OKO IZBORA 16 - Predsednički izbori 20. januara i 3. februara 2008. godine
ABOUT ELECTIONS 16 - Presidential elections on January 20 and February 3, 2008

Contributor(s): Srećko Mihailović (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: CeSID
Keywords: Serbia; Elections
Summary/Abstract: The presidential elections in Serbia were announced at the time of the finalization of the long-term efforts of the Kosovo Albanians, coordinated with a number of major powers, to achieve independence. At the same time, Serbia was burdened with sloppy results in its approach to the European Union. Although these two processes more permanently characterize the Serbian political scene, there is no doubt that any questioning of the determination of the public opinion of the citizens of Serbia is used to express the party's position towards these politically crucial issues, especially when one of these issues enters the final phase. And while the constitutional referendum at the end of 2006 apparently passed without activating these two focal points of Serbian politics, because all the main parties primarily cared about the Constitution "passing" (and it could "pass" party prequalifications only with the inclusion of the Kosovo theme in the constitutional preamble), the presidential elections were a real opportunity to escalate the issues that the parties considered to be decisive for the future of Serbia - "Both Kosovo and Europe", i.e. "Either Kosovo or Europe". Sociologically speaking, this time too we are witnessing the colonizing character of our political class, that is, its effort to turn the main political issue into the main social issue, which definitively ended the occupation of civility in Serbia. By all accounts, the political class has succeeded in its plan - civil society has been captured!

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