EU Commissioner for Extension Marta Kosová expressed concern on Wednesday concerned about the incidents that occurred on Tuesday in the Serbian parliament. Concerns are also raising attacks on civil society in Serbia, added Kosová, who called on to alleviate tension and create conditions for dialogue. Danas reported on his website on Wednesday, writes TASR.
Kosova on the X Network wrote that Parliament must be a place of democratic discussion in the interest of all citizens and must fully fulfill his role. She also condemned attacks against civil society in Serbia. She called for tension de -escalation by creating conditions for an inclusive dialogue involving all stakeholders: politicians, institutions and representatives of civil society to deal with “reforms necessary for the European future of Serbia”.
A meeting of the Serbian Parliament on Tuesday The smoke bombs, tear gas, throwing eggs and struggles were disrupted by the deputies of the opposition. The injuries suffered three government deputies, one of which is in the eighth month of pregnancy.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič in response on Tuesday evening asked to infer criminal liability for those responsible for these violence. In a speech on a pro -government commercial TV TV Pink Vučič sharply accused the opposition of hooliganism and said that “we have not experienced anything like this in Serbia in the last 35 years”.
The prosecutor’s office in Belgrade was asked by the Ministry of the Interior to collect information, evidence and identify persons responsible for the events in Parliament, which described as a “serious crime against public security”.
Most of the pyrotechnics were brought to Parliament by the opposition MP and leader of the Conservative New Democratic Party of Serbia Miloš Jovanovič, which he admitted to this on Tuesday at a press conference. However, he denied that there would be serious incidents in Parliament.
Marinika Tepičová, Vice -President of the Opposition Party of Freedom and Justice, said that Opposition MPs decided to protest action, because the government coalition together with a proposal to amend the Higher Education Act with which the opposition agrees, It also approved other points of the meeting program that opposition MPs asked to withdraw.
Deputy Opposition Left Front Green Radomir Lazovic said on Wednesday that the opposition is ready to take responsibility for his actions. At the same time, he stressed that oppositions consider “preventing institutional violence in Parliament” as their duty to “prevent institutional violence.” In his words, it does not exclude that similar actions will be repeated.
In addition, the opposition considered the Tuesday session of Parliament to be illegitimate and It insisted to first formally confirm the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučič, which he filed on January 28, which would mean the fall of the whole government.
Serbian Parliament on Wednesday He continued in the plenary meeting. Security checks at the entrances to the building tightened. It was banned to carry food and liquid into the Chamber, Radio Sloboda (RFE/RL) said.
