AI Image
Thousands Back Vucic as He Launches Campaign
Newser • • world
Key Points:
- Thousands of supporters gathered at Belgrade Arena for the launch of Aleksandar Vucic's campaign for prime minister ahead of the October 25 election.
- Vucic resigned as president on September 27, cutting his term short, to run for prime minister since he is constitutionally barred from a third presidential term.
- Polls indicate a potentially close race between Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party and candidates from a student-led protest movement.
- Vucic vowed victory at the rally, asserting that only foreign intervention could prevent his party from winning.
- The campaign launch followed a week of Vucic touring Serbia to rebuild support amid nearly two years of anti-government protests.
