Serbia’s populist president announces more arrests after a massive anti-government protest
On Sunday, the President of Serbia announced that he had been arrested more than anti -government protesters after clashes with the police at a huge rally demanding an early parliamentary elections. Duzines have already been detained.
At a press conference at a press conference, Aleksandar Vucic accused the protestola organizers under the leadership of the capital Belgrade of provoking violence and the police of the police and called for legal prosecution. In addition, “terrorists and trying to reduce the state, criticizing, among the protesters Belgrade University Dean of the University of Belgrade Vladan chose Djokic.
Tens of thousands of people participated in the rally held after about eight -month -old permanent opposition, which shook Vucic’s shaking power in the Balkan country. The protesters also declared the existing populist government “illegitimate ve and assumed the responsibility of any violence against the government.
After the official part of the rally ended, clashes with the rebellion police exploded. Police used protesters, rocks, bottles and other objects while using pepper spray, batons and shields.
Police said in a statement on Sunday, 22 protesters looking for medical assistance 48 officers were injured, he said. Interior Minister IVICA Dacic said 77 people were detained and most of them were in custody who faced criminal offenses.
“There will be more arrests, Vucic said Vucic. “The definition of all individuals continues.”
The protests began after a renewed train station collapsed in November after killing 16 people. Many of them in Serbia have held the tragedy in the northern city of Novi for corruption fuel neglect in state infrastructure projects.
Vucic has repeatedly refused to vote instead of those planned for 2027.
“Serbia won. You cannot violently destroy Serbia,” Vucic said on Sunday. “They wanted to encourage blood shedding consciously. It is time to account for accountability.”
Critics say that Vucic has become more and more authoritarian since he came to power ten years ago, and drowned democratic freedoms while allowing corruption and organized crime to develop. He rejected it.
Serbia is officially looking for the entrance to the European Union, but Vucic’s government fed its relations with both Russia and China.
