The ProGlas initiative was presented to the Serbian public on November 7 and was signed by 147.000 citizens, including several dozen public figures.
The "ProGlas" initiative is showed that energy and strength exist in Serbia that things can be pushed and moved for the better, that it is possible to start on the path of systemic changes, because they are very necessary, and in that sense, December 17 is just one step in the entire chain of steps that society must go through, it was said at the forum of that initiative in Požega.
However, from the very beginning of the initiative that invites people to come out and vote on December 17, they are already facing obstacles, one of the most important of which is that they cannot find space for their tribunes, as is the case with tomorrow's tribune, which will have to be held on the Square in Kragujevac.
Aleksandar Vučić said in a hit tweet that he has compiled a book of good, decent people with which he will go public, most likely towards the end of the election campaign and that it will be a surprise for everyone, wrote Danas. It is difficult to find out who will be on Vučić's list of "smart and cultured people".
"Since ProGlas appeared, I've been wondering when the answer from the progressives will come. For years, they have had the manner of responding to every move by the opposition with a countermeasure, we only remember their responses to broadcasts criticizing the government, but also the bizarre case of a counter-hunger strike due to the violence of the opposition". Marko Dražić, author of News Net and screenwriter of 24 minutes with Zoran Kesić, told the "Vremena" portal.
Dražić is not surprised that the SNS list is still missing, but it is also logical, because the bar was raised quite high by the announcement that there will be as many as 2.100 people on that list. So, as he says, it is not easy for the progressives these days, apart from calling people all day long and chasing safe votes for the elections, they now have to look for "smart and decent" people for their counter ProGlas.
"And their work does not end there, if a ProGlas panel is held in their city, local progressives should attack it and try to disrupt it, as they learned from their party colleagues during a TV guest appearance with the opposition. However, there is a problem, for which they themselves are to blame - the spaces where ProGlas holds forums are quite small because the local authorities sabotage them in getting bigger halls, so that even the progressives who would interrupt them barely manage to enter and have to they are coming out of the door, which seems quite miserable, concludes Dražić.
The ProGlas initiative was launched by Ljubomir Simović, Vladimir Kostić, Ivanka Popović, Miodrag Majić, Miodrag Jovanović, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Vladica Cvetković, Svetlana Bojković, Gojko Božović, Srdan Golubović, Biljana Stepanović, Filip Ejdus, Tamara Džamonja Ignjatović and Petar Peca Popović.
"Serbia is our country and that's why this is a common fight in which we need to prove what we are and how many of us there are." That struggle is based on the lessons of the past, a clear insight into the present and, what is crucial, dedicated to the future of Serbia," the initiative reads.
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