Vladan Đokić on Candidacy for President or Prime Minister
The government has gone bankrupt politically, morally, and intellectually, but Serbia does not need another know-it-all authority, but rather experts, stated the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, in today's edition of the weekly Radar, adding that students and citizens will determine his prime ministerial or presidential role.
TL;DR
- The government is described as politically, morally, and intellectually bankrupt.
- There is a need for experts in Serbia, not another all-knowing authority.
- The police presence at the Rectorate was an attempt to punish the rector for supporting students, but it backfired.
- Thousands of people gathered in solidarity with the university without being asked or paid.
- Sending police to a university is seen as a sign of weakness and a loss of arguments.
- Đokić anticipates a new wave of repression but believes they will not be broken because knowledge is power.
- He hopes President Vučić is serious about upcoming elections, as citizens have been demanding them for over ten months.