The last three months lasting displeasure manifestations against the Serbian President be bigger. On Saturday stormed dozens of protesters, the state-run broadcaster RTS on Sunday thousands staged a protest in front of the Belgrade presidential Palace, while Alexksandar Vucic held a press conference. The government’s critics accuse him of increasingly authoritarian policies, the President rejects this.
The assault on the offices of RTS was to be seen on Saturday live on TV. The private channel N1 showed how a large of the police brought the protesters out of the station. The critics of the government demanded by the TV station to let the people speak.
Previously, had demonstrated thousands of government critics and peaceful in the centre of Belgrade. In other Serbian cities rallies were held. The protesters denounced political interference in media coverage and called on the RTS leadership to resign.
On Sunday, thousands of protesters gathered again in front of the presidential Palace, while Vucic held a press conference. It came to the first conflict, as the Serbian anti-riot units tried to stop them, speakers to set up, or to remove barriers.
for the First time, leading representatives of the Opposition took part in the protests. Among the protesters, which gave on Saturday in Belgrade, access to the RTS offices, the former mayor of Belgrade, Dragan Djilas, and Bosko Obradovic from the right-wing party Dveri. On Sunday Djilas and Obradovis, and other leading opposition politicians at the rally in front of the presidential Palace occurred.
“Hooligans” and “fascists”
Vucic was unimpressed. On his live by the state broadcaster transmits press conference, the President stressed, he’ll let anyone intimidate you. The protesters he described as “Hooligans”, Obradovic as “fascists” and Djilavic as “oligarchs”.
since the 8. December the critics of the government go every Saturday against Vucic on the road, least of all, the enthusiasm seemed to have waned, however. The protesters accuse the former ultra-nationalists and, in the meantime, pro-European chief of state, to develop more and more to the autocrat. The state broadcaster RTS, you accuse to prefer in its reporting to the government camp, and government krititischen points of view, too little broadcasting time.
Also, the EU Commission had shown, last year, concerned about restrictions on the freedom of the press in Serbia, through threats, intimidation and violence. Serbia is among a number of EU accession candidates in the Western Balkans. It is hoped that the Union is already in 2025 to join. (fal/sda)
Created: 17.03.2019, 18:51 PM