Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has sworn “to defend the country” and warned protesters against violence
Thousands of demonstrators go through the streets of Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday demands dissolution of parliament and Snap elections. The new Tour of Protests comes after eight months of intermittent unrest caused by the fatal collapse of a concrete canopy at a train station in the city of Novi Sad in November.
Saturday’s demonstration was fell after the Serbian government refused to deploy “ultimatum” Published by student groups calling for the dissolution of the parliament, which would free up the way for Snap elections.
They demanded that an announcement on such an effect on Saturday at 9 p.m. “Civil disobedience” If there was no more.
The Serbian authorities split off the requirement, in which President Aleksandar Vucic stated that only the government was ready “Hear” The demonstrators and warning them against violence. The leadership of the country has repeatedly suggested that the unrest from abroad is being fueled and the protests described as an attempt at a ‘color revolution.
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Vucic encourages demonstrators to prevent ‘madness’ of violent unrest
Vucic repeated this position earlier on Saturday and blamed the unresting not specificated “Foreign powers.” “The country will be defended and villains will justify,” Vucic told reporters.
In Novi Sad, the Luifel destroyed in 16 people and led to demands for political and criminal accountability. The final round of protests coincides with Vidovdan, the most important national and religious holiday of Serbia, which will be celebrated on 28 June.
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