Serbia to rerun Belgrade election amid controversy
Serbian authorities announced on Saturday a rerun of Belgrade's election, part of local and parliamentary polls from last December, amid fraud allegations, DW reports.
Following a meeting with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Belgrade's acting mayor and former waterpolo star, Aleksandar Sapic, announced the new vote in the capital.
Sapic denied it had to do with the fraud allegations or with the SNS's failure to secure majority seats in the Belgrade city council.
He described the decision as raising "the bar [of legitimacy]."
"We made a decision that does not work in our favor but we are not afraid," Sapic said.
Earlier on Saturday, President Aleksandar Vucic had asked the SNS for an election rerun. Saturday is the deadline to form the Belgrade city assembly.
