President Vucic will launch dialogue with parties about elections, and foreign policy

Photo: Tanjug/Amir Hamzagic/bs

The president of the National Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, says that President Aleksandar Vucic will start talks within the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), but also with other parties and political actors about the upcoming elections and the country's broader foreign policy direction, which, according to her, should begin in the coming days.

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Brnabic told Politika that this initiative comes after "a new series of falsehoods about the violence on the day of elections in ten local governments, which were held on Sunday", and added that this is a narrative that "certain circles from the European Union are promoting again".

The National Assembly president added that according to that narrative, "every attack on activists and supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party is presented as an SNS attack on the 'blockaders' (anti-government protesters)", as well as that "a legitimate investigation into the tragic death of a young woman at the Faculty of Philosophy is presented as an attack on the autonomy of the university", along with "lies about attacks on quasi-journalists".

In this context, she pointed to the need to open up the issue of the stance towards "constant conditions and open interference even in the most sensitive internal affairs of our country."

Brnabic said that on Wednesday the public "had the opportunity to hear the incredible thesis that the president of Serbia is guilty and should be punished because he conducts a pro-Serbian policy", stressing that such an assessment has been made "by the official rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia".

Considering all of the above, the Brnabic said it is "time to have an open and honest social dialogue on these issues", adding that she expects the talks initiated by President Aleksandar Vucic to begin in the coming days.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)