{"id":220285,"date":"2026-10-22T14:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=220285"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:59:44","slug":"rector-dokic-i-am-certain-that-the-student-list-will-win-the-largest-number-of-votes-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/rector-dokic-i-am-certain-that-the-student-list-will-win-the-largest-number-of-votes-video\/","title":{"rendered":"RECTOR \u0110OKI\u0106: \u201cI am certain that the Student List will win the largest number of votes!\u201d (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Appearing on the pre-election program \u201cHalf an Hour with Demostat,\u201d<\/strong> Prof. Dr. Vladan \u0110oki\u0107<\/strong><\/a> gave his full support to the Student List, assessing that the movement had taken over from fragmented political parties. He stressed that the emergence of students as a new political force represents a historic opportunity and expressed his conviction that they would win the largest number of votes in the election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan \u0110oki\u0107, was not surprised when the presence of the \u201cPegasus\u201d spyware was discovered on his phone, as he has been under surveillance for more than a year and a half, he explained to Demostat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They follow him by car and on foot, photograph him, and listen in on his conversations\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a continuation of the abuse of power against those who think differently, an attempt to put pressure on people who have opinions on certain public issues. What is different in this case is the fact that it is not just me who is affected, but all my contacts. This threatens not only my privacy and security, but also those of my family, friends, colleagues, and everyone I communicate with in my capacity as rector of the University,\u201d the rector said during his appearance on the pre-election program \u201cHalf an Hour with Demostat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stressed that this represents a higher level of intrusion into privacy and an unlawful act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was carried out by the state or representatives of certain institutions, because only states can possess this kind of software. This is certainly something that requires greater attention from both our own and the international public, and I will respond accordingly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked by host Zoran Panovi\u0107 about the difference between his role as rector and his public political and social views, given that he has, in a certain way, become the face of the major student and social uprising, \u0110oki\u0107 said that the current government treats the university as its political rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven that this movement is unique, that it has no leader and that the students started out without any kind of leader, the authorities had to focus on a person whom they could present as the representative of the student movement. They focused on me because I head the largest and most important university in our country, which, through its members, has largely supported the initial student demands and the movement as a whole,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the essence and the motive, he explained, emphasizing that he is not a politician, but first and foremost a professor at the Faculty of Architecture and currently the rector of a university whose duty, alongside teaching professional skills, is to teach students to think critically and form their own opinions about developments in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the terms \u201canarchists, Hamas supporters, Usta\u0161e, terrorists, or Satanists\u201d used by the current authorities to describe students, Rector \u0110oki\u0107 recalled a government minister who said that the police had the right to kill students, another who told parents not to send their children to state universities in Serbia because they would return in coffins, and a former president who called professors parasites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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