Student election winners demand sweeping resignations across Serbian state institutions

Newly elected lawmakers from Serbia's Student List movement have demanded the immediate resignation of senior officials across the nation's security and judicial bodies, BBC News reported. Standing in Pioneers' Park opposite the parliament building, the newly elected representatives called for the dismissal of all police officers who broke the law. They specifically targeted the leaders of the police force, the BIA security agency, and the anti-terror unit. [1]

The calls come shortly after Serbians voted to remove the party of former president Aleksandar Vucic from power. BBC News reported that voters handed control of the political system to a group of novice politicians composed of intellectuals, professors, artists, athletes, and as many as 12 members of parliament. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, the youth-backed Student List secured a majority by winning 53 percent of the valid votes in the parliamentary election, ending 14 years of rule by Vucic and the Serbian Progressive Party. The movement emerged from public protests following a train station collapse in Novi Sad that killed 16 people. Projection data indicates the Student List will take between 135 and 140 seats in the National Assembly. [6][7]

Mass demonstrations organised by youth organisations and opposition groups have previously taken place in Belgrade, including protests that began in December 2023 following parliamentary elections. [4]