The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, stated that the “blockaders,” as he referred to them, responded negatively to his apology for the harsh words he had spoken about them, because “that’s what youth is like, in a revolutionary fervor, they rush out before they think.”
“My apology was sincere, not to ingratiate myself with anyone, not because, as some might think, I was afraid, but out of a desire to change the atmosphere in society,” Vučić said, during a tour of the National Stadium construction site as part of the EXPO project.
He said that he sometimes “reacted emotionally to irrational insults,” but that he knows how to admit it, unlike his political opponents.
“My hand is extended to those who think differently,” Vučić said, stating that he has his own ideas but is the president of all citizens.
He also said that he will accommodate the “blockaders” so that parliamentary elections will be held early, a decision that will be made by “competent institutions.”
“I am happy that everything passed peacefully and with dignity”
Speaking about yesterday’s marking of the anniversary of the tragedy, in which 16 people died in the canopy collapse at the Novi Sad railway station, he said that at the peak, there were about 40,000 people in Novi Sad. He also mentioned that it was marked at the Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade and that he was happy that it passed “peacefully and with dignity.”
When asked about the arrest of Novi Sad councilman Miša Bačulov, who is accused of attempting to stage his own poisoning to blame Vučić, the President of Serbia said he “almost feels sorry for that man because he thought he was important.”
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