Serbia’s students demand resignations in police, judiciary as they prepare to take power
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia s student movement on Thursday demanded the resignations of top officials in the police, intelligence agencies and the judiciary as they prepare to take power after a historic election win last weekend against former strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic. The students at a news conference also urged Serbia s election authorities to officially declare the final results of Sunday s ballot without delay after a rerun at some 50 polling stations next Sunday, so that a new Parliament and government can be formed. The Students’ List movement swept the parliamentary election on Sunday against Vucic’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party, which has ruled unchallenged for 14 years. The outgoing authorities remain in control as the formal transition of power will take several weeks. “Changes are starting now,” student Filip Ubovic said at the news conference held at a central Belgrade park that used to be a sealed-off area occupied by Vucic s loyalists. “Institution