Ana Brnabić, Serbia’s acting president and speaker of parliament, became embroiled in a heated verbal confrontation with a group of citizens in Belgrade after President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in the snap parliamentary elections.
Footage published by the Belgrade-based weekly Vreme shows Brnabić approaching citizens celebrating the Student List’s victory. She claimed they had insulted her as she drove past them in her car.
“Tell me now, who is the b****? Who is the b****, you or me?” she is heard shouting at one of the people present, who was holding a beer.
When a citizen questioned how she could have heard the alleged insults through the car’s bulletproof windows, Brnabić insisted that he repeat them directly to her face.
“So, we’re b****** only until we come and look you in the eye,” she said during the confrontation. At one point, she also pushed away the hand of a woman standing nearby.
Another citizen told Brnabić that her word no longer carried any weight. She responded by insisting that she did not have an armoured car and was not afraid of her own people.
“It’s easy to insult people when there’s no one there to answer you. Cowards,” she told the crowd.
At one point, Brnabić stepped into the road and stood in the middle of a traffic lane, shouting, “Go on, hit me!” Meanwhile, citizens wished her good night and sang celebratory songs, including “E, sad adio” (“And now, goodbye”).
The confrontation took place as people in Belgrade and other Serbian cities celebrated the victory of the “Student List – Students Win” electoral bloc.
According to projections by CeSID and Ipsos, based on 96% of the processed sample, the Student List won 140 seats in Serbia’s parliament, while the list led by Aleksandar Vučić, “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia,” secured 103 seats.
Brnabić was a candidate on Vučić’s electoral list.
The confrontation offered a striking glimpse of the tensions within Vučić’s political camp following an electoral setback that could end years of its dominance over Serbian politics.
