Tens of thousands of people descended to the capital of Serbia to protest against the death of 15 people in the demolition of the train station.
The government attended 107,000 across Belgrade. Organizers and independent monitors have not yet given their estimates.
Either way, she probably classified as Serbia’s biggest demonstration ever seen.
AND New sad collapse Last November, he encouraged anger to Government and President Aleksandar Vucic. Demonstrators blame corruption and cutting angle for loss of life.
They believe that the catastrophe reflects more than a decade of management of the progressive Party of Vucic – which has closely related to the recent renovation of the station.
Despite more residues – and Vucic’s insistence not to go anywhere – the protests just continued to grow.
“We just want a country that works,” said law student Jana Vasic for the BBC in a growing crowd of Belgrade.
“We want institutions that do their job properly. We are not worried about the party in power. But we need a country that works, not the one where you are not justice for more than four months.”
Republika Square – only one of the four points of the meeting around the capital of Serbia for the protest “15. for 15” – was full of Saturday.
Some took shelter on the tape of Prince Mihajla’s statue – a traditional place to meet Belgrade, Eros equivalent in London Piccadilly.
Others placed on the road in front of the National Museum, stretching all the way to the student Square.
Other places of the meeting were every little full in front of a planned meeting in front of the National Assembly.
While protests started with students, taxi drivers, farmers and lawyers were joined by the protests due to the new sad collapse.
On the eve of the great protest, motorcycle riders withdrew in front of the National Assembly, facing tractors surrounding a camp of Ko -Klav’s counterprotions.
Then a parade of military veterans received a noisy welcome. They said they would make citizens’ arrest according to everyone who attacked students.
Students called for complete transparency and responsibility because of the collapse of concrete and a glass canopy at the station in the other city of Serbia, which in 2022 renewed and re -opened – only Vucic –
They want the Government to publish all the documentation related to the reconstruction project and say that they are not satisfied with the works that the authorities have published so far.
They also want to be charged and condemned for a disaster. Prosecutors have accused at least 16 people, including former Minister of Building Goran Vesica.
But the charges have yet to go to the trial. And students insist that they will continue their protests until the authorities meet all their demands.
“We are making progress,” said a student who represents the Faculty of Philosophy of Belgrade University for the BBC. “But at this point none of our requests are fully fulfilled.”
“Several politicians resigned from their offices,” another remarked. “But they were not discharged. We still see nothing but empty promises.”
Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation in late January. But this has not yet been ratified by the National Assembly and he remains in his position.
But the true strength in Serbia lies on Vucic, which insists that it does not go anywhere.
“I don’t surrender to blackmail,” he said at a press conference ahead of the great protest. “I won’t let the street open a terrible future for this country.”
Vucic described student protests as “well -meaning”. But he had fewer flattering words for opposition parties, marking them to members of the “criminal cartel”. He accused them of trying to form a “false temporary government.”
Borko Stefanovic does not deny that the opposition parties seek to establish a “Government of experts”.
The deputy president of the Freedom and Justice Party describes him as the “only rational output” of the political crisis, which would determine the conditions for the new elections.
Like other opposition leaders, Stefanovic says free elections are not currently possible because of the dominance of the progressive party in the media and state institutions.
But this is not one of the students’ requests. They simply call for the truth behind the new sad disaster.
As the law professor Miodrag Jovanovic said, “they seek the things I taught about – the rule of the law, respect for the Constitution and the responsibility and responsibility of public officers.”
Whatever happened during the protest “15. For 15”, it seems unlikely that students will give up until they get satisfactory answers.
