[2] Following the vote of no confidence in 2013, Dragan Đilas was dismissed as mayor,[3] and a temporary body was set up by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), who has ruled Belgrade since then.

[5][8] Later that year, the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) was formed by Đilas, along with Vuk Jeremić, Zoran Lutovac, and Boško Obradović.

[9] It was a major opposition alliance, that also played a key role in the 2018–2020 protests,[10] and it boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election.

[13] During that period, protests erupted in Belgrade over the announcement of the reimplementation of the curfew and government's allegedly poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[19] Voters in Belgrade will determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the mayor.

[23] In January 2022, the Serbian Progressive Party chose Aleksandar Šapić as their candidate for mayor,[34] and GIK confirmed their ballot list on 17 February.

[49] Following the conference, Dragan Đilas and Marinika Tepić stated that "the shortest route would be to call early elections".

[54][55][56] Radomir Lazović, a representative of the We Must coalition, stated that "two people [Vučić and Đilas] should not decide on matters that are far beyond their competence".