Spine surgery in 1999 in Belgrade and a short visit in 2022 are what connects the man born in Rudo in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to the capital of Serbia.
For an interview, he spoke for almost half an hour, and, as he says, told “the whole truth” about the details of the vote in Belgrade, where at least five buses from several cities of the Republika Srpska (RS) went to Stark Arena on election day, where they were photographed by journalists.
“I voted for the first time in Belgrade and I would again”
This interviewee, a civil servant in Rudo who did not want his name and surname to be published, said that he has had a Serbian identity card with a place of residence in Belgrade for a year and a half.
He says he got it when “some people came to Rudo and brought documents”.
In the Arena, leaflets with information on polling stations were distributed
“We didn’t even know we were going to the Arena. Someone made a mistake that five buses came to the Arena, so we got in, but we can’t get out, so they take pictures, they took pictures of the buses a hundred times,” he tells how election day looked like in the Arena and around.
He denies that anyone voted in the Arena, but that leaflets were distributed there with the address where they would vote.
“They put you in the car, drive away, vote, and come back”
A resident of Rudo, who, as he says, voted for “Vucic” (Serbian Progressive Party, SNS) in Belgrade, states that in that case, he would go to vote again in Belgrade.
“In spite of myself, I would still go and vote,” was his comment. He is categorical in his assertion that he was not paid to vote, he went of his own free will and is grateful for the opportunity to support the politics and party of the President of Serbia.
On election day, in addition to transportation, they were provided with a sandwich and a bottle of water.
“Nobody asked for anything else. They put you in a car, they drive you to the place, you vote, you come back,” he says, Slobodna Evropa writes.
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