Serbia's President has accused the Federal Government of"harassing" and"torturing" their tennis superstar Novak Djokovic after his visa was cancelled for the second time.
"Australians have made many sacrifices during the pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected. Mr Vučić responded via social media with a scathing four-minute video titled:"Support for Novak Djokovic and response to the Prime Minister of Australia". Stream more political news live & on demand with Flash, Australia's biggest news streaming service. New to Flash? Try 14 days free now
"They often preach to us about the law of rule. You can imagine what it would look like if a Minister in Serbia annulled court decisions," Mr Vučić said. The interview will be held at an unknown location with the lawyers for Djokovic fearing a"media circus" and ongoing security risks.
Serbian President sticking his beek in, when nothing to do with him!! The issue is finished & so is Djokovic!!
Pathetic attempt to defend the indefensible. Of course Djokovic is welcome in Serbia when he's not wandering around / living anywhere else - isn't that equally the President's plan to please the (Serbian) public? Treating a sovereign state's rules with contempt has consequences.
Instead of the Serbian President criticising Australia's Covid rules, he should look to his own country's rules and investigate how Djokovic managed to attend an interview, whilst having Covid and putting other peoples health and safety at risk.
Instead of the Serbian President criticising Australia's vaccination rules to protect their citizens, he should look to his own rules and investigate how Djokovic managed to do an interview in public whilst having Covid. Serbia's vaccination rate isn't anything to be proud of.
Australian sovereignty should be respected. Serbian 'president' should know to respect. Any country sovereignty LAWS are for their own country. Laws are for the good and bad equally. No one should be above the LAWS. RULES ARE RULES. Goodbye Novak Djoker. Bye..bye.
I'm sure the SerbiaNazi politicians think of their elections as well.
Dear Mr Serbian President - please explain to me what would happen or what consequences if I lied on my VisaEntry Form in the BalticStates Auspol
Just wait for the court case from Novak to the federal government for loss of earnings. Guess tax payers will flip the bill for this one too. Stop wasting tax payers $$$
Time Liberial and Labour and Greens removed from governance of any kind
News just in ….. Serbian president is RIGHT
He should be more worried about his country and his people, look after them, he should look at himself , they are having an election as well, is he doing the same thing .
You’ve got to be joking. If the roles were reversed, would he not uphold the laws of his own country?
Why does it appear every country's leader is smarter than ours? ScottyDoesNothing
The Australian PM would NOT win the next Election for simply standing firm on the vaccine mandate
BoycottAustralianOpen 🎾
100% correct Scomo needs to pick his fights better. Shame he doesn’t have Peta Credlin as his COS.
Djokovic is obviously trying to stir things! Why come here when he knew he was in breach of AO rules- The Australian Open committee should weigh in- disqualify him! Why is he still here? Every other player has done the right thing He is a proven liar! he has no credibility
Disgraceful journalism Sky News, you could have pointed out Djokovic is solely responsible for Visa application content no matter WHO he delegated to lodge same. Also lied on earlier Spanish application just a few days earlier. Serbian President a disgrace blaming politics.....!
The Serbian President is correct, Morrison is an opportunistic political animal.
He said something wrong? WeStandWithDjokovic
This is the one and only truth. AU silly politicans broke law and dismiss their own court because someone followed rules which they made. This AU politicans are ready to do everything to win election, even to ruin AU reputation in the World. What they already did. AU IS A JOKE!
The Serbian President apparently will welcome all people who provide false border declarations
Poor aussies, the entire nation is themselves in fear because of one unvaccinated guy🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ Djokovic is 100% a legend.
Serbia needs to keep its mouth shut .
Australia is torturing the best tennis player in the world as if he came to blow up the whole island! WeStandWithNovak more than Australia has ever stood with its own citizen FreeAssangeNOW
He deserves to stay behind bars showing fake docs.
Probably right, all politicians are, I suggest, corrupt. Anything to get re-elected.
That is obvious..
Pathetic.
Que le declare la guerra a ese pelotudo australiano! Cómo va a tener 10 días detenido a una persona por ejercer su derecho de no vacunarse? A quien puede ocurrirsele una idea tan abominable? Genocida!
