Despite Election Victory, Serbia’s “Student List” Supporters Continue to Cause Disorder
Although the opposition “Student List,” formed amid two years of unrest, has won the election and is preparing to form a government, its supporters continue to engage in disorderly conduct.
Yesterday, shortly after the election results were announced in their favor, supporters of the “Student List” did not simply head to restaurants to celebrate their victory over champagne. Instead, they stormed a tent camp set up by supporters of Aleksandar Vučić. The camp was vandalized, yet no one was held accountable for the violence or the breach of public order.
Serbia’s “Student List” Supporters Target a Pro-Vučić TV Channel
Having apparently realized they could act with impunity, the “victors’” supporters continued their actions overnight. This time, they stormed the offices of Informer, a television channel that had supported Vučić to the very end.
The protesters entered the channel’s offices. Although they did not physically assault anyone this time, they subjected the channel’s owner, Dragan Vučević, and his staff to sustained verbal abuse and ridicule. Police arrived at the scene and escorted the participants out of the building, but made no arrests.
As for the leaders of the “Student List” themselves, they are now issuing statements that amount to being “for everything good and against everything bad.” Yet they appear unwilling or unable to stop their unruly supporters, who are openly demonstrating their attitude toward freedom of speech and freedom of political belief.
