Vucic: Elections will be called in Serbia by the end of the year, maybe by Vidovdan

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President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said today that elections will be called by the end of the year, and perhaps by Vidovdan (June 28).

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Vucic told Informer TV that local elections in ten cities and municipalities showed that the student lists had no chance, and that they could not even announce the results for any municipality.

"Everything will be peaceful, everything will be fine, they have no chance. The fact that someone is angry is an expression of complete helplessness and despair. Secondly, as far as candidacies are concerned, elections will be called by the end of the year, maybe even by Vidovdan. They were asking for elections, we will see when they'll be held. It will be as the people say, 'vox populi, vox dei'," said Vucic.

Vucic added that the representatives of the student lists did not even announce the results for any of the local governments where they participated in the elections.

"They don't know what to do with elections. The only thing they know is to falsely accuse someone, talk about double lists, call centers. They have no idea what they are talking about. We are ready to train and educate them, so that they better understand the democratic electoral processes in our country, so that they understand that problems cannot be solved with fists and guns," said Vucic.

He added that there were reactions from the Council of Europe and the European Union to the violence during the local elections in Serbia on Sunday, but that they did not say who committed the violence, "even though everyone saw it".

The president also asked what is the purpose of the cannon crackers that were found in the Rectorate of the University of Belgrade.

"I understand, they had gas masks, since they were probably preparing for tear gas. But what were the cannon crackers for? Well, they didn't explain that. Keep asking them, just what is it for? To explain to us what it is protecting them from," Vucic said.

Asked to comment on opposition media saying that he is in a major panic, so he speaks for Informer TV, Vucic said that TV outlet asked him to appear there, and that he said that "we only need to calm people down".

"But not their people, they have neither the strength nor the power. We need to calm down the majority of the decent Serbia, so that they don't overreact. After all, these are all our sisters and brothers. And as for panic, I'm in a panic because of the situation in the world, to be completely honest. Just don't let it be, when there are elections soon - 'we've made a lot of progress, we'll win some elections in four years'. I've heard a lot of those stories, I've listened to those meaningless things," he said.

Vucic added that the authorities will do their job.

"There are many details that I know and that I cannot make public, but the citizens of Serbia will soon hear and see all sorts of things that have been hidden, how they were hidden (by opposition). It's like they were preparing the battlefield... But the cannon crackers, there is no explanation for that. And now, here are all their lies about there being no pyrotechnic devices there (at the university) and the rest of it," said Vucic.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)