The political movement originated after a deadly railway station canopy collapse in Novi Sad claimed 16 lives, sparking anti-corruption demonstrations that culminated in the Student List securing 141 parliamentary seats. Beyond targeting the heads of the police, anti-terror units, and the BIA security agency, lawmakers are focusing on media liberalization, having already seen the resignation of state broadcaster RTS director Manja Grčić. The administration plans to execute a comprehensive 1,200-page governance strategy to recover assets and ban abusive former officials from public office. However, tensions remain high as Vučić loyalist and Acting President Ana Brnabić has accused the incomi…
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The incoming administration is prioritizing a lustration law to bar abusive former offici…: The incoming administration is prioritizing a lustration law to bar abusive former officials from holding future public office.
Concerns over the destruction of critical evidence during the weeks-long transition perio…: Concerns over the destruction of critical evidence during the weeks-long transition period are driving demands for immediate administrative departures.
Acting President Ana Brnabić has strongly opposed the demands by accusing the newly elect…: Acting President Ana Brnabić has strongly opposed the demands by accusing the newly elected lawmakers of pursuing revolutionary justice over the rule of law.
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Serbia's victorious student-led movement has called for top figures in the police, intelligence and judiciary to stand down, days after ousting ex-president Aleksandar Vučić's party from power.
Standing in Pioneers' Park opposite parliament, newly elected MPs on the Student List demanded the immediate dismissal of all police officers who had broken the law, singling out the heads of the police, the BIA security agency and anti-terror unit.
It is not often a European country votes to fully reset its political system overnight, and Serbians have voted to hand the task to a group of novice politicians, made up of intellectuals, professors, artists, athletes and as many as 12 medical doctors and surgeons.
But the handover of power will take weeks, and the students' movement is concerned that evidence of possible wrongdoing could be destroyed in that time.
Just a few days ago, the park they were standing in on Thursday was a tent camp, filled with Vučić loyalists outside his office.
Within hours of him admitting defeat on Sunday night, the camp was dismantled, and a team of…
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