Farmers from Šumadija will leave tomorrow with tractors for Belgrade, in order to express their dissatisfaction with the attitude of the state towards that branch of the economy on Friday in front of the Government of Serbia and once again repeat their demands, the fulfillment of which depends on the survival of the local agrarian.
Tomorrow "campaign on Belgrade"
Milan Milošević, the leader of the Šumadija farmers' protest, told FoNet that the presidents of seven associations that yesterday organized protest drives in several cities of Vojvodina and central Serbia made the decision unanimously.
"As we announced on Tuesday, tomorrow in several columns and from different directions, we are leaving for Belgrade in order to arrive there during the night and dawn before the Government of Serbia on Friday," Milošević said.
Minor repairs before the trip
He says that today there will be no new protests and roadblocks, and that farmers will use the day to check and make minor repairs to tractors and attachments in order to reach Belgrade without problems.
Milošević said that members of agricultural associations from other parts of Serbia will participate in the "March on Belgrade".
Šumadija farmers will start from Rača, and along the way we will be joined by people from Smederevska Palanka, Velika Plana, Mladenovac, but we will know the precise data about the participants and the route we will follow tomorrow before departure, Milošević said.
The requirements do not change.
Let us remind you that farmers demand subsidies of 300 euros per hectare and that excise duty and VAT are not calculated on diesel, as well as that the subsidy per cow amounts to 40.000 dinars.
Farmers and herders expect the authorities to provide them with the price of agricultural products, wheat, corn, soybeans and others, as on the stock exchanges in Budapest and Paris.
Also, the farmers tried to point out the disturbances in the market, for example that the price of wheat of 18 dinars is unacceptable because they cannot produce it at such a low price.
One of the demands is to establish protective buying prices for fresh milk of 78 dinars plus value-added tax, recourse for dairy cows of 40.000 dinars per head, regulation of the import of milk and dairy products, and a minimum premium for milk of 20 dinars.
The meeting in the Government of Serbia where they presented their demands was interrupted by Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. After that, the farmers were offered to talk to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, which they refused.
SZ/FoNet
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