Vučić has brought Serbia into the deepest crisis since the fall of Milošević

Vučić and Brnabić are leading Serbia into lawlessness and into the deepest energy, legal, and geopolitical crisis—crises that are the direct consequence of refusing to impose sanctions on Russia, of dictatorial ambitions, and of trapping the state in lies and permanent provisional rule.

The latest statements by President Aleksandar Vučić and Speaker of Parliament Ana Brnabić constitute an open admission that Serbia has been driven not only into a state of energy insecurity, but also into a constitutional crisis, a crisis of the rule of law, a condition of economic uncertainty, and a serious international risk caused by the arbitrariness of Aleksandar Vučić.

The President has publicly admitted that for months he has been making decisions beyond his constitutional authority, outside his knowledge and competence, while protecting the interests of a Russian state-owned company rather than the citizens of Serbia—and that he intends to continue doing so; that he is willing for Serbia to “pay its Russian friends more than they asked from others,” as if citizens’ money were his private property.

By announcing that the Government will submit amendments to the Budget Law “after talks that Vučić conducted with various parties,” Ana Brnabić confirmed that Vučić is unlawfully influencing the work of the Government, controlling Parliament, determining the content of laws, and directing processes that, under the Constitution, fall exclusively within the powers of the executive and legislative branches. This also signals that the budget will be unlawfully used to regulate property relations.

Such poorly concealed nationalization will directly expose Serbia to arbitration lawsuits from Russia, the risk of secondary U.S. sanctions, the interruption of the European Union accession process, and the loss of credibility in the eyes of current and future foreign investors. Serbia is being pushed toward isolation.

The only way out of this crisis is the resignation of the President of the Republic and of all institutional actors who have knowingly and unconstitutionally led Serbia into legal, political, and energy chaos. Combined with the attack on the judiciary, the party takeover of the police, and the attempt to place the army under the president’s operational control, Vučić is pushing Serbia into a state of open personal autocracy.