Serbia police clash with protesters calling for early election

The Serbian police clashed with the crowd of an anti -government protester, ending the 12 -year administration of President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrad, the capital, who demanded early elections.

While the demonstrations under the leadership of the student put pressure on the populist government, a sea with approximately 140,000 protesters gathered in the city with the biggest participation of recent months. “We want a choice!” Crowded.

Duzines were arrested, Riot police saw tear gas and stunning grenades.

President Vucic wanted to choose to be part of a foreign plan trying to seize his country. “They wanted to overthrow Serbia and they failed,” he wrote on the Instagram page.

According to Serbia’s Supreme Court in Belgrade, five people were accused of planning to overthrow the government on Friday.

After the clashes, the minister of the police strongly condemned the violence of the protesters and said that those responsible would be arrested.

The second period of Parliament in 2027, including protests – including months of protests – university closure, shook Mr. Vucic, where parliamentary elections were planned in 2027.

37 -year -old Sladjana Loganovic, a farmer from Sid town in the North, said he had come to support students on Saturday.

“Institutions have been usurped and … There is a lot of corruption. Elections solution, but I do not think he will want to go peacefully.”

The President previously rejected Snap elections. The coalition led by progressive party has 156 of the 250 parliamentary seat.

Mr. Vucic’s rivals accuse him and his allies of organized crime, corruption, violence against competitors and the media they deny.

Serbia, a candidate for EU membership, did not participate in the Western sanction regime imposed on the occupation of Ukraine in Moscow.

Students, opposition, teachers, workers and farmers’ protests began last December after the death of the roof of the Novi Sad train station on November 1. Protesters blame the corruption of the disaster.

The accident has already forced the former prime minister to resign.

When the protest on Saturday ended, the organizers invited a statement to the crowd, called the Serbs to “take freedom in your own hands” and give them “green light”.

“Authorities, to meet the demands and prevent a climb, and always had all the mechanisms and always there.” He said.

“Instead, they chose violence and pressure against people. Any radicalization of the situation is their responsibility.”