‘Freedom moves from the East’: Student protest in Zajecar before local elections – BBC News in Serbian

Two weeks before the local elections in Zajecar, students organize a protest to shake the abstinent voters and pointed out the burning problem of corruption in the entire country.

Although in the election in the largest city in the east of Serbia, they do not participate in the Sabbath expensive « Freedom from east ».

More than 40,000 Zajecaracselects 8. June new city government, and on the same day, the first elections are in Kosjeric from the beginning of six-month student blockades.

The Serbian Advanced Party is in power in both places.

The leader of SNS Miloš Vučević hopes new victories, but adds that will not « be easy ».

Protest in the shadow of the campaign

The once industrial city, with more than ten factories that employed thousands of people and were pride former Yugoslavia, like crystal and porcelain, looks like an average Serbian town today.

From the former industrial giants, in the city where black and white Timok are merged, only a couple of factories, such as brewery, with far fewer employees.

The atmosphere in the city is painted campaign, reports Nemanja Mitrović, BBC Reporter from Zajecar.

The opposition group united for the Salva Zajecar with the Dver Leader held a conference on Friday, while the central city streets circled the voice of my voice from the people of Branimir Nestorović.

It is also transported in front of the premises of the Progressive, who remained without an important player for these elections – the current mayor Boško Ničića.

Ničić, member of the Presidency of the SNS, which changed various party jerseys in the decadesary career, said he would not run again.

In the last 20 years, with interruptions and formally different functions was on the forehead and « It was enough, » he said for today.

The story in Zajecar marked the story of a potential new copper mine nearby.

While citizens fear the groundwater pollution, one of the city symbols stuck in numerous founts and thermomineral springs in the nearby village Nikoličevo and Gamzigradska Banja.

During that time, in the high school center, preparations for new protest are going to be prepared for the experience of students.

HOD, TRIK AND FANT

By arriving in Zajecar, students seemed to practice athletic discipline.

The group from Novi Sad and Belgrade walked from Petrovac to Mlaws through Žagubica and Bora.

Some ranged from Kladova via Negotino to Zajecar, and some decided for a relaxing run (on shift) from Paracin.

The night of the set of some primary and secondary schools refused to accommodate students without reasoning such a decision, they say from an informal group of students and young people « Zajecari in blockade » for the BBC in Serbian.

Although the director of the primary school Ljuba Nešić originally allowed the first aid Center to be in the Fiscultural Hall, at the last moment she changed his mind at the last moment.

« We got a generic answer that they are not the competent, but the city administration and that they are only users of these rooms.

« The city administration says they are not competent, » says Milica Marić, a member of the group, adding that they had no earlier problems.

The BBC requested the commentary of the school principals, but the answer until the text was published.

It has been exactly two months away from the largest gathering in eastern Serbia, which is organized in Zajecar.

In addition to the message « There will be noises until the requirements meet », on 23. February, a protest walk was held, as well as paying honor stardildren in Novi Sad tragedy.

The students organized large gatherings in the previous months in the previous months in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niche, Kragujevac, Novi Pazar, Kraljevo, SuboticaCacak.

They are looking for, among other things, to determine criminal responsibility for Novi Sad tragedy, due to 16 people suffering, and the authority repeats that everything is fulfilled.

Among the last requirements they are and Annocated parliamentary elections announcement.

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