Djoke has to go, he shouldn't be here to start with. He's a Djokethedick
Exactly! 👏🏻
Yes that’s correct what the prime minister have in mind, but let me tell you what, this kind of behaviour the Australian people they don’t like, so Any why MR Morrison he got 4 months to enjoy his presidency position before kickoff ..
He has a point
IStandWithNovak
enough fascism!!
the public health hazard?
The Serbian president should know that only 40% of their country is vaccinated because he is against vaccination.
This guy is trouble maker, selfice, ugly and disgusted, luckily he is in Australia , not other country , if he does'nt not cope with world rule , how can he travel to play tennis in most of the country have restrict rule of vaccine, he is not allow to get in, no court but jail
Maybe Serbia should concentrate on de-escalating their War-Mongering actions that they were sanctioned for.
He'd be right about that.
Vučić on point
What's the Serbian presidents laws on unvaxed croations entering Serbia Asking for a mate ?
Exactly. Australia doesn’t deserve to hold the games, because they are politicalized. All we see is, a World Wide Tennis Player (covid-19 free) against butt hurt Aussie PM and Minister of Immigration, both politicians, trying not to lose face (and especially votes, of course).
So many people believe you cannot come to this country unless double vaccinated, however you can be exempted if you satisfy other criteria such as important athlete. The minister has not cancelled his visa for not being vaccinated as this would not hold up under boarder rules
All these people thinking they have a better understanding of the facts than the judges and court is hilarious
Imagine a PM that is listening to public opinion and putting the rights of Australians ahead of foreign nationals. Still won’t get re-elected but it’s a start.
100% political self interest from Morrison. Health? Public Interest? Yes of course it was.... 🙄
It’s true 💯 Novak is a hero he will win more GS but what two ministers done to Greatest tennis players ever will never be forgotten Shame on Australian Government
Putting the circular firing squad of dickheads aside, this is a pretty fair observation from the Serbian leader.
So many bogans here lol
So the Serbian president agrees with people that lie and deliberately ignor the rules of a country, I bet if somebody tried to get into his country it would be different, what a sycophant. auspol auspoll AustralianOpen DjokerNole SerbianGov
They completely fkd the whole process up. Should never have been granted a visa in the first place. No looking into travel, no real questioning.. a total fk up from the beginning.
Kick him out
Serbian President is right. This is a political game. Shame on Aust govt.
Well yeah, but then that is what the majority of Australians want and ScoMo is just pandering to them.
He is just hiding the most stupid anticovid strategy ever imagined. Those are there numbers in summer with record heat!
He is a weak PM and going for the soft target to look strong and decisive and making Australia look pathetic. Melbourne needs big events, what else do we have besides shit weather.
Pretty much it.
One politician complaining about another politician. How droll.
He only want to spread the virus whereever he goes not in this country we don’t want him I want my son can’t because of the virus He is in lockdown in his state we may never see him again Dad 88 81 for me Dad had stroke health not that good he may die not see son again
What both prime ministers doing? Such a shame, from sport event they making political scandal. Most simple to stop scandal is: DEPARTURE BACK IMMEDIATELY, ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKE ACTION AGAINTS JUDGE KELLY WHO MADE GROUNDLESS JUDGMENT, TAKE ACTION AGAINST BORDER FORCE.
I'll agree with him on the 'win elections'and 'please the public' it's so obvious
Quack the Serbs lol
Things don't operate here like in Serbia. Hero worship is a national pastime. Don't mention the war.
Please the public… BS!!!
Get a grip - he’s just a tennis player !
Why isn’t the President or head of Monaco coming to his countryman’s defence? Djokovic is a permanent resident of Monte Carlo, Monaco, not anywhere in Serbia. “Novak Djokovic explains why he lives in Monte Carlo”
Its spun out as long as possible by Morrison & co plus News Corp, as just another political distraction to avoid other issues. No votes in this one.
Scott Morrison’s national plan to distract from his leadership. Djokovic emptyshelves
Very nice, just left out the bit about lies told to get into Spain and same to get computer generated Visa prior to arrival in Australia......it is everyone else trying to make it political, not Australian Border Control, Morrison or Mrs Smith in Worri Yallock !
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It is
Imagine that … a government who wishes to please their people.
It’s all true! Torturing and harassing! One champion! Shame Australia …
What happens in Serbia if you are Albanian?.
wont matter if he keeps immigration going he will lose anyway
Failed Bludger PM
Yep it’s a great distraction for a failed bludger PM
If lying to the Australian Government gets you kicked out of Australia, what happens to a PM who repeatedly lies to the Australian people?
