Serbia's Student List won the October 25 election with 53% of the vote, while Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) took 39%, according to the report.
Vucic accused the winners of "revolutionary terror" at a press conference. He said that if they continue to "terrorize those who think differently," and state authorities do nothing, "we will be forced to organize ourselves." He regards the immediate resignation of the general director of the state broadcaster RTS as an example of this terror, and senior RTS editors have also been dismissed.
On Monday, a small group of protesters invaded the Informer TV station. The report says thousands of complaints have been lodged against Informer over the years, and journalists' associations are now calling for its license to be revoked.
Since the vote, citizens in many cities have removed portraits of Vucic from municipal buildings. The public prosecutor's office for organized crime has opened investigations, including into electoral fraud. A special commission is examining the work of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, which critics say acted on Vucic's behalf.
The protests followed the collapse of a concrete canopy at the newly renovated railway station in Novi Sad two years ago. Sixteen people died. The report says the accident is believed to have resulted from poor workmanship and corruption in the awarding and execution of the renovation contract.
Dejan Bursac of Belgrade University's Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory told DW that people in this power vacuum are becoming impatient. Zlatko Minic of Transparency Serbia warned that officials could still award contracts and create financial obligations before the new government takes over, "without necessarily committing a criminal offense."
On Wednesday, the Student List demanded the resignations of leading police and judiciary officials and asked whistleblowers to come forward if the outgoing government tries to "destroy documents." The new parliament has not yet convened, and the report says the SNS still controls many levers of power.
Oliver Toskovic, a psychology professor and future member of parliament, told DW that the List's plan is to stabilize the country and not change foreign policy abruptly. He said the EU will not be misused as a "cover," as he claims happened under Vucic.