Protests by students and other citizens continued on Sunday, January 24. The farmers arrived in Belgrade, and the Independent Union of Educational Workers of Serbia announced the continuation of the strike. Citizens in Vidikovac blocked the intersection near McDonald's
They continued on Sunday (January 26). protest actions students in the blockade, farmers, educators and other citizens.
In the afternoon, there was a protest in Kovina, in Futog they claim that such a large rally has never been held in their town, then in Užice, Kosjerić, Bajina Bašta, Sevojno, in Varvarin the first rally of support for students was held, in Jagodina, Batajnica, Zaječar …
Several thousand people gathered in Čačak - reports the local ozonpress portal.
At the invitation of students and graduates, several thousand people participated in a walk from the Faculty of Technical Sciences to the plateau in front of the Gymnasium, where a 15-minute silence was held.
A large number of citizens gathered tonight at a protest in Subotica.
Students and citizens, accompanied by farmers who went on a protest walk with tractors, blocked Radić Brothers Street. After that, the column headed to the city center, then to the intersection near the "Patria" hotel, where a 15-minute shower was held, as well as speeches. At the end of the meeting, the students in Subotica called the citizens for a general strike.
In Kruševac, the "Holy Hour" was held.
Farmers are in Belgrade
Farmers who left Pancevo for Belgrade with tractors this morning arrived in front of the Faculty of Agriculture in Zemun, where the students greeted them with thunderous applause.
Paori brought food and refreshments to the students in the blockade, reports FoNet.
The convoy of tractors towards Belgrade was followed by the traffic police, the Intervention Unit of the police and everything, they say, went without a problem.
Silence at the Law Faculty
Students of the Faculty of Law, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Technology and Metallurgy blocked the intersection of Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra and Beogradska Street in Belgrade on Sunday (January 26) from 11:52 to 12:07, paying tribute to the victims of the fall of the canopy at the Railway Station in Novi Sad.
They stood in silence for fifteen minutes, holding banners "Sorry to disturb you while you destroy our future", "Corruption and manipulation, your only innovation", "TMF in a state of excitement", "For justice, not for money".
The security of the participants of today's blockade was taken care of by members of Public Order and Peace from the Police Department for the city of Belgrade and the traffic police, and there were no incidents, reports FoNet.
Blockade at Vidikovac
In addition to the fifteen-minute silence on Kralja Aleksandra Boulevard, which has been held every day for weeks, on Sunday citizens again blocked the intersection near the McDonald's restaurant in the Belgrade neighborhood of Vidikovac.
The blockade on Vidikovac lasted 16 minutes, a minute longer because of Dona's dog, which was run over on Friday in Novi Sad, and citizens gathered spontaneously this time as well. And on Friday, residents of this settlement in the municipality of Rakovica blocked this intersection throughout the day.
Continuation of the strike
The main board of the Independent Union of Educators of Serbia (NSPRS) made a decision that the complete suspension of work, i.e. the general strike in schools will continue until the demands are met, and they added that they will participate in the blockade of Autokomanda in Belgrade on January 27, writes N1.
They reminded that with the support of the students' demands, they are demanding the removal of Slavica Đukić Dejanović from the position of Minister of Education.
They added that they will create a register of school principals who put pressure on employees due to participation in the work stoppage, and that this will be a significant source of data for the lustration within the educational system of Serbia that will inevitably follow.
Young man attacked in Novi Sad
A masked man tried to break into the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad, and on that occasion he physically assaulted a student. Reporter N1 reports that his colleagues defended him from the attackers.
An unknown man with a mask on his face and a cap tried to enter the blocked building, however, the students did not allow him.
As the students recount, he first sat on a bench and watched them, then approached the blocked building and tried to open the door. When one of the students blocking the university approached him to ask what he was doing, the students say, the man grabbed him in the stomach area and pushed him away. From that moment on, the two of them talked, as the students filmed, and very quickly other students and citizens gathered.
Two men who introduced themselves as plainclothes police officers took the masked man away in an unknown direction after about twenty minutes.
Sources: Vreme/FoNet/N1
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