Confusion and disappointment – these are the terms used by Danas interlocutors, public opinion researchers, to answer questions about how the collapse of the Serbia Against Violence coalition, forty days before the Belgrade and local elections, reflects on their electorate.
Which, let’s say, makes it over million people.
Although they point out that it is currently impossible to assess from a research point of view whether the decision to boycott or to go to the elections, which the coalition parties are divided on, is better, they agree that the only benefit from the disintegration at this moment is the regime of Aleksandar Vučić.
Bojan Klačar, executive director of Cesid, tells Danas that the latest events in the opposition have shaken their political position.
– Divisions were caused that led to different and contradictory explanations and returned control of the political agenda to the SNS. In practice, this led to the disorientation of the voters because they are divided over the decision whether or not to go to the elections, but they are also confused by the fact that the boycott is not comprehensive but selective and refers only to Belgrade – explains Bojan Klačar.
Another consequence is dissatisfaction among opposition voters, anger and anger because the long-awaited and desired decision on opposition unity lasted less than a year, he adds.
– It seems that in the coming days, the opposition is entering a kind of dark vilayet where no decision is good and the first goal should be to get out of that vicious circle and to make a good election tactic, due to the short time left until the 2nd. June. At this stage, SNS is at an advantage and the opposition needs to find a way to act in these new, changed circumstances – concludes Bojan Klačar.
Vladimir Pejić, director of Faktor plus, tells Danas that it will be easy for someone in a year or two to say whether boycotting or going to the elections was a good idea, but, at the moment, he emphasizes, it is not possible to make such an assessment.
– Maybe in the long term the decision to go to the elections will be justified, but I have to say that at this moment it, as well as the division of the opposition regarding the boycott of the elections – answers to the authorities – emphasizes the interlocutor of Danas.
A boycott is not a small matter, he further notes, and “Dragan Djilas big game”.
– He said that what concerns me is Vračar when all of Serbia is in chaos… He showed some kind of consistency and that he is not easy to deal with… – notes the interlocutor of Danas.
On the other hand, he says, the arguments of the part of the opposition that decided to go to the elections, to defeat the government in two or three steps, also make sense.
– These are difficult dilemmas and it is not easy to judge what brings one and what the other – says Vladimir Pejić.
As he concludes, it is quite certain that the division of the opposition and the collapse of the coalition Serbia against violence causes voters a negative connotation in relation to the opposition, especially emphasizing the confusion that arises among voters as a result of the messages sent by the opposition.
– There were many good things that they did, and one of the best was precisely that – that they maintained unity. The authorities are now rubbing their hands – concludes Vladimir Pejić.
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