Mihaljević: Voters Should Back Anyone Who Can Defeat Vučić

Serbian voters should stop waiting for a perfect political alternative and support anyone capable of removing Aleksandar Vučić and his ruling system, journalist Igor Mihaljević says. The “prince and princess on a white horse” do not exist, he argues, so voters should not become political purists.

Mihaljević says people who genuinely represent a political, social and values-based alternative want Serbia to join the European Union and to break with the country’s political pattern from the 1990s. He says those voters would support even Mila Lompar, despite Lompar being at the least favorable end of their political spectrum. He includes himself among those prepared to vote strategically, noting that he previously voted for Vuk Drašković and Miroljub Labus despite not liking them.

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People should not be political purists and wait for a prince and princess on a white horse, because they do not exist.

He also defends the students’ decision not to publish their electoral list before elections are formally called. The public still does not know who is on the list, but Mihaljević says the delay protects the 250 people involved from being dragged through hostile coverage in regime-aligned media. In his view, students should publish the list at the last possible moment if that is how they choose to proceed.

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At this moment, without comparison, that is the student list.

Mihaljević calls the student list the clear choice for advancing voters’ social, political and economic interests. He hopes it will eventually work together with the pro-European opposition, while saying he will offer the students advice through social media and the Radar outlet rather than lecture them.

He expects the decisive struggle to take place at polling stations. He says voters must defend the country’s sovereignty, their voting rights, the law and the Constitution. If the first vote is stolen or an irregularity occurs, he says, the election should be stopped and repeated. At the same time, he questions whether elections will be held at all and asks who can guarantee that they will take place.

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We defend the ballot boxes and the sovereignty of our country with our bodies. That is it, we go again.