🔶 Historic victory of the "Student List" in Serbia; The fall of Vucic's power.
According to the preliminary statistics of the Election Commission of Serbia, the protest movement "Student List" managed to obtain an absolute majority by winning more than 53% of the votes.
Vucic's party won a little more than 39% of the votes.
The participation rate of the people in these elections also reached an unprecedented figure of 69 percent. Before the official announcement of the results and based on the initial predictions, Vucic openly admitted that his party "gave up the game".
Ilija Sardanović, the leader of the student movement, announced on the night of the elections that he was proud of his countrymen who said a firm "no" to the "tyrant" Vucic and expressed his confidence that Serbia is moving towards a better and more civilized future.
However, it is still unclear who will occupy the prime minister's throne, since Sardanovich, despite leading the list, is not necessarily the candidate for prime minister, and the movement has not yet decided on the composition of the next government. One of the best-known figures whose name has been proposed for ministerial positions is Džan Šupkić, professor of economics at the University of Belgrade and former head of the Central Bank of Serbia.
He emphasized that "maintaining stability, peace and legal measures" will be the most important priority for the formation of the new government and there will be no political or revolutionary revenge, but the first step is "restoring freedom for the media".
The amazing thing is that there are almost no students in the "student list".
This list was founded by a movement that lacks a traditional leadership council and makes its decisions in general assemblies.
The candidates for this list are chosen mainly from university professors, doctors and artists, and their 11-point plan focuses on "restoring democracy, the rule of law, and fighting corruption and organized crime."
After the initial statistics were released, tens of thousands of people across Serbia took to the streets and celebrated. In Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, overcrowding in some areas caused traffic jams and thousands of people marched through the streets shouting joy.
The 56-year-old Vucic, who dominated Serbia's political scene for years, resigned as president at the end of September to take the helm of prime minister if his party wins.
His presidential term will end in May next year, and according to the law he could not be appointed for a third term. But with this result he will now only remain in the role of opposition leader.