The authorities claimed that the opposition councilors were invited to attend the session of the city assembly, but numerous recordings show the exact opposite. Not only were they prevented from entering "their house", but they also suffered violence from members of the police and gendarmerie. Perhaps this is the model that the progressives are devising for other local as well as for the provincial and republican parliaments. They prevent the opposition from attending the sessions, and then - no opposition, no problem
Preventing opposition councilors from entering the parliament of Novi Sad, where a one-party assembly was held where a personality named Žarko Mićin was elected as the new mayor, the arrest of opposition activists in the capital of Vojvodina, and the intrusion of the police and secret police into large Belgrade non-governmental organizations - this is a very certain indicator that the government, despite the statements of the progressive leadership that it is necessary to calm tensions in society, has decided to increase tensions and persecute opponents according to the (Belarusian) model.
So, we have entered a new political phase, in which the government is counting on the changed global political circumstances after Trump came to power in the USA, but also trying to open cracks within various segments of the great, historic rebellion of the citizens of Serbia, led by young people, students and high school students.
photo: marko dragoslavić / fonetPOSTCARD OF NOVI SAD - STICKS, SHIELDS, EGGS, PAINT AND FLOUR: The new mayor Ž. Mićin in front of his councilors;...
PAVLOVIAN REFLEX
Let's go in order. On Monday, a session of the Novi Sad parliament was convened where a new mayor was to be elected. This position remained vacant after the resignation of Milan Đurić, a local impersonal lawyer who came to that position after the promotion of the long-time first man of Novi Sad, Miloš Vučević. Like Vučević, he resigned after the progressive Jalijas stormed out of the party's premises and almost beat a female student to death. Her colleague fared somewhat better.
Vučević, a man who was endlessly loyal to the Vučić family and the criminal organizations that control the capital of Vojvodina, passed all tests of obedience and as such became first the state minister of defense, and then the president of the Serbian Progressive Party and prime minister. He is, as some claim, a surrogate for Andrej Vučić, because the "institution in question" has not yet dared to appoint his own brother as prime minister. Đurić, as his right-hand man and old man, was a logical choice. It has been shown in the progressive professional studies, the heir also inherits the "Pavlovian reflex", unconditionally and instinctively nodding his head at the stimulation of party bosses and criminal bosses.
photo: nenad mihajlović / tanjug...
It turned out that Đurić does not have such a strong stomach after all. They say he wanted to resign several times, but he didn't feel like it. He ended up leaving with his immediate superior because they were told so. They have to make a few sacrifices, so in the next handing of cards they will already get a few stronger trumps. The election of Žarko Mićin as the heir's successor is not only a change for the same (the man is a faithful companion of Vučević, the head of all his cabinets and a "loyalist" from the bottom of the bucket), but also a change for the better. Namely, judging by the claims of the opposition, as well as numerous citizens on social networks, Mićin is the party's mother of the beaters. If so, then the mayor resigned because of beating students, and the head of the beaters took his place. Typical for Vučić's Serbia.
The opposition called the citizens to a protest in front of the city assembly because of Žarko Mićin himself, but also because of the violation of numerous procedures by the city government and the assembly. Of course, also because of their connection with crime. However, the police prevented the opposition councilors from entering the parliament. The government claimed that opposition councilors were invited to attend the meeting, but numerous recordings show the exact opposite. Not only were they prevented from entering "their house", but they also suffered violence from members of the police and gendarmerie. Perhaps this is the model that the progressives are devising for other local, as well as provincial and republican parliaments. They prevent the opposition from attending the sessions, and then - no opposition, no problem!
photo: marko dragoslavić / fonet...preventing opposition councilors from entering the city assembly
YES / YES, FLOUR AND YOGURT
The citizens of Novi Sad responded to the violence in front of the city parliament with eggs, flour and yogurt. The police were "buried". Of course, the color red appeared there, bloody fists. The state force retaliated, used pyrotechnics, threw eggs at councilors and citizens, and threw paint and yogurt at them. The scenes were, of course, a megahit on social media.
After the citizens dispersed, the arrest of opposition activists began. The head of the Novi Sad SSP Vladimir Vrsajkov, the activist of the "Bravo" movement Brajan Brković (of course, the regime tabloids immediately reported in the headlines that this "Ustasha" was attacking members of the holy Serbian police), an old police expert, the founder of the new political movement "Solidarnost" Goran Ješić, the provincial deputy of the NSP Predrag Dragojević and PSG member Srđan Đurić. They spent the night in custody, and at the time of writing this article, Vrsajkov, Ješić and Đurić were released, and Brković and Dragojević will reportedly be released from detention soon. All of them, it is claimed, will face misdemeanor charges except for Dragojević, who will be prosecuted for assaulting an official in the performance of official duties.
photo: marko dragoslavić / fonet...
And then, in the meantime, news arrived from Belgrade about the raid of the police and the BIA on Civic Initiatives, the Trag i Crta Foundation. Allegedly, the investigative authorities want to help Trump and Musk in their fight against the "criminal organization" USAID. There is no need to comment on how hypocritical and cretinous this motive is, if for no other reason than the fact that it was precisely the state authorities that used the funds of American state aid the most.
Behind everything, a new strategy of the regime is evident, which is counting on opening divisions within the great resistance movement. Primarily between the opposition and the non-governmental sector on one side and students on the other.
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All the members of this body have never been changed. The election of Council members has never taken place in such a heated socio-political atmosphere. Brussels has never been so interested in the course and outcome of this process. Hence so much nervousness, passion and established illegalities for which no one has yet been held accountable
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The Republic of Serbia is in danger. If we remain silent on the rigged process against political prisoners in Novi Sad and the Kraljeva case where the victims were declared violent, soon we will all go on hunger and thirst strikes for a shred of justice
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The Ministry of Public Investment submitted a request for a building permit for the construction of a new building for the Belgrade Philharmonic. Given that it is known that the project is too expensive and that there is no money for it, it seems that this too is just another colorful lie
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