Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted March 1, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted March 1, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Serbians chant ‘we deserve better’ as latest anti-corruption protest adds to pressure on Vucic NIS, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people joined protesting students in Serbia for a rally on Saturday against alleged injustice and corruption, many proclaiming “We deserve better.” University students in the Balkan country that has been ruled firmly by a populist government for over a decade have been holding nationwide protests since the fatal This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up that killed 15 people and which critics blame on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . The almost daily protests regularly draw tens of thousands of people and have This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Vucic has described the protests as a Western-orchestrated attempt to oust him from power. Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. “We want the (state) institutions that work in the interest of all of us and not to our damage,” the students said in a statement. “We want a system that values knowledge and work, and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Protesters from across the country gathered in Nis, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Belgrade, for Saturday’s festival-style rally that was expected to last for 18 hours. Students said the event, during which a decree would be symbolically passed, was “a wakeup call to move from apathy to action, from silence to a noisy struggle for a better future … our pledge never to give up!” With their determination, energy and creativity, the students have garnered widespread support among the citizens who largely have been disillusioned with mainstream politicians and have lost hope of changes. Serbia is formally on the path toward European Union membership, but Vucic and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up have been accused of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and fueling rampant corruption since coming to power. Residents in Nis This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up as they marched into the city after walking for several days in groups from various directions. ‘This is the place to be today’ These s This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up have become a rallying force in Serbia’s rural areas, which are traditionally pro-government. Everywhere students showed up people greeted them with food and refreshments, while many cried and kissed them. “This is the place to be today. There is no place on earth where I belong more than here,” said pensioner Marjan Zivanovic, who came from Belgrade. “Here is love, here is joy, here is everything. Here is the future.” Previously similar rallies were held in This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and in the central city of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The Nis rally marks four months since the concrete canopy at the central train station in the northern city of Novi Sad collapsed on Nov. 1. The station building had been renovated twice in recent years as part of a wider infrastructure work with ******** state companies. Many in Serbia believe the work on the building was sloppy and disregarded construction safety rules because of widespread corruption. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Serbians #chant #deserve #latest #anticorruption #protest #adds #pressure #Vucic This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/231005-serbians-chant-%E2%80%98we-deserve-better%E2%80%99-as-latest-anti-corruption-protest-adds-to-pressure-on-vucic/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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