The polls for the municipal elections in Serbia closed at 20:00 within the night and the counting of votes started. Native authorities elections had been held in 68 cities in Serbia. In Belgrade, the elections had been repeated since within the earlier ones, final December, no mayor was elected, whereas irregularities had been reported by the opposition and overseas observers.
What’s the opposition complaining about?
Critical irregularities had been additionally recorded by the opposition throughout immediately’s election course of. As reported, the switch of voters from different municipalities the place elections aren’t held, in addition to many instances of voter financing by the Serbian Progressive Get together, had been discovered in lots of municipalities. We had incidents in Belgrade and Novi Unhappy the place opposition activists tried to forestall the operation of phone facilities of the ruling celebration.
In line with the polling firm IPSOS, an hour earlier than the polls closed in Belgrade, 42% of these registered within the electoral rolls had voted, a proportion diminished by 12 factors in comparison with December 2023 when turnout on the polls, on the similar time, had fluctuated at 54%. The primary indicative outcomes are anticipated shortly earlier than midnight.
Within the Serbian Progressive Get together (SNS) they’re making ready to rejoice. The President of the Republic, Aleksandar Vucic, arrived on the headquarters of the Get together and expressed the understanding that the mixture led by his celebration and bearing his identify, will obtain a “convincing victory”.
It’s famous that the most important opposition events didn’t take part in immediately’s elections arguing that the democratic circumstances for his or her holding aren’t met.
Supply: RES-MPE
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