2023-12-25 17:54:00
On the 24th, thousands of demonstrators attempted to storm City Hall in Belgrade, the capital of Eastern Europe, to protest the results of last week’s parliamentary elections. Opposition parties and European election observers have pointed out that there was fraud. Riot police used pepper spray to quell the demonstrations.
President Vučić’s ruling party, the Serbian Progressive Party, won the parliamentary election on the 17th. However, the Belgrade municipal election was a close one, with neither the Progressive Party nor the opposition coalition “Serbia Against Violence” gaining a majority.European election observers say there was vote-buying and unfair election conditions.pointing outIn response, opposition parties are demanding that all election results be invalidated.
President Vučić presided over an emergency meeting on national security on the 25th. In his televised address, he denied allegations of election fraud and called for calm.
Demonstrators try to storm a building in Belgrade (December 24)
Photographer: Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images
Original title:Serbia’s Vucic Urges Calm After Violence at Election Protest (1)(excerpt)
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