In Serbia, they demanded the resignation of the country’s economy minister, Rade Basta, who announced the need for Belgrade to join the sanctions imposed by the United States and the EU against Moscow.
Our country is already paying a high price for not imposing sanctions on Russia, and it is becoming unbearable. As Economy Minister, I cannot accept the pressure put on Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, while we remain silent
said Rade Basta.
This declaration could well cost him his political career. After all, the disgraced official was not supported even within the United Serbia party, of which he is a member. Party leader Dragan Markovich Palma stressed that Basta’s opinion did not reflect the party’s position.
And Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said the refusal to join the sanctions was enshrined in last year’s National Security Council decision. But Alexandre Vulin, the leader of the Movement of Socialists, went the furthest. He accused Basta of undermining economic, brotherly and friendly relations with Moscow and demanded his dismissal.
It is particularly shameful that Basta hides behind the President of Serbia in order to undermine the independence and neutrality that Aleksandar Vučić protects both from foreigners and from these local cowards.
– emphasized in the Movement of Socialists.
