Citizens' meetings against blockades were held in more than 70 places in Serbia.
With Serbian flags, balloons in the colors of the flag, banners, but without party symbols, the citizens sent almost identical messages - that they want peace, stability, for life to return to normal, for students to study, and to unblock the streets so that people can go to work normally.
Among those gathered in some places were government representatives, and from the gathering in Ubu, the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić he announced that next Saturday gatherings will be held in a hundred places.
Immediately after the rallies ended, the police director held a press conference and said that there were about 70.000 people on the streets.
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Police Director: Peaceful gatherings with about 70.000 people
The Center for Social Stability reported gatherings in 71 cities, and 69.776 people attended the gatherings, Police Director Dragan Vasiljević announced.
As he added, all gatherings took place without incidents.
Photo: Tanjug/Ana Paunković/bsCounter-blockades against blockades
20.15
Vučić: Next Saturday in 100 places
Gatherings of citizens who oppose blockades will be held next Saturday in 100 cities and municipalities, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced this evening in Ubu.
Most of the gatherings of citizens who oppose the blockades started around 18 pm and ended peacefully.
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Police estimate – 70.000 people
While the gatherings in the cities are ending, Informer reports the first estimates of the police on the number of people who took to the streets.
According to the first unofficial data from the police, more than 70.000 citizens gathered at rallies across Serbia, writes Informer.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that estimates showed that at 19:55.000 there were about XNUMX people on the streets.
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End of the Somboru meeting, on JSO Street
The rally in Sombor ended after an hour, and veterans of the Special Operations Unit (JSO), the so-called Red Berets, were also on the street.
JSO veterans sent Dragan J. Vučićević a T-shirt with their logo, as a true fighter for all that Informer does, the reporter said.
At 21.05 in a special show on Informer television, the president of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Šešelj, will be a guest.
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Gašić in Kruševac, Dačić in Vrnjačka Banja
Minister of Defense Bratislav Gašić is with those gathered in Kruševac with about 4.000 people, as reported by Informer.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dačić was with the gathered in Vrnjačka Banja.
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Vučić: "People are happy that they gathered"
Photo: Tanjug/Ana PaunkovićPresident of Serbia in Ub
Among those gathered are some representatives of the authorities, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is in Ubo.
"People are happy that they gathered," said Vučić, adding that his message to those gathered was "peace and stability."
The pro-regime media, headed by Informer, report that "Serbia stood up against the terror of the minority."
Vučić in a dirty pink jacket and blue pants walks surrounded by security in olive green shirts, journalists and citizens, while one citizen carries a banner "For an orderly Serbia, for a Serbia without blockades."
"Aco, Serbs" was heard on several occasions.
Pink, Informer, Prva, K1, Tanjug directly broadcast Vučić's walk around Uba.
Vučić repeated that it is important for him to continue to invite those who think differently and that he cannot believe that someone in "five minutes" will reject the invitation of the president of the state for an interview.
"My invitation is sincere and it's not the first. I asked them in December, February, March, I sent it in writing to Rector Đokić. My invitation is open, it doesn't have to be in front of the cameras, they can choose as many as they want, but I want to exchange arguments," said Vučić.
"I hope, I wish and I believe that they will accept the invitation, not only for debate, but for dialogue. Problems cannot be solved in any other way than through dialogue," said Vučić and indicated that it is important to preserve internal peace in the country.
According to Vučić, citizen rallies against blockades are being held tonight in 49 places, and according to police estimates, there were about 19 people at 55.000 p.m.
Vučić also announced a new rally next Saturday.
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Red Berets in Obrenovac
The column to Zoran Đinđić Square is led by the Red Berets, reports N1.
Reporter N1 reports that Gendarmerie units are present on the streets.
Several GSP vehicles were parked near the square, and a large number of citizens got out of them.
There are also bikers at the beginning of the column, and some of them do not have license plates, reports the N1 reporter.
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Representatives of the authorities also attend meetings
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is in Uba with the crowd and says that he came to replace Darko Glišić, who could not go to the street.
Vučić said that according to the first estimates, there were more people in all the places where the gatherings were held on Wednesday and Saturday.
SNS president Miloš Vučević is with those gathered in Ruma, while the provincial prime minister is with the citizens gathered in Sombor.
She stated that she came to the rally as an "ordinary citizen".
"I am here as an ordinary citizen and my heart is full when I see how many people there are. It is important that we do not worry about whether our children will go to school on September 1," said Gojković in an interview with TV Informer.
Gojković said that many wonderful people gathered tonight, who want freedom and for everyone to live normally.
19.01
Low turnout in Smederevo
In spite of all the pressure, blackmail and wages, the citizens of Smederevo today showed that they will not participate in the laxity promoted by the Serbian Progressive Party, so the plateau in front of the Culture Center remained half-empty, and the rally that was supposed to show the "power of the government" turned into public humiliation, announced the Freedom and Justice Party.
An even bigger blow came from their partners, because the Socialist Party of Serbia refused to join them, so it became clear before the eyes of the public that this coalition was about to collapse, according to the announcement, reports FoNet.
It is emphasized that SNS has lost the trust of the citizens and the support of coalition allies and that Smederevo is choosing changes, so the time of this government is irretrievably running out.
Photo: Tanjug/Ana Paunković/bsProtest against blockades
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From Subotica to Kosovska Mitrovica, but without Belgrade and Novi Sad
As reported by Tanjug, gatherings are held in Ub, Indjija, Arandjelovac, Vrnjačka Banja, Loznica, Kruševac, Leskovac, Zrenjanin, Doljevac, Šid, Obrenovac, Trgovište, Bor, Priboj, Kruševac, Ruma, Raška, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kikinda, Stara Pazova, Ruma, Bačka Palanka, Sremski Karlovci, Bačka Topola, Obrenovac, Lučani, Požarevac, Negotin...
There are no gatherings in Belgrade and Novi Sad.
One of Informer's interlocutors in Sombor said that he came out to prevent violence and stop terror against citizens who want to work.
Interlocutors of the pro-regime media have almost identical messages - that they are against blockades because they want to live in peace, to move freely, for children to be able to study peacefully, and that they want Serbia back.
Tonight in Obrenovac, a gathering of high school students and students will be held, who support student Nikolina Sinđelić.
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The gatherings are starting.
After the first gathering of sympathizers of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) against blockades in 50 places in Serbia held on Wednesday (August 20), and on Saturday, blockades against blockades are organized in 75 places.
All those who are against the blockades, which have been paralyzing the country and society for months, gathered today at the same time all over Serbia and will all send the same message - "Enough is enough", writes Informer.
Those gathered carry flags, balloons in the colors of the Serbian flag, banners with which they say they want an end to the blockades.
