The most important point of Monday's meeting National Assembly of the Republic Serbia she was supposed to be budget proposal for 2025. However, at the beginning of the session, opposition representatives demanded that the parliament vote on it a vote of no confidence in the government after an accident in Novi Sad in which 15 people died.
Chairwoman Brnabic rejected the said application. The incidents occurred when the Prime Minister of Serbia entered the room Milosz Vuczević and government representatives. Opposition parliamentarians they raised banners with inscriptions: “Corruption kills” or “You have blood on your hands”; various shouts were also raised.
Officials responded by raising banners: “Yellow scum, corruption and theft are your middle names” and “Yellow scum want war, and Serbia wants jobs.” The yellow color is attributed to the groups that took power after the fall of the regime Slobodana Miloszevicia at the beginning of the 21st century, a they are currently in opposition.
Serbia. Brawl in parliament. There were accusations of a coup
Do physical clashes occurred when some oppositionists tried to remove the banners of the ruling majority and government representatives they tore out a banner with a hand painted with red paint – a symbol of demonstrations related to the tragedy in Novi Sad. Fighting parliamentarians separated by security.
After the meeting was interrupted, the government and the opposition began to blame each other for causing the fight. The Speaker of Parliament accused the opposition of “attempt to seize power by force”and the chairman of the opposition Freedom and Justice Party, Dragan Djilas, said that Brnabic “just carried out a coup by order of President Aleksandar Vucic.
Fights in the Serbian parliament. The country's president reacts
In a recording published on social media, the Serbian leader expressed concern about – as he emphasized – brutal behavior of some members of parliament and “the daily intimidation they carry out across the country.” – Nevertheless, I want to reassure citizens and tell them that we will respond to their rudeness and arrogance with even more work – added Vucic.
At the beginning of the month 15 people died after The roof collapsed at the Novi Sad railway station. Because of the tragedy the Minister of Construction resigned Serbia's Goran Vesić. On Saturday, a court in Novi Sad issued a warrant for his arrest. He was also temporarily imprisoned, among others: former director of Serbian railways, and to house arrest – acting director of railways and deputy minister responsible for railway transport.
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