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BBC NEWS
Balkan correspondent
Tens of thousands of supporters of the President of Serbian President Alexander Vuchich held a rally in Belgrade after months of unrest across the country.
The monitoring organization stated that about 55,000 people gathered before the National Assembly. Despite some VUCIC followers traveling from neighboring countries, attendance was much lower than a huge anti -government protest last month.
Were regular demonstrations in Serbia since November when collapsed A shed of a railway station in Novi -Sed 15 people were killed by causing widespread public anger.
A number of Serbs have been accused of incident of alleged corruption and reducing the war -in -law.
The Serbian leader promoted the rally on Saturday as a launch of “Movement for People and the State”, which will “save” Serbia from the forces working on the “destruction” of the country.
In a speech at the event, he urged the prosecutor’s office to work on the restoration of order and peace.
He claimed that protests under the guidance of students threaten the peace and stability of Serbia, accusing visitors of paying “foreign special services”.
“Some foreign states cannot transfer free, independent and sovereign Serbia,” he said without explaining what “powers” he meant.
Uchich also criticized the National TV presenter of the RTS, calling it a “key participant” in an “color revolution”.
After in November last November in Novy Sir, some accused of what happened for more than a decade of the progressive party management – which closely linked themselves to the previous repair of the station.
It was considered a key part of a government -based infrastructure project – a high -speed line from Belgrade to Budapest in Hungary.
The demonstrations followed by the disaster, visitors use the slogan “Corruption kills”.
They claimed that opaque procurement procedures that the government used for infrastructure projects enriched several contractors, at risk of public safety.
Despite many resignations – and the perseverance of the sword, that he did not go anywhere – the protests grew.
Last month, hundreds of thousands of people descended to the Serbian capital.
Independent monitor, estimated 325,000 – if not more – gathered, What makes it the largest protest of Serbia if -down.