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Aleksandar Vučić's government is literally falling apart in an attempt to suppress student and civil rebellion. This is shown by the state of state and local budgets, the fact that the police equate their actions with SNS thugs, but also the way the regime is unreservedly violating the autonomy of universities. In addition, according to the 1999 recipe, critical media is also under attack, and it is more clear than ever that the Serbian Progressive Party is on the decline.
1. State and local budget crisis
Political Science Professor Dejan Pavlović has warned that the state coffers are almost empty. The second July salary for professors and researchers has been delayed, raising suspicions that this is not just a matter of “political punishment” against universities, but of a lack of financial realities. The reasons are poor economic management, the decline in tourism, drought and the effects of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. This is a strong signal that Vučić's power is no longer liquid and that state priorities have been diverted.
2. Cops turned into party thugs
Scenes of violence on the streets of Serbia have equated the police with SNS gangs. As citizens protest, the police use tear gas, rubber batons and threats, including the scandalous case when a student claimed that an officer had threatened to rape her. At the same time, the police turn a blind eye to the violence of Vučić’s militants against citizens. This parallelism between “state uniform” and “party gang” is indicative of the total degradation of the law enforcement apparatus.
3. Violation of university autonomy
Police have forcibly entered university premises, including the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, where law enforcement officers walked among the readers in full riot gear. Similar incidents have been reported at the State University in Novi Pazar and Niš. Through this tactic, the Vučić regime is undermining one of the most sacred values of Serbian democracy – the autonomy of higher education.
4. Frontal attack on critical media
The regime has launched an offensive to control and intimidate independent media. An audio released by OCCRP revealed conversations between executives of Telekom Srpska and United Group, which mentioned pressure to remove the executives of the media that owns the critical channel N1. This is an example of how the government is trying to silence any critical voice and destroy media pluralism, bringing back the practices of the darkest years of the Milosevic regime.
5. The Internal Disintegration of the SNS
Vučić's symbol of power, the Serbian Progressive Party, is showing visible signs of disintegration. Counter-rallies organized by the SNS in over 50 cities failed to gather more than a few dozen people, while opposition protests in Belgrade drew massive crowds. The machinery that once functioned through blackmail, intimidation, and small payments to participants is now tired and powerless. Party members are realizing that attending rallies is no longer a sign of loyalty, but evidence of submission. /Adapted from Nova.rs
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