Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claimed Sunday evening the victory of his party (SNS, nationalist right) in the legislative elections, from which it would even emerge strengthened with at least 127 seats out of the 250 in Parliament.
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“ We will have an absolute majority in Parliament with 127 seats » declared Aleksandar Vucic confidently at a press conference, based on 76% of the ballots counted. During the previous legislature, the SNS had 120 seats.
Omnipresent in the media, the president was on all the posters, making these legislative and local elections a referendum on his person. “ My job was to do everything in my power to ensure that you obtained an absolute majority in Parliament. “, he declared on Sunday evening, saying to himself ” very proud » of the campaign carried out.
The official results are not expected before Monday evening, but the opposition, united under the banner “Serbia against violence”, would win 23.5% of the votes. This coalition, born from the massive demonstrations which shook the country in May, after the death of 19 people in two shootings – including one in a primary school – had not yet spoken at the end of the evening. She has continued to denounce a biased campaign, tainted according to her by fraud.
The opposition denounces irregularities
Its leader, Radomir Lazovic, spoke of irregularities on Sunday morning – saying that it was perhaps ” of the dirtiest electoral process “, evoking ” vote buying, false signatures… » The opposition also claimed that whole buses had arrived in Belgrade to let non-residents vote.
“ The biggest concern is caused by the larger number of voters brought from other places to Belgrade », indicated the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA), whose team of observers claimed to have been attacked in Odzaci (north-east); “ after recording a case of electoral corruption, where dozens of ballots were taken to the offices of political parties “.
Accusations that Prime Minister Ana Brnabic brushed aside during a press conference in the evening. In an exercise which is also customary for the president, she published headlines from the non-acquired press on the SNS, accusing them of seeking to sow chaos with lies.
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(With AFP)