Student List Unveils Its 11-Point Election Plan
The Student List, running as Students Win, presented its election program in 11 points and three sections, and after Vojvodina the rollout moves to eastern Serbia today.
The Student List, running under the name Students Win, began rolling out its election program on Tuesday, September 15. The document, called the Studentski plan, is split into 11 points across three sections. The campaign launched at dozens of locations across Vojvodina and continues for five days, through Saturday, when Belgrade and central Serbia are up. Today, Wednesday, September 16, it is eastern Serbia’s turn.
Until now, most of what the public knew was that the list had been submitted to the Republic Election Commission and was awaiting certification. The content of the program itself stayed out of the spotlight until Tuesday, when students at dozens of stands started handing out flyers covering all 11 points and collecting signatures of support.
How the Day-by-Day Rollout Is Organized
The presentation of the plan runs over five days. According to the list’s statement, Vojvodina was covered on Tuesday, eastern Serbia is today, western Serbia follows on Thursday, the south on Friday, and Belgrade with central Serbia close out the tour on Saturday.
On the first day, stands were set up at 205 locations across Vojvodina, according to Danas, while the list’s own statement cites more than 50 towns, including Novi Sad, Subotica, Kikinda, Sabac, Zrenjanin and Vrbas, along with the suburban settlements of Petrovaradin, Budisava, Futog and Sremska Kamenica. In Novi Sad, stands were spread across 15 of the busiest locations, from the city center and the Promenade to the Liman market and the Novi Sad Fair.
The first name on the list, cardiologist Ilija Srdanovic, opened the presentation by describing it as the movement’s first official address to the public.
“This is our first campaign event in which we’re officially addressing the Serbian public,” Srdanovic said at the stand near the Novi Sad Fair.
Speaking to the outlet 021.rs, he offered a more detailed breakdown of the document’s structure.
“I’m holding this flyer with the three main groups, the program’s 11 points, that will form the backbone of this campaign,” Srdanovic said.
What Do the Plan’s Three Sections Say?
The first section, called Serbia or the Mafia, has four points. It calls for setting up a Special Prosecutorial Police that would independently investigate corruption, a law on the origin of assets and lustration of public officials backed by a stronger Tax Administration, full transparency in public procurement and a review of past infrastructure projects, and finally the departisation of the electronic media regulator, including the withdrawal and reallocation of national broadcasting frequencies.
The second section, Knowledge Is Power, has three points: moving public-sector hiring to strict open competitions, free textbooks for all elementary and high school students, and grants for startups and farmers.
The third section, Serbia Grows With Us, carries four points. It proposes cutting the maximum duration of fixed-term employment contracts from 24 to 12 months, affordable rental housing for young couples paired with tax relief, protection of farmland as a national asset, and lower drug prices alongside the revival of rural health clinics.
The plan itself states that rooting out corruption and seizing illegally acquired assets would free up hundreds of millions of euros for new public investment. According to available information, the program has also been published on the movement’s website, cited variously across sources as studenti.org.rs and as blokade.org.
In the statement accompanying the program, the students said the document was not drafted behind closed doors.
“This isn’t a program written behind closed doors. This is a plan for a state where institutions serve citizens, not party interests,” the Student List said.
Reactions on the Ground and the SNS Presence
Alongside the flyers, stands also kept collecting signatures from citizens throughout the day. Sinisa Lusev, a Technology Faculty student who visited stands in Srbobran, Nadalj and Sremska Kamenica during the day, described the public response as positive.
“Most citizens are already familiar with our program, more of them are coming up to us to show their support,” Lusev said.
At several locations in Novi Sad, stands run by the Serbian Progressive Party were set up close to the student stands throughout the day. According to Danas, while citizens kept approaching the student representatives, the ruling party’s stands were largely empty, and activists from one of the teams told reporters that conversations were not possible for now because they were “still waiting for people to gather.”
The Republic Election Commission’s decision on certifying the Student List, expected on September 16, had not yet been announced at the time the plan was presented. The next test for the list will be today’s continuation of the rollout in eastern Serbia, which will show whether the turnout seen on the first day in Vojvodina carries over to the rest of the country.
