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Aleksić calls government election proposal an opportunity to move toward change

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

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

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  • Serbian opposition leader Miroslav Aleksić welcomed the government’s proposal for parliament to be dissolved and early elections to be held.
  • He urged opposition supporters not to allow divisions, arguing that division had helped the ruling regime remain in power despite allegations of scandals, crime and corruption.
  • Aleksić said his party, the National Movement of Serbia, would carefully assess how to participate in the elections and would not decide without consulting its members and allies.

Miroslav Aleksić described the Serbian government’s proposal to dissolve parliament and call early elections as “an opportunity to finally take a step toward change.” The opposition leader said the proposal followed a major mobilization by citizens and called the day important for Serbia’s future.

Aleksić, president of the opposition National Movement of Serbia, urged supporters not to let themselves be divided. He said the regime had survived for a decade and a half because divisions allowed it to remain in power despite what he called scandals, crime, corruption and other abuses.

an opportunity to finally take a step toward change

· Miroslav AleksićHe described the government’s proposal for early elections.

He said citizen mobilization grew after the collapse of a canopy, when people realized that nobody was safe and that they needed to fight for change together. He argued that those seeking a different, orderly Serbia, with functioning institutions, justice, accountability, respect for the law and a good standard of living, must avoid turning against one another.

Now the most important thing is not to allow them to divide us.

· Miroslav AleksićHe urged opposition supporters to avoid internal divisions.

Aleksić also criticized recent claims about who represents the “genuine opposition,” why he was contesting the election with partners, and whether he should withdraw or was working for the regime. He said he remained the same person who exposed the Jovanjica affair, attended protests and stood before police cordons and in courtrooms, while the regime persecuted him and his family.

He said the National Movement of Serbia included thousands of people across the country and that important decisions would not be made by him alone. The party had taken different approaches in recent local elections, sometimes running with students, sometimes independently and sometimes not participating to support them. Aleksić said the party would again conduct a thorough analysis before deciding how to contest the parliamentary election.

We represent the people. And together we are fighting for our Serbia.

· Miroslav AleksićHe described the National Movement of Serbia’s role in the opposition campaign.
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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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