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Aleksandar Vučić to lead SNS electoral list and serve as its prime ministerial candidate

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Serbia's ruling SNS selected President Aleksandar Vučić to head the United Serbia electoral list and run for prime minister if the list wins the upcoming parliamentary election.
  • Vučić called for a strong victory and proposed a government with a prime minister and 12 ministers, while criticizing the EU and Hague Tribunal.
  • The SNS meeting in Niš faced a protest by citizens responding to a call from students involved in ongoing blockades.

Aleksandar Vučić will lead the United Serbia electoral list in Serbia's upcoming parliamentary election and become its candidate for prime minister if the list wins. The Serbian Progressive Party's main board made the decision on Saturday, although the October 25 election has not yet been formally called.

Addressing the SNS board, Vučić said the party held an advantage over its opponents but warned that it could lose that lead through “inaction, violence and displays of arrogance.” He said he wanted “a convincing victory, the strongest possible” in every municipality.

Vučić said Serbia needed an efficient, fast and energetic government built around accountability. He also said he had prepared a proposal for a new law on ministries and the government, with a cabinet consisting of a prime minister and 12 ministers, “not thirty or more.”

inaction, violence and displays of arrogance

· Aleksandar VučićHe warned that the SNS would not retain its advantage over political opponents through these behaviors.

His speech also included sharp criticism of the European Union and the Hague Tribunal. “We will always extend a hand to those from Europe and look forward to meeting them, but do not humiliate us, do not do what Marta Kos is doing, do not deceive people, do not make things up,” he said. Vučić said he was proud that he had not handed over any Serb to The Hague and called the international tribunals “courts of injustice.” He added that Serbia's government would consider joining Donald Trump's efforts against them.

The remarks followed the postponement of European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos's visit to Belgrade over the glorification in Serbia of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić after his death. Mladić, who was convicted by the Hague Tribunal of genocide at Srebrenica and other war crimes, is due to be buried with state honors, a decision criticized by civil society groups. The SNS meeting in Niš also drew protesters, while a police cordon kept them away from the National Theatre, where the meeting took place.

We will always extend a hand to those from Europe and look forward to meeting them, but do not humiliate us, do not do what Marta Kos is doing, do not deceive people, do not make things up

· Aleksandar VučićHe criticized the European Union after Marta Kos postponed a visit to Belgrade.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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