Serbian parliamentary vote could end Aleksandar Vucic's fourteen-year rule

Serbia's electoral truce concluded, ushering in a critical parliamentary vote that could end Aleksandar Vucic's uninterrupted rule of fourteen years. In central Belgrade, a giant screen continues to broadcast Vucic's campaign video for his newly formed Serbia United coalition, yet it draws scant attention from passersby. Rasa Nedeljkov, who heads election observation missions at the Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA), remarks that the elections are neither free nor contested on equal terms.

She adds that openly opposing the government remains risky for citizens. Constitutional limits prevent Vucic from seeking another presidential term, prompting him to step down from the presidency and call early parliamentary elections in an effort to retain the premiership, a post he previously held from 2014 to 2017.