Opposition Serbia Under Fire of Smoke and Flash Protection in Parliament

The purifiers cleaned the discussion camera clean before the deputies arrived at the session on Wednesday at the Serbian National Assembly.

Removed smoke bombs, egg yolk smears and white fire extinguisher powder were removed from the benches and tables after the previous day chaos.

Police were also at the scene.

They collected evidence of potential criminal charges against deputies who loaded the parliament into the fugitive pink and black smoke when they launched banners, accusing the government of corruption.

Serbian President Alexander Vuchich called the scenes “hooliganism”. He said he was “seeking responsibility, criminal legislation.”

Three deputies were injured. One of them was hit on the nape of the object, though it was unclear who threw him and the other obviously suffered a stroke.

EU said Parliament must become a place for democratic debate And that it was very concerned.

The deputies of the opposition party were restless.

Co -chairman of the green left front, Radomier Lazavich, released a fire extinguisher from his place in the cell.

He described the intervention as “the response to the violence committed against Serbia’s citizens for 13 years.”

This covers the period when the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) was in power.

Under the leadership of Vacic – who previously held the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister – the party was a car that received the election.

SNS was the winner of at least five parliamentary elections, as he first created a ruling coalition in 2012.

His opponents say he is related to the dominance of the Serbian media and state institutions than his policy.

But VUCIC successfully predicted the image of a strong and effective guide that resorts to the large share of the Serbian electorate – especially outside the main urban areas.

Over the years, he has withstood many protest movements. They all escaped without knocking out the president and his party.

But the current series of rallies, demonstrations and blockades presents an extraordinarily difficult problem.

The blast of indignation began with a catastrophe in November at the Novi railway station – when the concrete canopy collapsed at a recently revived institution, killed by 15 people.

The station was part of the flagship infrastructure project of the government, a high -speed railway that linked Belgrade to Budapest in Hungary. The death penalty in such a loud place caused longing and anger – and caused suspicion that the official corruption was for collapse.

Students call for transparency and accountability, conducting daily 15-minute vigils for the dead. But the workers, starting from lawyers to the farmers, also put strikes and block roads.

“Everyone has a reason to be dissatisfied,” says analyst and journalist Boyan elect. “The terrible wages, the bad working conditions – everyone had something to add to the huge dissatisfaction that is in the population.

“But the students were a key cohesive factor.”

What students were not political. They contained opposition parties and NGOs from their increasingly complex events, which have seen how in recent weeks they imitate the city centers of Novi -garden and nis.

Mr. Electricity characterizes it as “a good step” – but notes that “at some point the policy must enter the game.”

What it might look like is not yet clear. Opposition parties are being sprayed – no party capable of challenging SNS and lack of a reliable coalition.

They were at least united in the calls for the creation of a technical government after the resignation of Prime Minister Milas Vechevich in late January.

This may, they believe, set an election environment that would reduce the dominance of the SNA in the media and state bodies.

Uchich rejected this idea as an opposition attempt to overthrow the legitimately elected government. He may appoint the replacement of the Prime Minister or call fresh elections, although previous surveys were held recently in December 2023.

Meanwhile, protests continue. On March 15, students promise their biggest event in Belgrade.