Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia
A student-led movement that recently won the Serbian election is demanding the resignation of top police and intelligence officials. The group aims to reform the political system and investigate corruption following a fatal railway station collapse.
Why it matters
This represents a significant democratic shift in Serbia, as a grassroots movement of professionals replaces long-standing political incumbents.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Serbia's victorious Student List movement held their first press conference in a park opposite parliament
Serbia's victorious student-led movement has called for top figures in the police, intelligence and judiciary to stand down, days after ousting ex-president Aleksandar Vučić's party from power.
Standing in Pioneers' Park opposite parliament, newly elected MPs on the Student List demanded the immediate dismissal of all police officers who had broken the law, singling out the heads of the police, the BIA security agency and anti-terror unit.
It is not often a European country votes to fully reset its political system overnight, and Serbians have voted to hand the task to a group of novice politicians, made up of intellectuals, professors, artists, athletes and as many as 12 medical doctors and surgeons.
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