Continued protests against election fraud in Serbia

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to Germany’s “NTV”, the Serbian opposition’s claim of fraud in the recent parliamentary elections led to continuous demonstrations in Belgrade has become the capital of this country. After Sunday’s attack on the election commission building, demonstrators blocked the street leading to the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government.

Thus, about a week after the parliamentary elections in Serbia, which were marred by disorder, Demonstrators blocked a street in the center of the capital Belgrade. As an AFP reporter observed, several hundred protesters blocked the road leading to the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. The blocking of the roads was announced in advance. Most of the demonstrators who paralyzed the traffic in front of the ministry were students belonging to the protest movement “Borba” (struggle). They demanded a new review of the electoral list. Vojić’s right-wing progressive party won the December 17th parliamentary election by a clear margin. On that day, local elections were also held.

Several representatives of the Serbian opposition coalition against violence went on hunger strike to invalidate the election results.

Protesters went to the municipal building on Sunday evening. They attacked Belgrade and clashed with the police. The protesters broke several windows and the police pushed them back with pepper spray. President Vučić spoke of a pre-planned attempt to “forcibly seize state institutions”.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic also said plans for the protests were known in advance – and from security officials. Russia thanked for the transfer of information about them. President Vučić met with the Russian ambassador in Belgrade on Monday and discussed these events.

Russia called the protests in Belgrade a Western intervention

Russia, which traditionally has close relations with Serbia. He described the protests as Western intervention. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, told the state news agency Riya Novosti: “The West’s collective efforts to destabilize the situation in this country are obvious.” However, he did not provide any evidence of this.

In this way, after protests against Serbian parliamentary elections that were accompanied by accusations of fraud, Russia accused the West of stoking tensions in the Moscow-friendly country. accused in the Balkans. Maria Zakharova compared the protests in Serbia to the Kiev Square protests that led to the overthrow of Kremlin-loyal Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in early 2014.

Several thousand Serbian opposition supporters in Belgrade today. In the past, they demonstrated against what they believe to be fraud in the parliamentary elections about a week ago. This was the seventh consecutive protest. This time, the participants of the rally marched towards the election commission building and tried to forcefully enter it. Cities, including Belgrade, won. But in the capital, their success on December 17 was scant. The opposition believes that this success was only achieved through fraud. Election observers and media reported numerous irregularities.

Progressive Party of Serbia has been in power since 2012

Vucic won this election only 17 Held months after the last parliamentary elections. Although the president himself decided almost all affairs in the country, he had been under pressure recently. After two shootings in May that left 18 dead, a spontaneous protest movement had formed calling for an end to his rule.

Serbia’s opposition has called for new legislative elections after recent violence and shootings. became; Aleksandar Vucic also welcomed it and called for these elections at the beginning of November in the hope of strengthening the position of the government and intensifying controls over the country.

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