Vučić to call elections in days, aims to debunk 'blockader' claims

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated Friday that he will call elections in a few days, aiming to disprove claims that he is afraid to do so. Vučić expressed optimism about securing victories in the cities of Uzice and Novi Sad, noting that students are actively participating in the election campaign.

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Blockaders’ claims that he doesn’t dare to call them.

During a tour of the Slepcevic–Badovinci expressway construction site, Vučić announced his intention to visit a village where protesters, referred to pejoratively as "blockaders" by authorities, had challenged him to appear. He described these protesters as "our citizens" and stated his intention to address them directly.

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Tomorrow, I’m going to a place where the blockaders dared me to show up - saying, ‘Come if you dare; we protested here in February and March, come if you dare, you haven’t built our roads. We'll block for you.’ Well, tomorrow I am going directly to that village to address those people, they are our citizens, and to talk with them.

Vučić also addressed allegations concerning an increase in granted citizenships, calling them "nonsensical." He pointed to laws passed by the former government that grant voting rights to 80,000 individuals. Interior Minister Ivica Dačić refuted claims that the Ministry of Internal Affairs data indicated a surge in citizenships granted over the past decade, which opponents alleged was part of a plan for "unprecedented election fraud."

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Blockaders’ claims that he doesn’t dare to call them.