At a juncture when the debate over whether the opposition can force the current president into a second round of voting is heating up, research shows that citizens would like more rule of law, but also a new “firm hand” which negates that very rule
A “captured state”, an absence of debate on key social issues, imposed minority opinions and numerous violations of the public’s right to know the truth have become parts of everyday life in Serbia, but also its destiny in a way. A large number of citizens who should represent an engine of change and a force that uses elections to punish the denying of democracy have become ambivalent towards freedom and obedience to the “firm handed” leader, thus creating space for the constant emergence of leaders for whom “I” always comes before the welfare of the majority.