Vučić's War Against the Academic Community

Behind Aleksandar Vučić’s Power: UDBA’s Role & Serbia’s University Uprising

Regime’s Assault on Serbia’s Universities Spark Unprecedented Unrest


🔴 Breaking News: The Hidden Forces Behind Vučić’s Rise to Power

In the murky corridors of power, some things are not left to chance. Aleksandar Vučić’s rise to political dominance in Serbia is one such story. His mother knew early on that to make her son “Aca” something substantial, she would need more than local connections. She understood that securing the right alliances required more than just charm. Enter the UDBA—the Yugoslav State Security Service, the intelligence arm akin to the Soviet Union’s KGB, which has had a far-reaching influence on the course of Serbian politics. While the full extent of how she built these critical connections remains veiled in secrecy, it’s clear that Vučić’s path to power was carefully orchestrated by the UDBA, an institution that, contrary to public belief, has never truly dissolved and still exerts influence in Serbia to this day. Vučić’s success wasn’t a product of fair elections. Since 1991, all elections have been stolen. Like the KGB, the UDBA doesn’t think in terms of election cycles but rather plans 20-30-40 years ahead. Nothing about Vučić’s ascent was accidental.


ETHICOIN IN GHANA

Vučić Confronts Unprecedented Unrest

Fast forward to present-day Serbia, where Vučić finds himself at a crossroads. For the first time since coming to power, the Serbian dictator is confronted by an unprecedented wave of public unrest. A citizen revolt, one that has been gaining momentum for over six months, remains stubbornly unyielding, with no signs of diminishing. Once a ruler who exuded confidence in his control, Vučić now faces a nation in upheaval. And the source of his greatest anxiety is the student protest movement, which has mobilized broad swathes of society in its demands for change.

 

Decentralised Revolt & Regime Repression

What makes this protest different is its decentralised nature. The movement operates without a single leader, functioning through a system of plenums, making it difficult for the regime to target specific individuals. The lack of hierarchy frustrates the regime’s usual tactics of repression, as they have no obvious figures to silence. Despite these challenges, the ruling party has attempted to break up the student blockades by resorting to extreme measures. The regime’s response has been harsh and multifaceted. Students who spoke out were subjected to a media witch hunt, while peaceful protests were met with violence. Academic gatherings were run over by vehicles, student leaders were assaulted by hired thugs—some even party affiliates—beaten with baseball bats, and some students suffered broken jaws. The criminal regime resorted to threats, intimidation, and lies to try to crush the movement, yet none of these measures have quelled the protests.

The Assault on the University System

When it became clear that direct confrontation with the students was ineffective, Vučić and his regime shifted tactics, focusing on a new target: the university system. The academic community, particularly at the University of Belgrade, showed widespread support for the student blockades. This was a direct affront to Vučić’s regime, positioning educators, deans, and rectors as enemies of the state. The University of Belgrade, led by its rector and deans, strongly condemned this media smear campaign. They denounced regime media for spreading lies, insults, and unfounded accusations aimed at discrediting members of the academic community. The university has vowed to take legal action against the deceitful, ever-untrustworthy media affiliated with Vučić for defamation, asserting that the campaign is based on ‘shameless lies’ and aims to undermine the values of knowledge and integrity that the institution represents.

Breaking the University’s Backbone

The regime’s attack on the university is not limited to media vilification. It is a coordinated, violent effort to break the spirit of the academic community. Professors living in the University district of Belgrade have had their car tires slashed, and the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, Natalija Jovanović, was stabbed in a street attack. Despite the severity of the assault, Vučić and his media allies downplayed the attack, dismissing it as a minor injury, likening it to the trivial act of cutting vegetables. This latest round of repression is not an isolated incident but part of a broader effort to stifle dissent and control the narrative surrounding Serbia’s universities. The regime, led by Vučić, is determined to eliminate any institutions that challenge its authority, and higher education is one of its primary targets. The UDBA also orchestrated the protests in front of RTS to further manipulate the narrative.

Students Enter Politics & UDBA’s Shadow?

Although they had spent six months resisting any political involvement, the latest actions by students indicate that they are slowly entering the political arena. Serbian opposition leader Nikola Sandulović, President of the Republican Party in Serbia, has always publicly advised them that without clear political goals, the entire protest would be meaningless. Of course, he also warned them against falling into the traps set by the UDBA. Well, it seems the students are now exactly where the UDBA wanted them to be. The Plenary of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad called for the calling of early parliamentary elections. In their request, the students demanded the creation of a parliamentary list, the division of mandates by cities, and that candidates from the state University of Novi Pazar be included on the minority list. Simultaneously, they launched an initiative in Kosjerić—where local elections are set to take place in June. There, opposition groups and citizens will unite under one list without the names of political parties, as proposed and supported by the students. If you want to understand how the UDBA destroys opposition, look no further than this example. The students kicked off their political activism by cycling to Strasbourg, an utterly misguided idea planted by the UDBA. There, they met with three Members of the European Parliament, who each gave them just one minute of their time—totaling a grand total of three minutes. A top-tier humiliation. The pressure is mounting as their peers embark on a relay marathon to Brussels, aiming to attend a session of the European Parliament. Well, another master manipulation by the UDBA.

Nikola Sandulović is an Serbian politician. He is also the President of the Republican Party in Serbia, and the President of the Republican Union of Balkan.

BREAKING CRYPTO NEWS

The Marathon to Brussels: A UDBA Strategy to Derail the Student Protests

The student uprising in Serbia began after the tragic deaths of 16 people in Novi Sad on November 1, sparking blockades across universities nationwide. Despite their demands for institutional reform, the protest took an unexpected turn when the UDBA intervened, redirecting the movement into a symbolic journey to Strasbourg, where the student movement faced humiliation, and now to Brussels. Students were persuaded to embark on a 1,993-kilometer marathon under the “From My Village to Brussels” campaign, intending to deliver a letter to European Parliament members. Along the way, the students endured increasing verbal and physical attacks, vilified as terrorists and foreign mercenaries. On March 15, the crowd was assaulted with directed energy weapons by the regime. Their families were also targeted, with some banned from entering Serbia. Meanwhile, the regime formed a continuity government, dismissing calls for a new expert-led administration. Despite these efforts by the UDBA to manipulate and derail their movement, the students’ fight for intellectual and political freedom endures.


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