Belgrade
"If necessary, I will board a plane on my own to get respirators. Who can stop me? ” Said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on April 7 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. While the most radical measures have been taken - state of emergency and curfew - without consulting Parliament, the strong man from Belgrade has continued to campaign and stage his handling of the crisis as a "savior" of the nation. Propaganda served at almost daily press conferences. Personal delivery of respirators, phone calls to patients, tearful thanks to Chinese "my brother" , to "my friends" in the UAE ..."This is an integral part of the communication system that he has put in place since he was in power: there is an undisputed chief, the father of the nation, who is consulted on everything and who decides everything", believes the academician Dusan Teodorovic.
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