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Blic: Branko Ružić expelled from SPS, but no party official addresses media
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Blic: Branko Ružić expelled from SPS, but no party official addresses media

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

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

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  • Blic reports that the Socialist Party of Serbia expelled Branko Ružić for an alleged serious breach of the party statute.
  • The decision was reportedly made by the party’s 11-member Statutory Commission, but no SPS official addressed reporters outside the party headquarters.
  • Tensions grew after Ružić attended a major student and citizens’ protest and publicly urged SPS to pursue an independent policy rather than join the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.

Branko Ružić has reportedly been expelled from Serbia’s Socialist Party, but the party offered no public confirmation as reporters gathered outside its headquarters. Blic said the decision concerned an alleged serious breach of the SPS statute. An N1 reporter at the scene said the information could not be independently confirmed.

According to Blic, the decision came from the Statutory Commission, whose 11 members were all present. The commission had been expected to consider Ružić’s future at a meeting announced for the previous Saturday, but that session did not take place.

The dispute between Ružić and SPS deepened after he attended a major student and citizens’ protest in Belgrade on March 15 last year. He also brought his personal views and criticism of the party into the public arena, calling for SPS to follow an independent political course and not become part of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.

Earlier, sources close to SPS reportedly described Ružić’s possible expulsion as a “sacrifice” to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. They said SPS leader Ivica Dačić had promised the president that matters involving Ružić would be settled by September 1. No party representative addressed the media in the account of events outside the headquarters.

sacrifice

— Sources close to the Socialist Party of SerbiaThe sources reportedly used the term to describe Ružić’s possible expulsion in relation to President Aleksandar Vučić.
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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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