The blockade of the highway, which began today at 16 p.m., according to regime media reports, is down to mistreatment of citizens. The reporting of these media is mostly focused on making protests pointless, potential penalties for blocking the road, which directions should be avoided, as well as advice on how to "arm up with patience" for drivers.
"The Đilasov haters are harassing the whole of Serbia in an attempt to seize power by force!" reports "Informer".
I emphasized that only "about twenty cars" could block the entire international highway. "Yes, you read that right. With about twenty cars, they will block thousands of vehicles, both citizens of Serbia and foreigners!"
"Srpski Telegraf" and "Republika" focused on the Criminal Code and how many fines can be received for blocking the highway. Thus, they concluded that prison sentences range up to three years. As "Republika" writes, the crowds are certainly big on Fridays, and the blockade of "one of the most important roads in the capital only further complicates the situation".
On some of the regime's portals, the "ongoing harassment of citizens" can be watched live. One of the news on the "Alo" portal read "N1 admitted to the gruesome mistreatment of a pregnant woman due to a highway blockade: She is eight months old and has been in the car for six hours!"
In addition to this kind of reporting, the editor-in-chief of the "Informer" tabloid Dragan J. Vučićević told the "Pink.rs" portal that he does not understand where the right of the opposition to block the highway comes from.
"This is a futile political attempt to seize power!"
"Informer" also warned about what the punishments would be if this happened in France or another European country. "They would be arrested and sentenced to long-term imprisonment." They reminded once again that this is "the worst violence of which all citizens of Serbia are victims".
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