Nebojsa Zelenovic, one of the leaders of the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) and president of Together for Serbia (ZzS), stated on Sunday that fair elections will be the condition that the opposition leaders will make clear in Brussels and that they will present to the European Parliament their views on the political drama that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has created in the country.

“We are resolute in stance and it is good that we will have the opportunity to inform the European MPs about this. It is our goal to take part in the elections, and that will happen when the demands for fair elections are met,” Zelenovic said, as reported by the Beta agency.

The dismissal of all the members of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) and the election of nine new members, with previously reaching a consensus on them, would represent an essential beginning of negotiations on creating conditions for free elections, Zelenovic said. He also said that in Brussels he will clearly say that the regime is pushing Serbia towards civic clashes, which could have inconceivable consequences.

“The unprecedented campaign against all those who speak out critically against the government, which is being carried out through unscrupulous attacks on independent media, journalists, professors, actors, judges, the shameless house detention of whistleblower Aleksandar Obradovic, as well as the existence of 230,000 citizens of Serbia held under contract by the government in the public sector, forcing them to collect capillary votes and mobilize criminals for their electoral machinery, creates completely unbearable living conditions,” Zelenovic concluded.

Representatives of the Freedoms and Justice Party (SSP), DS, and ZZP will next week speak in the European Parliament about the electoral conditions at a debate organized by a group of socialists and democrats. Dragan Djilas will speak in front of the SSP, the DS will be represented by Dejan Nikolic, while Zelenovic will represent the ZzS.

The European Western Balkans has reported that the moderator will be MEP Demetris Papadakis, from Cyprus, who is shadow rapporteur of the S&D group for Serbia. The opening speech will be held by Tanja Fajon, president of the EP Delegation for Serbia, while Tonino Picula, the coordinator of the S&D parliamentary group Committee on Foreign Affairs, will have the closing word.