Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia
Summary
Serbia’s newly elected Student List MPs have called for senior police, intelligence and judicial figures to resign, saying they want to prevent evidence of possible wrongdoing from being destroyed before the transfer of power. The movement emerged from protests after a railway station canopy collapse killed 16 people in November 2024 and has promised investigations into corruption and reforms to public institutions.Key Facts
- The Student List movement won the election and defeated the party led by Aleksandar Vučić.
- The new MPs demanded the dismissal of police officers who broke the law and singled out the heads of the police, the BIA security agency and the anti-terror unit.
- The transfer of power is expected to take several weeks.
- The movement began during protests after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad in November 2024, killing 16 people.
- The Student Plan promises to recover goods it says were stolen from the state and invest in education and the economy.
- RTS director Manja Grčić has stepped down, and the new MPs have called for the replacement of Telekom Srbija head Vladimir Lučić.
- New MP Dejan Šoškić said he wants reforms within six months, including action against corruption and a lustration law that could bar officials found to have violated citizens' rights from public office.
- Acting President Ana Brnabić accused the movement of pursuing revolutionary justice and seeking to shut down media it dislikes.
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