Opposition Believes Regime Can Be Changed at Local Level

Dragan Djilas (BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC)

There is a chance that the upcoming March 29 local elections in ten Serbian municipalities could demonstrate the beginnings of change, but it is unlikely the current regime would accept this without public pressure, the leader of the oppositional Freedom and Justice party, Dragan Djilas, said on March 23.

“I expect the election results of those opposing the regime in these ten municipalities to be better than at the last parliamentary election. When you add to that the results in big cities, where the [ruling] Serbian Progressive Party can certainly no longer win, the math says that even in the current voting conditions there is the possibility to achieve results leading to change,” Djilas told Nova TV.

The politician also expressed his belief that, in the event of a snap election, it would not be prudent for oppositional parties to opt out.

“It’s important that oppositional parties, at least the pro-European ones, work and cooperate as closely as possible. So that at tomorrow’s elections, which I believe we will all enter, not a single vote is lost,” Djilas concluded.