Aleksandar Vucic (Beta/Serbian Presidency/Dimitrije Goll)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has used the coronavirus pandemic primarily to declare a state of emergency in Serbia, suspend the work of the national assembly and seize even greater power, all the while psychologically terrorizing Serbian citizens, threatening them with police, making daily public appearances, adopting Draconian measures, and suspending civil liberties ad hoc, Croatian portal Index.hr reported on April 9.
In an article titled "In times of the coronavirus pandemic, Vucic is leading Serbia to ruin" the Croatian portal writes that the problem lies not only with the president’s associates, but with the president himself, "as once again it turned out that he does not possess the capacities he is so sure he does, and even if he were a Superman, it would not be enough to successfully organize the government’s fight against coronavirus, nor to motivate the citizens to be more compliant and show more solidarity".
What is more, with his ceaseless verbal outbursts, threats, poor acting and self-praise in front of the citizens of Serbia, Vucic has been sending out contradictory messages and consequently causing panic, the portal claims. The text also mentions the cases of "prompt arrests for spreading panic", "scandalous Skype trials", and "the arrest of journalist Ana Lalic, who wrote about a lack of equipment in the Novi Sad hospital".
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