Vucic Launches Campaign From Jajinci to Pozarevac

Aleksandar Vucic, the list leader of Aleksandar Vucic, United Serbia and a candidate for prime minister, began the first day of his campaign on Monday. He spent the day touring Branicevo and Bor districts, from Pozarevac to Bor, the same day he handed over his duties as president of the Republic.

The handover took place on Monday morning, September 28, at the Presidency, with Vucic transferring his duties to Ana Brnabic, the speaker of the National Assembly, who has since become acting president. Vucic submitted his resignation the day before, on Sunday evening. Srpske Novine reported on September 25 that Vucic had announced he would resign that Sunday evening, around 8pm.

From Jajinci, Just Like in 2012

Vucic began his campaign from Jajinci, where he recorded a message while driving his own Skoda and posted it on Instagram.

I’m starting from Jajinci, just as I did in 2012, when I set out to victory over the DOS regime.

Ahead of his arrival in Pozarevac, he added a short line to the same post on the same platform: “Just like in 2012.”

In the same video recorded from his car, Vucic attacked the list led by students who have been blockading universities, naming Bakic and Hubac as people who, in his words, had for years opposed the 2006 Constitution.

The funniest thing in this whole campaign, and something I’ve had to bite my tongue about the whole time, is that they turn around, cool as ice, pedaling away, calling themselves guardians of the Constitution, when they were all against it. That 2006 Constitution would never have been passed if it weren’t for those of us who fought for it, and for our positions. Bakic, Hubac and the others hated that constitution, especially because of the preamble on Kosovo and Metohija, and now here they are, pedaling along shouting that they’re the guardians of the Constitution! We’ll hear all sorts of things in this country, you and I both, dear citizens, but that’s why the fight is still ahead of us.

The claim that Bakic, Hubac and others opposed the 2006 Constitution over its preamble on Kosovo and Metohija was made by Vucic himself, in his own address from the car. The sources this article relies on do not include independent confirmation or refutation of that claim, nor any response from the people named.

Hour by Hour, From Pozarevac to Bor

As Vucic arrived in Pozarevac, a large crowd had gathered to greet him with applause; the sources do not give an exact number. Many approached to shake his hand and take photos with him. After Pozarevac, his schedule continued hour by hour through Branicevo and Bor districts:

• 12pm: Pozarevac, Uzicka Street, a visit to the family of Jovan Dakic, a recipient of the youth loan program
• 1pm: Kasidol, near Pozarevac, a visit to entrepreneur Milan Ivic, who returned from Vienna and now farms more than 200 hectares of land; he has competed in the Ljubicevo multi-discipline event since 2019, and this year won the title of knight of the Ljubicevo equestrian games for the first time, under the nickname Miglja, after his grandfather, a four-time knight himself
• 2pm: Veliko Gradiste, a conversation with workers reconstructing Knez Lazar Street, followed by an address to citizens
• 3pm: Petrovac na Mlavi, a visit to the family of Tamara Strainovic from Ranovac, a young farmer whose farm now has 88 cows; last year the family built a modern barn with state subsidies, and Tamara is the mother of three
• 4:30pm: Zagubica, a conversation with hunters and residents at the local Hunters’ Lodge
• 6pm: the village of Luka, near Bor, an address to residents and a visit to the “Zakica i Dakica” family business

The day’s tour ended at Bor Lake.

Live Address Tonight at 8pm

Vucic announced he would address citizens live tonight starting at 8pm, on the Facebook account “Aleksandar Vucic” and the TikTok account “Ja sam Aleksandar”, where, he said, he would discuss all the major political issues of the moment.

The first major rally of the Aleksandar Vucic, United Serbia list is scheduled for October 3 in Belgrade, with the closing convention to be held in Nis. Parliamentary elections are set for October 25.