Serbia's student movement, following a victory, is preparing to assume power and has begun demanding resignations in the police and judiciary while initiating a clean-up process.

What it means

This is about the immediate aftermath of the Student List's shock victory in Serbia's parliamentary election, which ended Aleksandar Vucic's more than decade-long rule. The student-led movement is shifting from protest to governance: supporters are scrubbing away politically charged graffiti in Belgrade, while student leaders are demanding resignations of senior police and judicial officials and calling for cases linked to corruption and the Novi Sad disaster to be reopened or expedited.

Accuracy & sourcesGrounded

The claim rests on AP and AFP wire reporting from Belgrade, relayed by JIJI and other outlets, and the core facts are consistent across multiple independent sources. It is solid as a description of the movement's public demands and the clean-up scenes, though "prepare to take power" is shorthand: the Student List won the election but government formation is still under way and coalition outcomes are not yet settled.

How new

Genuinely new reporting from 29–30 October 2026, capturing events days after the 26 October election; no recirculation year is given.

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