The Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, accused the Australian authorities of “mistreating and humiliating” the tennis player Novak Djokovic, whose visa was revoked for the second time to that country, and reiterated the support of Serbia.
The final decision of the Australian Federal Court on whether Djokovic (number one in the ATP) will be deported, will be known on Sunday, one day before the start of the Australian Open, a Grand Slam in which he intends to participate and which he won nine times.
“Why do you do you mistreat him and why do you humiliate him, not only him but also his family and an entire free and proud nation?” Vucic declared on his Instagram.
Vucic asked if these measures are taken to “flatter public opinion” and win points before the elections that are expected in Australia this year, and denounced that attacks and pressure on the athlete have had a great echo for “unknown” reasons.
“I return to the moral issue. If you wanted to ban Novak from the 10th trophy in Melbourne, why didn’t you immediately reject him and tell him he couldn’t get a visa?” he said.
Commenting on the new withdrawal of Djokovic’s visa, supported by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the Serbian president said he is amazed that the bodies of an executive power amend judicial decisions.
“Not infrequently they preach us with the empire of the law, and can you imagine what would happen if in Serbia some minister could annul decisions of the judges?” said Vucic.
Djokovic’s visa was canceled today after a of Melbourne annulled last day 10 the first revocation, after an appeal from the tennis player’s lawyers.
Djokovic traveled to Australia with a medical exemption that allowed him to play in the Grand Slam.
Vucic testified or that Serbia will fight for Djokovic and that “the mistreatment” experienced by the tennis player will not change the respect of his country towards the people of Australia or towards “the greatest tennis player of all time, who will always be in our hearts.” “Novak, we are with you”, concluded Vucic.
The tennis player’s father, Srdjan Djokovic, uploaded a photo of his son to social networks next to that of a wolf, and with the message “Strength, son!”.
Djokovic, whose visa was canceled for the first time by Australia on the 6th, was isolated until 10 in January in a hotel for asylum seekers, which his family described as “terrible” and “inhumane”.
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