‘Tensions ran high on Christmas Eve in Serbia’s capital’ • FRANCE 24 English

Protesters tried to storm Belgrade city council building Sunday using Stones flag poles and eggs to break the building’s Windows police barricaded themselves inside and dispersed the crowd with pepper spray tensions ran high on Christmas Eve in Serbia’s Capital as thousands of people came out to protest the results of this month’s

Selections there is no joking around anymore I think the people need to fin wake up even the ones who did not vote them above all because they are 40% of the people one cannot just say I don’t care it doesn’t concern me it does concern us a lot demonstrations have occurred

Frequently since local and parliamentary elections on December 17th the Serbian Progressive Party which has ruled Serbia for a decade won a handy Victory nonetheless International election observers have reported multiple irregularities including cases of vote buying and Ballot Box stuffing to denounce the result opposition leader marinka teich started a hunger strike a week

Ago the only thing the state needed to provide for its citizen was the ability to freely elect the country’s leaders but they stole it V you sto not one but thousands and thousands of votes meanwhile vuch has denounced what he has called an attempt to overthrow the country’s institutions the country is strong

Enough its institutions are strong enough to defend democracy and the Electoral will of the Serbian people to defend Serbia on Saturday the Serbian public prosecutor’s office announced that it launched an investigation into allegations of election fraud

Protesters tried to storm Belgrade’s city council building Sunday, using stones, flag-poles and eggs to break the building’s windows. Tensions ran high on Christmas Eve in Serbia’s capital as thousands of people came out to protest the results of this month’s elections. 

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