His not wrong- Sco Mo is going to be a Dead kanga by the road hit by a wave of previous Liberal voters electing other smaller minor parties instead .. ScottytheFailure Tennis NovakDjokovic Serbian
So in the last few months - Morrison has managed to piss off France, China now Serbia ! ScottMorrisonMP ScottytheFailure ScottyDoesntGiveARats ScottyFromHillsong ScottyTheGaslighter scottymustgo
Rules are Rules didn't you say Scotty? So why is a multimillion business & cult Hillsong been allowed to get off fine free after blatantly arrogantly defied NSW rules & had a big dance bash? + thousands given 1,000's free RAT'S ? Where did they get them from Qld Rail- Pharmacies?
Well he's not wrong there.!! Maybe if Djokavic joined Hillsong Morrison will let him off ?
Not far from the truth!
He won't win the election bc scott is completely useless We've seen that first hand for 3 years
So Serbia doesn’t have entry requirements and doesn’t detain people … oh, wait. They do, so they are just being hypocritical and trying to humiliate the AU govt
The Australian Government could've fixed this months ago by simply saying no based on the fact Novax publicly stated he wasn't vaxxed. Instead this has been drawn out, making Australia look indecisive, foolish & bumbling. The PM & his team are out of touch. And out of time.
Yet, Djokovic admitted has admitted to breaking Serbian quarantine laws which have a maximum 3 year jail term! Does the Serbian President hold such little regard to his own country’s laws?
No doubt about it.
The Serbian prime minister should be concerned Novak broke quarantine rules in his own country when he had covid.
Anti Vaxer Djokovic has a right to refuse vaccination and Australia has a right to boot him out. Send him back to Serbia with his tennis balls.
Don't change the subject or the topic or the intent.. Cry Babies to the hilt
No. This is the reason.
good call by serbia, sco mo is more interested the economy than saving lives, but he know the average liberal voter has the iq of a house brick and will love him for it
The Serbian President is spot on.
You're screwed now. President Vucic is the smartest person I know
What’s the role of Rio Tinto in this drama?
Australian government is not just torturing Novak it’s torturing its own citizens
Well... he's not wrong Problem is ScoMo bas failed so hard he's gasping for air right now
ScottMorrisonMP Liberal and Labor sold Australia out to big pharma together. Then together! made AustralianOpen an embarrassment politically driven . You don’t use “health” as the reason to cancel a visa of the healthiest athletes in the world. helped them do it.
Lol anybody votes liberal or Labor should be **** we need a government that will treat the vaccanited as they are walking plagues
That's what I said, 'Childish Immigration minister sucking up he's Boss, Appalling, Cheap Federal Browny Points', Putting the Epidemic on Novak's head for Political Gain',..!
Fore sure. What’s it really public health they wouldn’t have hosted the Australian Open this year…
What’s the Serbian president going to do about the fact he broke the rules by not isolating while testing positive in his own country. Tsk Tsk Tsk
Pretty sick of being preached to by the Serbian President and the arrogant Djokovic family. They were inciting protests even prior to the first hearing. They aren’t interested in the welfare of Australians.
More arrogance from Serbia
Spot on. But this will backfire on Scomo, he’s about to lose a lot of votes from his base.
Really soooo...... What the hell So by the president of Serbia come out and talk about the way our country is dealing with there super clown 🤡🤡 his basically doing that same thing lol votes votes votes lmao
He’s right that the move is 100% political. He’s wrong about SloMo winning an election
Or.... Djokovic could just get vaccinated and be an adult like most of the other tennis players & people who abided by the rules. There's also that!
100% on the money!!
Should we be really worried about what Serbian leader/s have to say about this. Feel for Novak, TennisAustralia and Novak’s team should have handled the matters well.
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I thought Novak was facing 3 years jail in Serbia for breaking COVID Health Orders.
Now if Novax joins Hillsong he can stay
Yes everybody got his different kind of torture S🌚t for many years
Well on that basis the Serbian President is correct
Serbia
Look, your boy made his decision, now he has to live the consequences. Get over the crying baby.
He is not going to win any election. He is down like a stone. sackthemall
ongoing human rights abuses in Serbia
Fat chance on winning a chook raffle . This shittee excuse for a PM is toast .
