More opposition lists emerge before Serbia election as Vučić seeks prime minister’s post

Aleksandar Vučić, who can no longer serve as president, now officially wants to become prime minister. Serbia’s opposition agrees that it should prevent him from taking the post, but it has yet to agree on a single electoral list.

The National Movement of Serbia, or NPS, says it spent the past year and a half calling for a united opposition front. Its leader, Miroslav Aleksić, said some groups had chosen to go their own way, while insisting that each party had the right to act independently. NPS is currently grouped with NLS and the Ecological Uprising.

A separate bloc includes the Party of Freedom and Justice, Serbia Centre, PSG and Solidarity. SSP leader Dragan Đilas previously said Aleksić had informed him that NPS would run alone because it believed that approach could win more votes. SSP later declined to state its position until it announces the format in which it will participate.

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Someone abandoned that idea and went their own way, with every right to do so. I would not deny anyone the right to autonomy.

New Democratic Party of Serbia leader Miloš Jovanović said his party had initially supported a joint opposition list. It now considers cooperation after the election necessary. He said the right should gather its votes and place them in the opposition camp seeking to replace Vučić’s regime.

Students in blockades urged opposition groups to make responsible decisions so votes are not dispersed. They said post-election coalitions should be considered only by parties that cross the electoral threshold, and warned that a wrong decision could damage both individual parties and what they described as a historic opportunity for Serbian society. “Every percentage point matters,” the students said, describing the choice as one between Serbia and the mafia.

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Every percentage point matters.