Tensions in Serbia are increasing in connection with the anti -corruption assembly, which the striking students and the opposition planned for this weekend in Belgrade, added AP, writes TASR. The Serbian police have specified that on Wednesday evening they detained six people who are suspected of “preparing crimes against the constitutional order and Serbia’s security” and “challenges to a violent change of constitutional order”.
Police have accused a detainee group of planning violence and attacks
Police claim that the detainee group met last week at a hotel in the Central -Site town of Kraljevo to plan a violent change of regime and attacks on the police and pro -government media. According to the police, one of the suspects also had a weapon and ammunition.
No more details are available for now. The Serbian media, however, added that there is an opposition politician, a veteran of wars from the 1990s and others.
In addition, at least one university student was detained in Serbia earlier this week. This happened on the basis of his private conversations over the mobile phone. Investigators accused him of preparing a “terrorist act”. The similar wave of arresting Serbia experienced in March before the largest anti -government protest, attended by hundreds of thousands of people.
The anti -corruption movement of students is gaining strength
Protest gatherings in Serbia began in November 2024 after the reconstructed shelter above the entrance to the railway station in Novi Sad, which claimed 16 victims. Many people blamed for the collapse of the superstructure and have attributed excessive corruption and neglect of state infrastructure projects. University students are the driving force of the national protest movement.
Students called Saturday’s Assembly to get support for their request to announce early elections.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič and his ruling Serbian progressive party (CIS) rejected this requirement and accused the organizers of the meetings of trying to evoke violence, just on the day Serbia commemorates the so -called. Vidovdan.
Assembly will be held on a memorial day
Vidovdan – Saint Day – is an important holiday that celebrates both Serbian and Bulgarian Orthodox Church. In the calendars of the Western and Eastern churches, Saint is welcomed on June 15, but the Julian calendar is currently delayed by 13 days compared to the Gregorian. In Serbia, Vidovdan is one of the most important commemorative days and there are several events from the history of the Serbian nation.
Former nationalist Vučič has become increasingly authoritarian since his accession to power more than ten years ago, AP said. Although he officially claims that he wants Serbia’s accession to the European Union, its critics criticize him that he has suppressed democratic freedoms in Serbia and strengthened relations with Russia and China.
