Ex-Police Commander Claims Serbia's Vucic Planned to Cling to Power by Force
The Times reported that 4,000 police officers and 3,000 alleged enforcers were deployed as Vučić’s camp lost a snap parliamentary vote.
- On Tuesday, The Times reported that Aleksandar Vučić allegedly prepared to use 4,000 police officers and 3,000 regime enforcers to overturn Serbia's October 25 election, but backed down after calls from European leaders.
- The Student List secured a decisive victory with 52.71% support against 39.17% for Vučić's coalition, and the alleged crackdown reportedly shifted around 9:30 PM, roughly 90 minutes after polls closed, when the men dispersed.
- Former special-police commander Spasoje Vulevi claimed Vučić planned to reject results, stating "I am 100 per cent sure he was planning to refuse the result." Vučić's spokeswoman denied the plot, attributing the Belgrade police presence to threats from protesters.
- Viktor Orbán, who lost power in Hungary in April 2026 after 16 years, phoned Vučić following the defeat. Speaking on Informer on Tuesday, the former Serbian leader indicated the two might meet in Belgrade soon.
- Independent evidence for the alleged intervention remains lacking, and claims have not been definitively established. While some credit European leaders for forcing concession, MEP Sandro Gozi argued the 500,000-vote margin made the result too decisive to overturn by force.
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Vučić Denies Media Reports of Planned Coup After Election Defeat
Former Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has rejected The Times’ claims that he planned to overturn his election defeat by force and that Viktor Orbán may have persuaded him to back down. Vučić said the former Hungarian prime minister was indeed the first foreign politician to call him after Sunday’s defeat, but only after he had already conceded.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić was reportedly prepared to use violence to retain power after Sunday's parliamentary elections, but ultimately backed down from the plan, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources. It is based on statements from politicians, opposition figures and a former senior police officer.
Serbia's long-time leader Aleksandar Vučić was ready to stage a coup d'état after losing Sunday's parliamentary elections, but was talked out of it and eventually conceded defeat, the British daily The Times reports.
Times: Vucic was dissuaded from clinging to power by overturning election results
A theory has surfaced in the British press that Aleksandar Vučić planned to cling to power by force after his coalition's defeat in the elections. The Times cites opponents of the Serbian politician and a former commander of a special police...
In the British press, there was a theory that Alexander Vuccic was going to hold power after his coalition was defeated in the election. The Times refers to opponents of Serbian politics and former commander of a special police unit.
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