The student movement in Serbia is preparing for another mass assembly as part of the civic protests caused by a tragedy at a train station in Novi Sad from November 1, 2024. It will take place on 1 March in Nis, which is the fourth largest university center in Serbia, Hina reported on Wednesday.
In the meantime, students called on citizens to join them on Sunday, February 23, when they organize a half -day blockade of Vršac in the Banat circuit in Vojvodina.
Events in other cities
Hina notes that the usual events when people at noon meet at the agreed place and 15 minutes of silence will honor the memory of 15 victims of the collapse of the extension above the entrance to the railway station in Novi Sad, from Novi Sad and Belgrade have spread to other cities and villages after after All Serbia. They are held even in smaller cities traditionally considered the bastions of the ruling Serbian progressive Party (CIS).
At the same time, students continue to block more than 60 faculties and their next steps decide by the majority vote in the plenary of students.
One of the decisions of the students of the University of Arts in Belgrade has turned into a call to their peers, teachers and citizens to boycott the Serbia (RTS).
Student challenge
Protesting students call on people not to participate in the production of intelligence, cultural, artistic, educational, scientific or entertainment programs of RTS, until public service television begins to inform and fulfill their obligation to all citizens – instead of the current Banalization of the student movement and civil protests.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič during Saturday’s speech, which he presented on the occasion of the Day of State Mitor in Sremská Mitrovica, stated enthusiastically that the “color revolution” in Serbia was suppressed. bestseller “.
However, students do not agree with his claim, writes Hina that their leaders “after a long consideration” announced that they also decided to write a book with the working title: “How we pumped and how we will pump on” – this is a appeal to the slogan that sounds during student protests in Serbia.
“Pumpaj
The word “pumpai” has become a symbol of the street resistance of the generation that refuses to rebel as their parents did: they use instead of serious manifestations and large ideological passwords to express their link, irony and viral passwords.
Serbian news website Nedeljnik based on the search on the Internet and social networks assumes that the word “pumpaj” as a challenge to the event was heard in 2022 at a traditional Serbian wedding. stuck on the forehead and accompanied by an accordionist Shouting: “Pumpai” to argue people to dance and entertain.
