Since the evening of December 24, protests have been taking place in the Serbian capital against the results of the recent parliamentary elections. Several thousand opposition supporters demanded that the results be canceled and a new vote be held.
On Sunday evening, demonstrators blocked the central street of the city – Kralja Milana – and tried to enter one of the government buildings, and also got into a scuffle with law enforcement officers. The police used tear gas. More than 35 protesters were detained and two police officers were seriously injured.
After this, the country’s President Aleksandar Vucic made an urgent appeal to the nation, in which he stated that the attempt to seize the administration of Belgrade “is not a revolution,” but is an attempt to overthrow the legally elected government in Serbia, provoked from abroad. According to him, law enforcement agencies are in full control of the situation. Vucic also said that Serbia learned in advance about the preparation of unrest from foreign intelligence services, and convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council.
At the same time, Serbian students who disagree with the results of the parliamentary elections announced plans to hold a new protest in Belgrade in front of the building of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Government.
Let us remind you that on December 17, early elections were held in Serbia to the National Assembly (the country’s parliament), as well as to the Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Vojvodina and to 65 local legislative assemblies, including in the country’s capital Belgrade. According to official estimates, about 47% of voters voted for the “Serbia Must Not Stop” coalition led by President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party. The Serbia Against Violence coalition comes in second place with 23% of the vote (at least 63 mandates). In third place with 6.9% of the vote are representatives of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Source: Rosbalt
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