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Shkruar nga PamfletiThe tragicomedy of Serbian democracy is that Serbia has no democratic and pro-European alternative ready to lead the popular revolt, while clerical nationalism and the pro-Russian opposition are fanning the flames that could plunge Serbia into chaos...
The students are trying to turn Serbia around, to make it a functional, democratic state with responsible governance. The position is being defended by all means, including arrests and violence against demonstrators, whom they present as disgruntled citizens.
It is clear that Serbia does not have an articulated European opposition. President Vučić's two-chair policy has also taken arguments from the opposition. When he opposes the West, he uses the pro-Russian and clerical nationalist opposition, while when he opposes Russia, which happens less often, he does so through the pro-European opposition.
Meanwhile, the country is seething with student protests and demands for accountability. More than fifty thousand students and citizens are protesting in front of the RTS building in Belgrade. Despite the low temperatures, they gather in front of the Public Television to express their revolt against biased reporting and in defense of the regime in Serbia.
Under the slogan "Our Right to Know Everything", the protesters express their dissatisfaction with the way the public service media reports on the situation in the country and international developments. The protest began with a minute of silence for the 15 people who lost their lives when a roof collapsed in Novi Sad, during which the protesters used the light effects of their phones to complement the effect of silence. During the broadcast of the national news, the crowd chanted "Broadcast us live".
Serbian flags waved among many banners, the sound of whistles, vuvuzelas and banging on pots could be heard for several kilometers. The protest was also marked by performances by a large sandwich model with a picture of a two-hundred-euro bill, dedicated to the general director of RTS, Dragan Bujošević.
Serbian universities have been on lockdown since early December. This was just one of many rallies across Serbia this week, held to express displeasure over attacks on students on lockdown. In Novi Sad, an elderly man stabbed protesters, while the day before, a first-year law student was hit by a car during a fifteen-minute lockdown. A few nights ago, a group of young men attacked law students in Belgrade.
The students are determined to continue the blockades until their four demands are met: the publication of full documentation for the renovation of the railway station in Novi Sad, the dropping of charges against arrested students and young people, the prosecution of attackers of students and professors, and a 20 percent increase in the budget for higher education.
While the government uses unofficial violence against students, sowing division and hostility among citizens for allegedly hindering the functioning of normal life, the opposition, with lukewarm support, is showing that there is no alternative program and no solution to the crisis.
While the still apolitical students are demanding responsibility, the position and the opposition seem to be waiting for the first steps of the Trump administration, where again it seems that Vučić is making the turn faster and more successfully. The tragicomedy of Serbian democracy is that Serbia has no democratic and pro-European alternative ready to lead the popular revolt, while clerical nationalism and the pro-Russian opposition are fanning the flames that could plunge Serbia into chaos. After Syria, Serbia risks becoming a hotbed of war between the West and the East and between Islam and Europe./ Pamphlet
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