Peoples’ Party Pushing for Vucic’s Impeachment

Sanda Raskovic Ivic(BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV/MO)

On March 7, vice president of the oppositional Peoples’ Party Sanda Raskovic Ivic announced that her party is gathering signatures among National Assembly MPs to have Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic impeached by the Constitutional Court.

“Vucic has constantly been violating the Constitution, but now he’s gone too far. We are prepared to collaborate with other parliamentary groups on preparing a detailed explanation [of said violations],” Raskovic Ivic told the Danas daily.

Asked whether the impeachment initiative may meet the same fate as the recent motion for a special parliamentary session on Kosovo – which never took place because pro-European parties denied their support – the Peoples’ party VP said that she believes the decision those parties made was “wrong.”

According to her, however, “the situation is different” with regard to Vucic’s potential impeachment. “Everyone agrees that Vucic has been violating the Constitution and that he needs to be prevented from continuing to do so,” she said. “This is an opportunity for us to declare whether we want the rule of law, which is integral to European values as well.”