{"id":20399,"date":"2025-07-21T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/?p=20399"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:00:52","slug":"the-road-to-elections-and-whos-on-it-whats-the-status-of-citizens-rebellion-after-eight-months-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/the-road-to-elections-and-whos-on-it-whats-the-status-of-citizens-rebellion-after-eight-months-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to elections and who\u2019s on it: What\u2019s the status of citizens&#8217; rebellion after eight months of action?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In the past eight months, ignoring with a hint of repression has often seemed as a contraproductive tactic for Serbia\u2019s president Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107. However, Serbian society appears to have grown a bit tired. Students who were sleeping at their faculty buildings for months and who were the ones who started the wave of change in the country have started with online classes and are slowly preparing for exams. Municipal assembly groups took the torch from the students and are trying to keep the flame alive, but the summer and holiday season are leaving them in a difficult position. In the end, we are left with the question of whether all opposition-oriented citizens think favorably of the intersection blockades, especially considering that they are not organized by the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All things considered though, a lot has changed since November 1st of last year, when it seemed that the abyss Serbia was in was not only unquestionable, but perhaps permanent. Now it seems like the time of change has come, and unless we\u2019re talking revolution, these changes need to happen through the democratic means of regime change \u2013 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem, however, is that by many parameters, Serbia is not a democratic country, the ruling party especially. With that in mind, it\u2019s time for some serious strategizing: from how to pressure the regime to call for elections, to deciding who will lead the citizens that want change \u2013 students, or the opposing political parties?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/emnKzNlv1Oc\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Protest u U\u017eicu\" title=\"Play video &quot;Protest u U\u017eicu&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/emnKzNlv1Oc<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/emnKzNlv1Oc\" title=\"Protest u U\u017eicu\">Protest u U\u017eicu (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/emnKzNlv1Oc)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The situation is still simmering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Ma\u0161ina, Belgrade\u2019s Biology faculty professor Biljana Stojkovi\u0107, who is also part of the \u201cThe university in revolt\u201d and \u201cFree universities of Serbia\u201d initiatives, said that she wouldn\u2019t agree with the statement that rebellion has gone down, that the fire of dissatisfaction has burned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCitizens still have the same opinions and are taking the same actions that have been happening in Serbia for a long time now. The numbers have gone down, that much is true, but we can see that, on the local level, there are numerous protests and blockades, which is definitely a positive sign. Therefore, the fire remains, that is the will is not gone and that\u2019s what\u2019s important\u201d, believes Stojkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stojkovi\u0107 brings up the \u201cUniversity in revolt\u201d example, one part of it specifically, which she is part of, that has organized the blockade of the Government intersection, as well as of the Academic crisis center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue to meet, we\u2019re discussing different actions from which one will be carried out very soon\u201d, said the professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked for comment on the current situation of students going back to universities and how it all played out, Stojkovi\u0107 mentions that in the end, breaking the University\u2019s backbone has, to her great regret, broken the spines of many professors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI even think that the rectorate had a role in that. That the delegating of pressure from the rectorate to the dean, and then to the professors bore fruit. None of this could\u2019ve happened without the approval of the students. Luckily, some of us were able to keep the students\u2019 trust through our individual actions, so that community is not lost. Most importantly, the students now know which professors they can always count on\u201d, notes Stojkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, European Western Balkans news reporter Sofija Popovi\u0107 told Ma\u0161ina that the intensity of the protests has gone down a little bit in the past few weeks, in the sense that there is no longer proper coordination in civil actions. She believes the reason for that is the start of summer, but also the fact that protests have been going on for too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s natural to have ups and downs, but the energy would always come back. I believe the reason behind that is that the student movement became a wider social movement, which is at its core anti-government. In that sense, any government move, whether towards students, citizens or some other topic, can reignite this energy. My impression is that this student movement will have a similar destiny to some previous ones, like the Solidarity one, and so it will last for as long as the government doesn\u2019t change\u201d, said Popovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-06-30_20-59-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-06-30_20-59-24-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Street blockade in Zemun\" class=\"wp-image-20400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-06-30_20-59-24-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-06-30_20-59-24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-06-30_20-59-24-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-06-30_20-59-24.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Street blockade in Zemun; Photo: Ma\u0161ina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The road to elections and who\u2019s on it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many from the ruling coalition have been repeating like parrots that elections won\u2019t happen until the legal deadline. Coincidentally or not, that deadline happens to line up with the staging of EXPO 2027. Suddenly, in a country in which regular elections have been held only once, snap elections are no longer possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, maybe it\u2019s time for the opposition-minded public to regroup and make a plan for further action. Because one thing has been noticeable for eight months now \u2013 the opposition has been in the background throughout the protests and blockades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s no coincidence, for thirteen years now, the regime has been carefully working on having the public be sick of politics. From the very beginning, the students said they didn\u2019t want parties aligning themselves with them, in the meantime they announced the making of the student list, and they even refused the invitation to attend a round table meeting organized by one of the opposition leaders, Miroslav Aleksi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This meeting was planned to serve as a meeting between the opposition, civil sector organizations, and students, with the goal of creating a plan for further action. That is to say, the round table, like in some previous cases, has the goal of creating a unified and societal front in the fight against the regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stojkovi\u0107 believes that, at least for now, the opposition parties must stand behind the unified student list. And that, he adds, they need to do everything they can to help the students \u2013 with people, resources, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stojkovi\u0107 thinks that the elections will happen soon, maybe even by the end of April of next year, meaning that they will be announced around the end of 2025. He concludes that is because the current political and social crisis in Serbia cannot end any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Popovi\u0107, on the other hand, believes that elections will take place a little later, so that campaigning should already be in full swing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that the ruling party put an end to the question of snap parliamentary elections. Whatever happens, I think they will try to keep the current government in place for as long as possible. However, my opinion is that the students should, instead of constantly insisting on snap elections, actually start preparing for elections which will happen in the end of 2026 and start of 2027. In political terms, that is very soon, so they should start campaigning as soon as possible. Considering the political climate that Serbia is in right now, the fact that it is a captive country, I think that a longer campaign is needed than legally prescribed\u201d, concludes Popovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>M.B., A.S.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government\u2019s tactic of pretending not to notice civil rebellion and a comprehensive social and political crisis, i.e. to play the waiting game over a long period of time has, at least it appears so, started to work. Summer\u2019s begun, the intensity of protests has gone down, the students are slowly returning to their academic duties. Despite everything though, small fires of resistance are continuing to ignite, mostly on the local level. What remains is the question of how to continue, that is, how to fulfill the main demand put before the regime \u2013 the calling of snap parliamentary elections?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,18,127,263],"form":[71],"concept":[331],"contents":[],"coauthors":[5],"class_list":["post-20399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-elections","tag-protest","tag-serbia","tag-students","form-news","concept-politics","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The road to elections and who\u2019s on it: What\u2019s the status of citizens&#039; rebellion after eight months of action? - Ma\u0161ina English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/the-road-to-elections-and-whos-on-it-whats-the-status-of-citizens-rebellion-after-eight-months-of-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The road to elections and who\u2019s on it: What\u2019s the status of citizens&#039; rebellion after eight months of action? - Ma\u0161ina English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government\u2019s tactic of pretending not to notice civil rebellion and a comprehensive social and political crisis, i.e. to play the waiting game over a long period of time has, at least it appears so, started to work. 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