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Opposition party: Ruling party's walkout shows fear of elections
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Opposition party: Ruling party's walkout shows fear of elections

From N1 Serbia · (1d ago) Serbian Critical tone

Translated from Serbian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • The Green-Left Front (ZLF) accused the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of fearing elections.
  • ZLF stated that SNS lawmakers' departure from the National Assembly sabotaged parliamentary proceedings.
  • The opposition party claims the ruling majority is avoiding a debate on a no-confidence vote due to their perceived inability to defend their policies.

The Green-Left Front (ZLF) has sharply criticized the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its allies, accusing them of deliberately undermining parliamentary work and demonstrating a clear fear of facing the electorate. ZLF asserts that the ruling majority's decision to walk out of the National Assembly session, thereby preventing a quorum, is a calculated move to evade accountability.

Ovo ลกto smo danas videli u sali nije samo nedostatak kvoruma, veฤ‡ potpuni kukaviฤluk reลพima koji viลกe ne sme ni da stane pred poslanike i odgovori na pitanje o svom (ne)radu

โ€” Biljana ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ZLF MP Biljana ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ described the ruling party's actions as cowardice.

According to ZLF MP Biljana ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡, this is the second time the ruling majority has disrupted the parliamentary process when a no-confidence vote against the government was on the agenda. She characterized the departure from the hall as an act of "cowardice" by a regime unwilling to confront the assembly and answer for its actions. ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ argued that the SNS lawmakers fled the debate because they lack any valid arguments to justify the negative consequences of their policies.

poslanici SNS-a i njihovih satelita bukvalno pobegli od rasprave o nepoverenju Vladi jer znaju da nemaju niti jedan argument kojim bi odbranili razorne posledice svoje politike

โ€” Biljana ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ stated that SNS lawmakers fled the debate because they could not defend their policies.

ZLF dismissed the government's justificationโ€”that opposition-led debates would delay urgent legislationโ€”as a transparent falsehood. The party contends that if the government were genuinely concerned with legislative matters, the parliamentary session would have commenced earlier, allowing ample time for all discussions. ZLF maintains that the SNS is intentionally blocking the parliament to avoid addressing their responsibility and, crucially, to postpone new elections, viewing the current situation as a symptom of a deep governmental crisis and a fear of facing the citizens at the ballot box.

Izgovor da bi poslanici opozicije beskonaฤno dugom raspravom o nepoverenju ugrozili 'hitnost' zakona koje treba doneti su providna laลพ u koju niko ne veruje

โ€” Biljana ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡The ZLF dismissed the government's excuse for avoiding the debate.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.