A session of the Belgrade City Assembly, which was scheduled to address an opposition proposal to dismiss Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Sapic, was not held on Tuesday after council members from the ruling majority failed to provide a quorum.
Assembly President Nikola Nikodijevic said that only 47 of a total of 110 council members were present and rescheduled the session for November 23.
Opposition councilors submitted a request on October 7 to convene a special session of the Belgrade Assembly with a proposal to dismiss Sapic following an incident in which he physically assaulted Tatjana Micic, a councilor from the Go-Change movement.
The request was signed by 41 councilors from the Go-Change movement, the Green-Left Front, the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG), the Democratic Party (DS), the People’s Movement of Serbia, the New Face of Serbia, the “We - The Voice from the People” movement and the Ecological Uprising.
Go-Change leader Savo Manojlovic said that Sapic was carrying two handguns during the altercation with Tatjana Micic, adding that even if he holds a weapons permit, the law prohibits carrying two firearms simultaneously.
Tatjana Micic, a member of the city assembly representing the Go-Change movement, was injured on the evening of September 28 and was diagnosed with a fracture of her left nasal bone. She told N1 that same evening that she encountered Sapic while out for a walk in her neighborhood and that he struck her in the nose following an argument.
At a press conference the following day, Sapic denied striking councilor Micic, claiming he only pushed her away from him when her husband advanced toward him.
The Go-Change movement quickly reacted to the mayor’s statement by posting a video on social media showing Sapic striking Micic while she was recording their argument with her phone.