Well isn't that what Morrison is doing!?!?!
SerbianGov here, have a tissue.
1000% 🤡🌍
Dear Serbian President, NO ONE BELIEVES SCUMO EITHER WAY. ITS ALL NARCISSISTIC MANIPULATION. ✌😊
Well it is true, ScottMorrisonMP is a joke and AlexHawkeMP. The rule of law does not apply in Australia, it falls on deaf ears!
No, that’s the media putting words into his head.
A PM wanting to please the people doesn’t seem a bad thing?
Vucic is master of wining elections and pleasing public right before elections. His expertise in this department is unparalleled. Takes one to know one. It pains me to day this, but I believe him first time ever
WHY ISNT Novak DJOVIC isn’t vaccinated not fair on Melbourne and Melbourne tennis players
Yeah and he’s right. The moment there was a hint of public speculation that Dan Andrews allowed the entry these weasels you protect saw a chance to gain cheap points. It’s pathetic.
I bet Julian Assange wishes he was Serbian
Well, he's not wrong ...
Rubbish serbia
he's probably not wrong though, scomo aint very popular outside his postcode.
Politicians must do what the people think and want. More importantly what is the right thing to do for the country!
Convenient that the Serbian President forgot to mention his own upcoming elections and how his grandstanding plays favourably for his campaign.
The Serb president can keep him. Maybe tell him to go home to where he belongs and where he is treated as ‘royalty’. I think we don’t need someone with his attitude in here.
NoVaxDjoCovid is an antivaxxers poster boy 🤡 DEPORT him ASAP!
The man is right. Seems the Serbian President is more honest than our own leader
Hell need to do a lot more than cancel a visa at this point
Fill up a plane and then another and another with people sick with the Covid virus and fly the planes to his country of Serbia and see what happens. I bet they are put in camps where people with Covid are sent.
David_OBrienALP He's right of course
The Serbian President is 100% correct.
No idea how this person is elected as a nation’s president, but what he’s states in that four minutes video shows how he is gaslighting to switch the subject as other same nations do including ND DjokerNole horrible.
Tim_jbo And then there is the Serbian Prime Minister
From the start the gov stuffed up. Should never had his visa approved. PM is going to need more than the handful of votes this decision will attract to win. Voters are white hot with anger how this has played out & the Gov 2 weeks of indecision. Announced his intentions 2wk ago.
Complete rubbish
Who gives a shit. Novax isn't vaccinated. He's not welcome!🖕
Well that's true.
Serbia needs to just understand that the world is still in a massive global pandemic with Covid19, And Every Country Has Strict Entry Laws That Apply To Everyone. If Serbia Doesn't Like Australia's Touch Boarder Laws & Novak's Visa Canceled...Then Tough, He's Not Above Others!
Another “ic”….this is coming from the same country which wiped out another country. Worry about the bigger issues mate and stop jacking Novak off under the table dropkickovic
Australia is correct! If anyone does not strictly observe and keep Australian laws, do not allow them in. No-one is above the law.
The freedom fighter armed with a tennis racquet has triggered a diplomatic incident. More popcorn please.
The Serbian president is bang on.
austrlian prime minister? nono australian prime fascist dictator
All these drama wouldn’t have happened if Djoko was vaccinated. Period
As if Serbian president is not playing the same game. She knows Djokovic broke Serbian covid rules knowingly yet she is defending him 😂😂😂😂
Get vaccinated and don't lie about it.
All week we were told to be angry Novak Djokovic “lied” on his visa application. But the government isn’t deporting him on those grounds because ticking a wrong box would never hold up in court. It was manufactured outrage to turn Aussies against him.
This was always about political points rather than the law. IMO, the LNPDisgrace sat on their hands in order to try and salvage some credibility from a public who have written them off! Maybe they even knew his VISA was dodgy before he arrived? LNPLast Vote1Labor AlboForPM
Of course it is. What's the point of a justice system, if ultimately the Govt can always veto any decision. What country are we living in..?
That’s a bullshit excuse, no one has the right to think they’re above our Border force rules, two other countries disgusted at Novax attitude as has his own Prime Minister voiced her disapproval, and Spain so I hope he does get deported and if he gets banned for three yrs so beit
it's really none of their business
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