On Friday, the inhabitants of Serbia honored the memory of the victims of the November tragedy at the train station in Novi Sad with 15 minutes of silencewhere the collapse of the roof projection required 15 victims. At the same time they continued protests against the local government. TASR informs based on the report of the AP agency.
Protest traffic blockades were held on Friday at at least 12 locations across the country. Some protesters had on their hands red rubber gloves, by which they meant to imply that the Serbian authorities have the blood of the victims of the tragedy on their hands. According to Serbian media to the demonstrators blocking the road in Novi Sad hit by a car. A similar incident happened last week in Belgrade.
They also joined the protests Serbian farmers and on Friday they blocked the road in central Serbia with tractors. The actors’ association in the country announced the organization of daily protests in front of theaters. Traffic blockades since the day of the tragedy On November 1, they take place every Friday at 11:52 a.m., that is, exactly at the time of the fall of the concrete canopy from the railway building.
On Wednesday, an event was held in front of the RTS state television building in Belgrade a noisy gathering of thousands of people, mainly students. They organized the demonstration for the alleged pro-government editorial policy on television. RTS broadcast the statement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič, in which accused Serbian university students of raising protest money from Western countries to overthrow his government. The students denied the claims.
Vucic’s government complied with one demand of the protesting students and on Thursday published approx 130 documents related to the reconstruction of the railway station building. Serbian authorities in the case they detained 13 people, including ex-Minister of Construction Goran Vesič, but he was later released. However, the protesters fear that the culprits will not be properly punished, as they say the police and the judiciary are under the control of the ruling party. The station in Novi Sad was only recently renovated. According to many Serbs, she caused the collapse of the roof sloppy work of construction companies also related to corruption in the country.
