Novi Sad, Serbia
Reuters
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Serbia’s police on Friday used teargas and stun grenades at a college campus in Novi Sad to disperse protesters who demanded a snap vote they hope would oust president Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
On Friday night 1000’s gathered on the state college campus. They held banners studying “We don’t want blockades, we want elections,” and “Students have one urgent demand: Call elections.”
The crowd shouted “Vucic leave.”
Protesters scuffled with the police in entrance of the philosophy college and threw flares whereas police used teargas and stun grenades to push the gang away.
Months of protests throughout Serbia, together with blockades of the state universities, sparked by the deaths of 16 folks final November killed when the roof on a renovated railway station collapsed, have rattled Vucic and his SNS occasion.
Protests have been primarily peaceable till August 13 when dozens of police officers and civilians have been injured in clashes.
Protesters have blamed corruption for the Novi Sad railway station catastrophe and are demanding early elections in hopes of ousting Vucic and his occasion.
Students, opposition teams, and anti-corruption watchdogs have accused Vucic and his allies of ties to organized crime, utilizing violence in opposition to political rivals, and suppressing media freedoms – allegations they deny.
“The solution is to call elections,” Nebojsa Korac, one of many protesters, stated.
“On our side, we want peace and democracy to prevail, and for political institutions to do their job. That means calling elections, and that will be the solution, because the government will change.”