(3 Apr 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belgrade - 4 April 2022
1. Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic arriving
2. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President:
"What is important for the country is that Ukrainian crisis hugely influenced election results and that Serbia shifted dramatically towards the right wing."
3. Supporters applauding
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President:
"I tell you this because Serbia will have to determine what it will do in the future."
5. Supporters applauding
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President:
"I am proud of the fact that, with the support of these lovely people, I managed to do something that no one is Serbia was able to."
7. Supporters applauding
8. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President:
"I believe that there are many challenges ahead of us, but what is most important for Serbia is to have good relationships in the region, on the other side to continue with its EU path, but at the same time not to ruin its ties with traditional friends."
9. Supporters applauding
10. Opposition candidates arriving for statement
11. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Zdravko Ponos; United for Victory of Serbia coalition:
"These elections triggered hope and we cannot betray that hope. These elections are the beginning of the end of the Serbian Progressive Party and Aleksandar Vucic. We will not wait 4 years for the next parliamentary elections. We must not and will not betray citizens of Serbia."
12. Members of opposition leaving
STORYLINE:
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his populist right-wing party appeared headed to victory in Sunday's national election, extending a decade-long authoritarian rule in the Balkan country, according to early pollsters’ projections.
The IPSOS and CESID pollsters, which have proven reliable in previous Serbian ballots, predicted Vucic would end up with nearly 60% of the votes. If confirmed in the official tally, Vucic would win outright a second five-year term as president and a runoff vote would not be needed.
Opposition groups still stood a chance of winning in Belgrade, analysts said, which would deal a serious blow to Vucic's autocratic rule.
The governing party is less popular in the capital due partly to a number of corruption-plagued construction projects that have devastated Belgrade’s urban core.
“These elections are the beginning of the end of Aleksandar Vucic," said Zdravko Ponos of the United for Victory of Serbia coalition who was running second in the presidential vote.
"These elections triggered hope and we cannot betray that hope,” he said.
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