On March 1st, a group organized by the group "The State is We" took place in Nis students University of Niš, on the anniversary of the protest held in They are not 2025. years.
The rally was organized on the anniversary of the protests in Nis, when the "Student Edict" was passed, which, as it was said then, "is a pledge to the future and to the state where students and free citizens want to live."
The protest began with a gathering at the Court of Appeal and at the roundabout near the "Delta Planet" shopping center, from where it started at 4:30 p.m. at Trg Kralja Milana, where, according to the plan, the main point of today's gathering is.
After the delivery of mail to the liberators of Nis by war veterans, the blockade choir sang the Serbian national anthem "God's Justice" on stage with the gathered citizens.
At the beginning of the main part of the rally program, the students said briefly, one year after the largest mass rally in the recent history of Niš, that this city is not a city of dictates, but a city of edicts.
After the address of the marathon runners, a student from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics went on stage to read the student edict that was passed in Niš a year ago.
Photo: Ana AdamovićStudent reading the Edict
Nemanja Krstić, a professor from the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, told "Vreme" that the intensity of the rebellion has not changed in a year and four months since the protests have been going on. He emphasized that the fight will continue for some time.
"This gathering, as well as all the previous ones, showed that we are here, that we are together and that we are ready to defend basic human values. A good message was sent, that we are a state, that no government is a state," said Professor Krstić.
A 16-minute silence was observed for those who died under the falling canopy, during which students released white balloons into the sky. After the tribute, the song "Što te nema" was a prelude to the address of war veteran Slavoljub Radulović, who said that "we have only one homeland that should belong to all people, instead of just the regime".
Nebojša Tomović, a farmer, also addressed the crowd and reiterated the farmers' demands related to the protection of the domestic market and the temporary ban on the import of milk until domestic supplies are used up. He said that there is a solution, but that the current government persistently postpones solving this problem.
After the speeches of the professors of the Free University of Nis, the blockade choir announced the end of today's rally "Država to smo mi" with the song Vostani Serbie.
According to announcements, the meeting will end at 19:30. Although it was not expected, the gathering was massive.
