I don't buy the sob story. The society there is backwards. It has always been that way. I am not religious but I believe in the maxim that God helps those who help themselves. By obstaining from the vote they are not helping themselves -- or they are so happy with Djindjich that they don't want to change anything.
The end result may be that Djindjich, who is appointed and who couldn't win if he ran for Boy Scouts of Serbia, will nominate the president and the parliament, with a majority of Djindjich's DOS cronies will "elect" the new president.
So, Serbia will be a model 'demofarce' with a prime minister who is appointed by a president and a president who is essentially appointed by the prime minister's deputies! This doesn't get much better!
Dumb and dumber alert! Watch out for a fine example of Serbia's democratic "tradition" at work.