Showing posts with label Serbian Progressive Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Serbian Progressive Party. Show all posts

Sunday, July 28, 2019

#SERBIA: Ruling Party Says Poll Identifying Supporters As "Low Education" Voters Unfairly Labels Citizens As "Third-Grade Losers"

[world politics news]


A large number of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) voters are pensioners, poor and those with low education or with high school degrees, according to the poll conducted by Birodi. The results of the research have provoked harsh reactions by SNS officials, including its leader and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

The poll has also showed that those who vote for SNS regularly watch the television networks Pink and Happy, which are widely regarded as ruling party’s propaganda tools.

In his op-ed for Politika daily, Vucic said the poll is part of a campaign, “in which is Serbia is being insulted, degraded and its citizens labeled as third-grade losers." The head of SNS parliamentary group Aleksandar Martinovic (photo) has called on the prosecutor’s office to intervene, claiming that Birodi poll was “dangerous phenomena”

[FULL STORY HERE]

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

#SERBIA: Pro-EU PM's Party Wins Big in Snap Election

[world politics news]


Pro-EU Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has claimed victory in general elections with his Progressive Party winning 50% of the votes. Vucic called an early election seeking a mandate to continue reforms required to join the EU. The Socialists came in second place with about 13%, while the ultra-nationalist Radical Party - which seeks closer ties with Russia - is third with 7%.