‘You won’t manage it tonight’: Students call a gathering for Wednesday in front of the RIK against the diaspora voting decision

The blockading students have called the gathering ‘Neće moći ove noći’ (‘You won’t manage it tonight’) for Wednesday at 18:00 in front of the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) in Belgrade, as the Serbian newspaper Danas reports.

The aim, according to the students, is the joint submission of complaints against the RIK’s decision — taken on the basis of a proposal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — which, they say, makes it harder for citizens in the diaspora to exercise their right to vote. The call was published on the student blockades’ social media accounts, Danas reports.

Background: the RIK has already announced 93 polling stations outside Serbia for the 25 October elections. The decision has drawn criticism from the opposition: the Kreni-Promeni movement criticised the Foreign Ministry, while Savo Manojlović accused the RIK of ‘rigging’ the diaspora vote, according to Danas.