Like the previous five times, this Saturday the anti-blockade rallies started at the scheduled time and lasted about one hour and some ten minutes. They were guarded by the police, and supported by state and party officials
Rallies are held in Serbia on Saturday support for compatriots in Kosovo and Metohija, where local elections are held on Sunday, October 12, in which everyone who has been issued documents by the current Kosovo authorities has the right to vote. In particular, they organize gatherings Belgrade students in blockade, and government.
The gathering of Belgrade students ended with the blockade of the roundabout near Ušće, from where the students will go to Trg republike, where a support rally for the employees of the National Theater is scheduled for 19 p.m., and from 17 p.m. rallies are being held in, as President Vučić announced, 200 places in Serbia.
New Pazar
The gathering of anti-blockade activists in the cities of Serbia, or officially - "Citizens Against the Blockade", is nearing its end and, like the previous five times, it started at the scheduled time and lasted about one hour.
The first anti-blockade meeting was held in Novi Pazar this Saturday. It was attended by high officials of the Serbian Progressive Party from this city and surrounding municipalities.
They gathered in front of the premises of the SNS City Committee, and then, carrying banners "Novi Pazar against blockades" and "Novi Pazar is with Vučić", as well as Serbian flags, walked through the city. While they were passing through Njegoševa Street, eggs were thrown at them from a building.
After about fifteen minutes, they returned to their starting position.
They were secured by the police, and several students and citizens who approached the gathering were detained.
Rich man
In Bogatić, the anti-blockade rally lasted 10 minutes. The police detained a farmer who was in a group of those who support the students, because of which the citizens blocked the intersection.
As before, two rallies were held in several cities, one organized by citizens and students of those cities and a rally of anti-blockade activists - in Kragujevac, Zaječar, Niš, Novi Sad...
Novi Sad
In Novi Sad, the gatherings were held in three locations: in Sremska Kamenica, in Novi Naselje and in Detelinara.
Even today, the police guarded anti-blockades to prevent a meeting with the group supporting the students. In Novi Sad, there were arrests, the police interfered with the work of journalist N1 and journalist Beta, and there was also a conflict between a member of the gendarmerie and a plainclothes policeman.
Zajecar
Opposition councilor Miladin Krstić was detained in Zaječar, and his colleague from Glas Zaječar, Miljko Stojanović, was beaten even though he had a press ID.
Photo: TanjugAna Brnabić in Zemun
Anti-blockade rallies were also attended by high-ranking officials of the SNS and SPS. So Miloš Vučević was in Novi Sad, Maja Gojković was walking with him, Ana Brnabić and Siniša Mali were in Zemun, and Ivica Dačić was in Niš.
What do the police say?
Assistant Police Director Vladan Radosavljević said tonight that 183 locations held rallies under the name "For Serbs in Kosmet, citizens against blockades", attended by around 167.800 citizens.
He said at the press conference that it was the largest gathering so far and with the largest number of locations, and that it was organized by the Center for Social Stability.
On the other hand, he pointed out that 24 unannounced gatherings were held, where about 2.300 citizens were present. "In several locations, there were individual incidents and 19 people were detained, but at public gatherings there was no violation of public order and peace on a larger scale. There were no injured citizens or police officers," said Radosavljević.
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