Vucic says elections next Sunday are about protecting Serbia's statehood, urges high turnout

The leader of the "Aleksandar Vucic - United Serbia" electoral list, Aleksandar Vucic, said today that in the elections on October 25, Serbia's statehood will be protected and preserved, and he called on supporters to go to the polls in as large a number as possible.

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"I wish for a large turnout, I want as many of you to come out as possible. If you want me to explain the details, in case over 63 percent turn out, we get a significantly larger number of people who vote for us. Because these are decent people, a little scared because of their (opposition) harassment and harangues against such people, that's why I ask them to be both disciplined and brave. Because now we are protecting the fatherland, we are protecting the statehood of Serbia," Vucic said during an appearance on TV Pink.

He added that he expects a huge turnout in the elections, about 4 million voters, and that the "Aleksandar Vucic - United Serbia" list will receive more than 2,050,000 votes, or over 50 percent.

"And as you can see, I don't hide my goals or wishes. And I don't react, because I hear stories about 'they will annul results from polling stations in Belgrade, they will do this, they will do that'. We will not do anything at all, except that we will not allow you (opposition) to steal the electoral will of the people. We will not let you steal (ballot paper) sacks, we will not let you steal (election committees') minutes, we will not let you steal a single vote in Serbia,' Vucic stated.

He added that if it turns out that the people are enthusiastic about a policy that "Alojzije Stepinac is the same as Bishop Nikolaj" he will immediately congratulate them.

He stressed that the SNS never undermined elections or the electoral will of the citizens, but always behaved properly and congratulated even when they lost by 0.3 percent.

"Their leaders know they are losing, but they think something will happen, so there will be an invasion of RTS, the Serbian Assembly, a takeover of power by force. That 'we (opposition) will be recognized by the Comintern plenum of French students', or whatever. These are fairy tales and stories for kids. If things unfold the way they seem to me, the difference will be so big that they will be shocked," Vucic said.

Vucic emphasized that he does not expect a victory of 10,20 or 50,000 votes, but a difference of at least 400,000 votes.

He said that citizens should think about whether they want to vote for the list whose leaders called Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Porfirije "Profitije" and said that Bishop Nikolaj was the same as Alojzije Stepinac.

Speaking about the Student List, Vucic said that they accepted everyone in, adding that he does not understand those who are Serbs, Orthodox, professors or teachers and supports the notion of Bishop Nikolaj being equalized with (WW2 Croatian Catholic criminal) Alojzije Stepinac.

"Don't pretend to be naive and say 'Nevermind, that's just what one man said'. No, that's what the leader of that list said and that's their policy," Vucic stated.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)