The interlocutors of "Vremen" talk about further plans for protests in Novi Sad and beyond because, they claim, the government is covering up responsibility for the death of people under the canopy
Fourteen days have passed since the tragedy in Novi Sad, when the canopy of the railway station collapsed and fourteen people died. Protests continued in Belgrade and Novi Sad.
And they won't stop, Novi Sad opposition member and activist Miran Pogačar from the Bravo movement tells "Vreme".
They are calling for everything to stop for 14 minutes on Friday, exactly 14 days after 14 people died. Citizens are invited to protest by stopping what they started doing from 11:52 to 12:06, because no one is even a suspect for the fatal accident in Novi Sad
"The Novi Sad opposition is also planning an event in those fourteen minutes, about which I cannot speak, but that something will happen at that time - it will," announced Pogačar.
"I am sure that tomorrow pupils, students, workers and everyone else will leave their classrooms and their workplace at that time, in order to join in solidarity towards Novi Sad", he adds.
The message of solidarity, sadness and anger, as he says, will spread throughout Serbia. And what after that?
"On Sunday, students, the SviĆa organization and STAV are organizing a blockade that we will support," says Pogačar.
"These protests will not stop. When it comes to Friday's protest, I hope it restores people's faith that protests and rebellion make sense."
Priority – release of detained activists
Activists and representatives of the opposition are focused on the release of those who are still in custody for participating in the protest.
"We are really fighting for their release, because the innocent are languishing in prison, while the guilty are free," says Pogačar.
At the same time, the entire Novi Sad opposition from the city assembly is demanding the resignation of Mayor Milan Đurić. Since he is not doing it himself, they say, on Monday they will officially launch an initiative for his impeachment.
"We will initiate a session where the impeachment of the mayor will be decided. This puts our fight on another field. We fight both on the street and in the institutions, because there is no other way," claims Pogačar.
He concludes that the coordination, understanding and cooperation of the Belgrade and Novi Sad opposition is necessary, and that so far it has been shown that both sides are ready to engage in protests as much as possible, on all fronts - from the street to the Parliament Hall.
Motivation is there, organization is lacking
Student and activist of the informal group STAV Lazar Dinić believes that perseverance must exist, but that blockades and protests should be coordinated better.
"We will go to the protest on Friday, because we think that it is a good, symbolic action, and that the least that citizens can do is to show up tomorrow." I think people will respond, because they are both sad and angry, everything is still fresh. I hope that the action will be successful", stressed Dinić.
For two weeks, the ball of responsibility has been moved in the ruling circles, the citizens are furious, and the activists are still deprived of their freedom.
"Nobody is still criminally responsible, and not even politically. I think that people have not lost their motivation to protest, but that people are fed up with someone walking around them left and right without a logical and directed idea. That is a question for the opposition parties that are leading the protests," adds Dinić
According to Dinić, people are not tired of walking, they just want to know what and how to do protest actions.
"That's why people were satisfied with the blockade of the Varadin bridge. It was good for them that we announced what it would look like and how long it would last. We don't lack motivation, but the direct direction of the organizers," Dinić concluded.
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