Progressives accused of "appropriating" opposition votes

Progressives accused of "appropriating" opposition votes

He told reporters they have suspicions related to the work of the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) considering that the commission managed to count 98 percent of votes within 12 hours, but has been unable to count the remaining two percent in the subsequent four days.

"There is no logical explanation as to why this is happening," said Tadic.

He pointed out that "many discrepancies and irregularities" have been discovered when the parties reviewed the election material, and gave the example of the polling station number 9 in Leposavic, where SDS official Goran Bogdanovic cast his ballot.

"They told us we have zero votes there, and we counted 60. This is an obvious example of the violations of the will of citizens and it is obvious that votes have not been counted properly in Kosovo and Metohija," he said.

Tadic also claimed that many such cases occurred throughout Serbia and that, in his opinion, the electoral process and democracy in Serbia have been brought into question.

He also pointed out to "the political synergy between the SNS and the SRS, which are attempting to deny the will of citizens."

Tadic announced that representatives of the opposition, on whose behalf he spoke, will hold a press press conference at 18:00 CET at the RIK premises, and stressed that his list's assembly seats have not been brought into question, but that he was "defending the principle and fighting for the DSS and Dveri" whom he described as political opponents, adding, "however, we fight together in order for the will of citizens to be recognized."