According to the prescription for March 15, the government decided to completely block the railway traffic in the country, so that no one could reach Belgrade by train, so the state company "Srbijavoz" once again informed passengers that it was suspending traffic due to reports of bombs
As in the case of the largest protest held March 15, the government in Serbia is doing everything to discourage, intimidate, demotivate, and even physically prevent citizens from coming to protest on Vidovdan.
According to the prescription for March 15, the government decided to completely block the railway traffic in the country, so that no one could reach Belgrade by train, so the state company "Srbijavoz" again informed passengers that it was suspending traffic due to reports of bombs.
We remind you of some other propaganda moves by the authorities, which, thanks to unreserved tabloid support, were used to dissuade citizens from going to the protest on March 15.
Public transport suspended
Similar to the suspension of rail traffic, the authorities tried to reduce the number of participants in the protest on March 15 by suspending all public transportation that day.
Buses, trams and trolleybuses were somehow still running until 9 o'clock, and then they stopped completely, with the explanation that this is to protect public order and peace and avoid possible conflicts.
However, that did not prevent several hundred thousand citizens from walking to the city center even from the most distant parts of Belgrade.
"Terrorist Special"
Two days before the protest, on March 13, pro-government television stations with a national frequency coordinated broadcast a "special show" whose goal was to expose the alleged "plans of opposition activists who want to undermine the state order and try to carry out attacks on the Parliament and other Serbian institutions with anti-constitutional demonstrations."
That show was actually a set of secretly and illegally recorded conversations of students and activists, some of whom are members of the opposition Movement of Free Citizens and the youth initiative STAV, and its goal was to accuse the participants of that conversation of attempting a coup d'รฉtat.
After the show, Lazar Diniฤ, Marija Vasiฤ, Mladen Cvijetiฤ, Davor Stefanoviฤ, Lado Jovoviฤ and Srฤan ฤuriฤ were arrested, and a warrant was issued for six more activists who were not in Serbia and a decision was made to determine custody.
"Confiscated weapons"
As in the case of Vidovdan, the government also organized an action to arrest "terrorists" before the protest on March 15, with whom an "arsenal of weapons" was found.
The tabloid "Informer" reported on its front page that "the people of ฤilas would come to power even through the dead", that "extremists have prepared for war", that they "want blood", with the news that the police on the approaches to Belgrade seized "a huge amount of cold weapons" that "thugs from the opposition had prepared for a coup d'รฉtat on March 15".
It was stated that "axes, batons, stun guns, knives and even a crossbow" were taken.
Vuฤiฤ's intimidation
A few days before the March 15 protest, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ, was very actively involved in the campaign to spread fear and panic.
On March 13, the tabloid "Alo" published a cover with a frowning Vuฤiฤ and his message referring to the students and the opposition that "if they win, there will be no state."
Vuฤiฤ thus stated that students and citizens are planning "a three-day blockade of Belgrade, an attack on the Serbian Parliament, the Constitutional Court and Serbian Radio and Television".
He also announced that "any of the thugs who try to destroy the country" will be arrested, and he appealed to parents not to bring their children to the protest.
"Romanians will rob apartments"
The most bizarre attempt to dissuade citizens from coming to the protest was the publication of "news" on the "Informer" website that "Romanians are planning to destroy apartments in Belgrade during the protest."
"Informer" then stated that "by order of the opposition, numerous Romanian citizens are arriving in Serbia who were planning to break into apartments in Belgrade during the March 15 protest."
On that occasion, the Embassy of Romania "due to disparaging information" published by "Informer" condemned that disinformation, "which lacks professional ethics, which is beyond all reality, and which is intended to manipulate the Serbian public."
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