Serbia minister slams opposition leader over election fraud claims

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić has strongly criticized Dragan Milić, president of the Movement for Decentralization of Serbia, accusing him of hypocrisy and spreading lies about alleged election fraud. Milić had claimed that the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) was preparing "unprecedented election theft" by creating fictitious voter lists with numerous fake citizens who do not reside in Serbia.

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The hypocrisy of the blockades and the opposition is growing every day.

Dačić dismissed Milić's claims, pointing to the number of citizenships granted. Milić stated that Serbian state bodies had granted 238,890 citizenships between January 1, 2015, and August 27, 2025, averaging over 60 per day. Dačić countered by highlighting that between 2000 and mid-2012, 693,000 citizenships were granted, suggesting that "unprecedented election theft" occurred during that period. He added that only 4,168 citizenships had been granted this year up to June 1.

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The hypocrisy of the blockades and the opposition is growing every day. The proof of this is the statement by Dragan Milić who is telling lies that election theft is allegedly being prepared, because in ten and a half years, 238,890 citizenships have been granted.

Milić's allegations specifically focused on the granting of citizenships to individuals who were not born and do not have permanent residency in Serbia. He cited data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs indicating that 202,787 of the 238,890 new citizenships were granted under Article 23, Paragraph 1 of the Citizenship Law, which pertains to the admission of members of the Serbian people. Milić also claimed the Ministry refused to provide data on new citizenships issued in the last year, suggesting potential abuse. He argued that the law was being violated, particularly concerning the number of foreign citizens granted citizenship and their ethnicity over the past decade.

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So by that logic, unprecedented election theft was carried out then.