Serbian opposition leader Marinika Tepic told N1 on Wednesday that Belgrade was experiencing the worst political crisis since the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) came to power.
Tepic said that the elections should be repeated or protests would start. “What happened in Belgrade is a victory of the will of its residents for a change of power. We have the most serious political crisis since the SNS regime has been in power because no one has a majority,” she said.
She echoed her party leader Dragan Djilas (Party of Freedom and Justice – SSP) words that the opposition would file complaints at 258 polling stations and that the shortest way to change is to hold early elections by the end of the year. According to Tepic, who headed the United for Serbia’s Victory election ticket for parliament, opposition leaders met on Tuesday to coordinate their efforts to report irregularities. “Each election ticket can request a review of ballots at five percent of polling stations. We can get to 30 percent of the ballots and the technical coordination was needed,” she said and added that they learned after the meeting that there were 10 times more serious irregularities.
Tepic said that if the city and republic election commissions ignore the complaints, the opposition will stage protests with the aim of getting new elections in Belgrade.