
Švarm writes that SNS no longer has activists, but only "paid beaters". And even so, even in these small places, the ruling class saw a big decline.
"Terminal phase"
In a major analysis written by Nedim Sejdinović, activist and professor of political science from Novi Sad, Radivoje Jovović recalls that voting took place in towns where "Vučić and his clique were the unquestioned rulers of life and death."
"The election results are fantastic news for our society. It has shown that Serbia really has the strength for social and political changes, and this is just a hint of the decline of SNS, which will only follow when the big cities vote," says Jovović.
"We are witnessing the terminal phase of the ruling party, which will increase repression, but on the other hand, it will increasingly lose its political compass," he adds.
Students at the helm
Professor Biljana Stojković, a member of the presidency of the Democratic Party, thinks that the road map is now clear - the opposition just needs to support the students.
"Good organization was shown, the need for citizens to be active and the results are obvious. The SNS definitely stole massively in the elections, but I claim that they did not steal anywhere near as much as they intended. For the next elections, the organization needs to be further massed," says Stojković for the new "Vreme", which you can subscribe here.
In the author's text, economist Ljubomir Madžar writes: "Student protests will turn out to be one decisive layer of material embedded in the magnificent creation of future democratic liberation. Regardless of when it will happen and who among us will be able to experience it."
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