Serbian Opposition Splits over Anti-Vucic Inauguration Protest

Serbia's opposition announced two separate anti-government protests on Wednesday in Belgrade as Serbia's president-elect, Aleksandar Vucic, prepared to assume his presidential post.

Protests are being organised in front of the Serbian parliament and will have the support of the majority of opposition parties and leaders. While the "Against Dictatorship" protest will take place at 10am, poll runner Sasa Jankovic announced his later in the day, at 6pm.

"I call all citizens, all organisations, all unions and political parties, all for which freedom and democracy are above all, to go out on Wednesday at 6pm on peaceful protests and say 'no' to the official introduction of the dictatorship in Serbia through the false coronation ceremony of Aleksandar Vucic," Sasa Jankovic said in press release on Monday.

Jankovic's team spokesperson Zeljko Veljkovic told BIRN that members of the movement will "show solidarity" the 10am protest.  

Former Ombudsman and runner-up in the April 2 presidential elections, Sasa Jankovic, officially launched his own opposition Movement of Free Citizens on May 25. He announced that the movement would participate in all future polls.

The same day that Jankovic called his protest, an informal movement with the name "Against the Dictatorship" which organised massive anti-Vucic protests after his victory in the elections, announced new protests on Wednesday scheduled for 10am.

"It [the protest] won't be the only one, as nothing will [be] solve[d] with one protest. We'll not stop until our voice is heard loudly enough, in the whole of Serbia, until we break the media silence. Come and support … fight for the future," said the movement in its post on Facebook. 

The opposition Democratic...