Opposition Official Says Construction Minister’s Resignation Is a Display of Hypocrisy 

Novi Sad, November 1 2024 (BETAPHOTO/DRAGAN GOJIC)

The resignation offered by Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesic was a display of hypocrisy, because he did not feel a shred of responsibility for the fatal accident at the Novi Sad railway station, in which 14 people had been killed, Borislav Novakovic, the deputy leader of the opposition People’s Movement of Serbia and an MP in the Serbian Parliament, said on Nov. 5. 

He said that Vesic’s resignation was a step in the right direction, but that the greatest accountability lied on Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic.

“We are not talking about personal accountability, we have to change the system, and this is a system where corruption is entrenched and systemic,” Novakovic said, adding that neither Novi Sad nor Serbia would be placated before the prime minister stepped down.