Slobodan Milosevic's administration was toppled, but extremists have since reemerged in Serbia.
All EU and Serbian legislation were ignored by the West while Aleksandar Vucic was in power.
"Chuta," a nickname for Serbian lawmaker Aleksandar Jovanovic, made this claim in an interview with BGNES. He is the leader of the "Environmental Rebellion" movement and an integral part of the massive "Serbia Against Violence" demonstrations that have been taking place for months in Belgrade and other Serbian towns, attracting thousands of people.
We discuss the policies of the West regarding the government of Serbian President Aleksandar Vui, as well as the outlook for the next elections on December 17 through the eyes of the opposition.
According to Jovanovic, the opposition in Serbia has placed the removal of authoritarian rule high on its agenda. The politician is of the opinion that national solidarity is required to defeat Vucic.
"The "Ecological Rebellion" movement, which I lead, brings together the ideals of many diverse political groups in opposition to President Vui. The many unfree and corrupt elections in Serbia may be avoided if organizations with a left or right slant all looked in the same direction. Ideologies, goals, and everything else that makes up human existence should be on the table, Jovanovic argued.
Mathematics, not political ideology, is at play here. Aleksandar Vucic's primary strategy for governing the state is to split the political spectrum down the middle. For the time being, however, unity remains a fiction and is unattainable since pro-European groups on the left and right view each other as adversaries more than they view Aleksandar Vucic as an opponent. It is reasonable to expect two competing campaigns in this election. One leans to the left, and the other to the right," he explained.
Aleksandar Jovanovic, when asked about the goals of the "Serbia Against Violence" protests, which arose in the wake of mass shootings in the country in May and have attracted tens of thousands to Belgrade and other major cities in recent months, emphasized that they unite many different movements and causes.
These are also demonstrations for the environment. Additionally, these demonstrations are in response to the arson of journalists' homes in Serbia, the savage violation of journalists' rights, and the criminal organization led by Aleksandar Vucic. The lawmaker remarked that the demonstration was a stand against injustice and for the value of human life. "These are protests of all people who do not want to be slaves to the regime of Aleksandar Vucic."
He remarked that in order to find accountability, we must first look within, at ourselves and then at others.
"Then let's see how it is possible after the horrors of the 1990s and the civil wars, when such a dictatorship fell - that of Slobodan Milosevic, ten years later we have Serbian radicals, socialists, and all the other groups against we fought 20 years ago," commented Jovanovic.
He claims that after 30 years, the Serbs find themselves in the same position they were in 20 years ago, when a regime change was necessary.
We must take care of this. The Serbian opposition member said that his countrymen had taken freedom for granted since they had been mistakenly taught that it was the norm. Now they're threatening penalties on us, so it's clear we're in a bad spot. When you're headed by the same individuals that got you into civil conflicts in the '90s, problems like the Serbs in Kosovo are certain to resurface.
After Vucic was indicted for an attack on a Kosovo police officer that took place on September 24 in the hamlet of Banska, located in northern Kosovo, Aleksandar Jovanovic offered his thoughts on the potential of EU penalties being levied against him. Former Srpska Lista deputy chairman and Vucic ally Milan Radojcic has come clean about leading the terrorist organization.
Aleksandar Vucic must face sanctions from the Serbian opposition and the people of Serbia. This is something that ought to be handled privately, within our own home. Jovanovic stressed the need "not to whine and ask the European Union to solve our problems."
The opposition lawmaker spoke out against what he saw as the EU and US taking too long to move against Aleksandar Vucic's dictatorship.
The opposition in Serbia has been pleading with the European Union for 30 years to improve the country's dismal electoral infrastructure. The EU isn't interested in helping since Aleksandar Vucic is their top pupil and does whatever they want. In a straight line from Kosovo to Rio de Janeiro.
To mine lithium above the village of Gornje Nedelice, mining corporation "Rio Tinto" has been objected by hundreds of Serbs in 2021, as reported by BGNES. Opponents of the project worry that the precious metal mining would contaminate the local environment.
According to Jovanovic, the West is observing Vucic's reign from the sidelines and "allowing" him to disregard all EU and Serbian legislation.
Aleksandar Vucic has been in power for the past decade, and the European Union and the United States have mostly left him alone to do so. Serbia has very little time left. Over the past decade, there have been 500,000 more deaths than births. Another 500,000 people have left Serbia because they don't want to live there, the opposition leader said.
If things keep on the way they are, there will be one million Serbs in 50 years. Putting politics aside, we need to keep making a home on our land, and the primary concern should be human survival, not animal extinction. Aleksandar Jovanovic came to the conclusion that "life is not a criterion" in the country of Aleksandar Vucic. /BGNES
