Vucic Launches Serbia PM Campaign as Student List Challenges SNS Grip
Thousands pack Belgrade Arena ahead of Oct. 25 vote after president cut short second term
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File photo: Aleksandar Vučić. Photo: Oliver Bunic - European Commission, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ationwide political force. The movement's electoral arm, the Student List — including university professors, teachers, experts and others from across the political spectrum — aims to oust Vucic's government, Al Jazeera reported. Polls suggest the contest could be tight between SNS and the student-backed slate.
Foreign-agent claim
Vucic accused those behind the movement of seeking to "bring Serbia to a halt" and claimed, without providing evidence, that unspecified foreign agents back it, according to Al Jazeera. On Saturday he told his supporters: "Absent an intervention of some [foreign intelligence] service, we will defeat them. And they know that."
Al Jazeera's report was produced with AP coverage of the Belgrade rally and campaign launch.
