Continued protests against the election results in Serbia

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, thousands of protesters are on the streets of the capital of Serbia in protest of the results of the parliamentary and city council elections that were held nearly two weeks ago on December 17. The gathering and the ruling party belonging to Alexander Vucic, the president of this country, was accused of organizing fraud in this election.

The city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has witnessed several rounds of pro-Western protests since the election. It was the result of the election. The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, described these demonstrations as an attempt to implement a “color revolution”. According to the announcement of the Election Commission of Serbia, the ruling party “Progressive” (SNS) won the early parliamentary elections in Serbia with 46.72 percent of the votes.

Reuters wrote that international observers claimed that the ruling party Serbia has won through media bias, the clear influence of the country’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, and lawlessness in the election process, including vote buying. ” is read.

The main opposition party of the Serbian government, known as the “Serbia Against Violence” party, has claimed the occurrence of fraud in these elections, especially in the city of Belgrade.

Demonstrators on Saturday waved Serbian flags and displayed a large banner that read: “We do not accept.” These protesters also encouraged Marinica Tepić, one of the leaders of the Serbian Party Against Violence, who has been on hunger strike since the day after the election.

Behind the podium, he addressed the protesters gathered in front of the Moscow Hotel and demanded the annulment of the election results.

The Serbian Party Against Violence has been leading daily protests against the election results since December 17. and has demanded to repeat the election results. The tensions in Serbia intensified after the violent events related to the demonstrations a week ago and the arrest of several opposition supporters.

Several student organizations have supported these protests. The Serbian Party Against Violence came in second place in the parliamentary elections with 23.56 percent of votes. The Socialist Party of Serbia won the third place with 6.56 percent of the votes.

Radomir Lazovic, one of the other politicians opposed to the Serbian government, said: “The international community should not remain silent and there should be a commission in order to Investigate the irregularities in the elections and put pressure on the Serbian authorities to hold a new free and fair election.” The Government Election Commission and the Constitutional Court of Serbia held the final verdict on election complaints.

Serbia is seeking to join the European Union, but it also has good relations with Russia and has until now. Vucic has resisted Western pressure to impose sanctions against Moscow.

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