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Tens of thousands of people have descended on the capital of Serbia to protest against the death of 15 people in a collapse of the railway station.
The Government has presented the assistance to 107,000 in Belgrade. The organizers and independent monitors have not yet given their estimates.
Anyway, it is probably classified as the greatest demonstration that Serbia has seen.
He Novi Sad collaps Last November he has galvanized anger towards the Government and President Aleksandar Vucic. Protesters blame corruption and corner cut for the loss of lives.
They believe that the disaster reflects more than a decade of government by Vucic’s progressive party, which was closely associated with the recent renewal of the station.
Despite the multiple resignations, and the insistence of Vucic in that it does not go anywhere, the protests have only continued.
“We just want a country that works,” Jana Vasic told BBC in the growing crowd in Belgrade.
“We want institutions that do their work correctly. We don’t care what part is in power. But we need a country that works, not one in which it does not obtain justice for more than four months.”
Republic Square, only one of the four meeting points around the capital of Serbia for the protest “15 for 15”, was full of overflow on Saturday.
Some took refuge in the statue of Prince Mihajlo, the traditional place for Belgraders to gather, the equivalent of Eros in the Piccadilly in London.
Others queued along the road in front of the National Museum, which date back to the Student Square.
The other meeting points were so crowded ahead of the planned event in front of the National Assembly.
While the protests with the collapse Novi Sad began with the students, they have joined taxi drivers, farmers and lawyers.
Before the great protest, motorcycle riders stopped outside the National Assembly, facing tractors surrounding a pro -government counterprotest camp.
Then, a parade of military veterans received an exciting welcome. They said they would make an arrest for citizens in anyone who attacked students.
Students have been asking for full transparency and responsibility on the collapse of a concrete and glass canopy at the Second City of Serbia station, which was renewed and only reopened, by Vucic, in 2022.
They want the government to publish all documentation related to the renewal project and say they are not satisfied with the documents that the authorities have published so far.
They also want those responsible for the disaster to be accused and convicted. Prosecutors have accused at least 16 people, including former construction minister Goran Vesic.
But the charges have not yet been in trial. And the students insist that they will continue with their protests until the authorities meet all their demands.
“We are progressing,” said a student who represents the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade to the BBC. “But at this point, none of our demands have been fully met.”
“A couple of politicians have renounced their offices,” said another. “But they were not fired. We still have to see anything more than empty promises.”
Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation at the end of January. But that has not yet been ratified by the National Assembly and he remains in his position.
But the real power in Serbia falls to Vucic, who insists that he is going anywhere.
“I don’t give up in blackmail,” he said at a press conference on the eve of the great protest. “I will not allow Allane Street to be a horrible future for this country.”
Vucic described students’ protests as “well intentional.” But he had less flattering words for opposition parties, labeling them with members of a “criminal poster.” He accused them of trying to force the formation of an “fraudulent interim government.”
Borko Stefanovic does not deny that opposition parties are looking for the establishment of an “expert government.”
The vice president of the Party of Freedom and Justice describes it as the “unique rational form” of the political crisis, which would establish the conditions for new elections.
Like other opposition leaders, Stefanovic says that they are currently not possible free elections due to the domination of the progressive party of the media and state institutions.
But this is not one of the students’ demands. They are simply asking that the truth be established behind the Novi Sad disaster.
As the law of law Miodrag Jovanovic says, they are asking for the things that I have been giving lectures: the rule of law, respect for the constitution and responsibility and responsibility of public officials. “
Whatever happens during the protest “15 for 15”, students seem unlikely to receive some satisfactory answers.
