Speaking on Thursday evening at the final campaign rally of the “United Serbia” electoral list Belgrade, the coalition’s lead candidate, Aleksandar Vucic, expressed absolute certainty of a victory in the upcoming parliamentary elections on October 25 and called on supporters to extend a hand to their political opponents but never forget that they had “attempted to overthrow the state.”
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In the event of a victory, Vucic promised to raise the public’s living standards, pledging a growth in salaries and pensions - with average pensions reaching nearly 800 euros - alongside annual increases to the minimum wage. He also promised a small but efficient government, with investments directed toward healthcare facilities, sewage infrastructure, and the energy sector.
Addressing recent academic strikes, he warned the crowd in New Belgrade’s Ranko Zeravica Sports Hall the that the price of suspending classes would be paid in the future and promised that there would no longer be “politics in schools.” He added that his administration would encourage competition between private and public universities, stating that he wants professors who will teach children, rather than those who “bark at ambulances.”
Vucic repeated his claim that he has been “banned” from appearing on N1 television because they were afraid of “24 minutes of truth.”
He also addressed recent media reports regarding leaked criminal communications, stating that the same media outlets that spread hatred and lies against him and banned him from their programs are now reporting on how criminals allegedly referred to him.
“I don’t know what those criminals you are talking about called me because they never spoke to me, but I am the one who put them behind bars. And we will continue to put those criminals, and many others, behind bars. The one thing they never told you is that, unlike them and their leaders, I have never had a Sky ECC phone or anything similar. They have dealt in nothing but lies and hatred,” Vucic said.
He dedicated a large portion of his final campaign speech to the rival “Student List,” claiming that the “United Serbia” list is supported by “ordinary people,” while the “Student List” is backed by Natasa Kandid, founder of the Humanitarian Law Center, and Sonja Biserko of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights - prompting the crowd to chant “Ustasha.” Vucic responded to the crowd by saying, “No, no, no, we are not like them, I don’t want insults.”
He went on to accuse the “Student List” and its candidate, former National Bank of Serbia Governor Dejan Soskic, of planning to push the exchange rate of the dinar down to 200 dinars per euro.
Vucic further accused the “Student List” of wanting to distance Serbia from China and refusing to take a clear stance on sanctions against Russia, contrasting this with his own government’s four-year persistence in refusing to impose sanctions on Moscow.
The crowd at the rally chanted Vucic’s name, waved red hearts and banners reading “All for one, one for all,” “To victory,” and “Serbia wins,” as white balloons were released.
N1’s reporter on the ground said the rally, which opened with the playing of the Serbian national anthem, lasted just over half an hour, and that Vucic was the only one to address the crowd.
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