"The democratic process must be respected." We do not support those who undermine the rule of law or who forcibly occupy government buildings," said Richard Grenell. Just days earlier, Trump pardoned the 1.500 attackers of the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
Richard Grenell, White House envoy for negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina during Trump's of the previous mandate, he called, on the occasion of the protests in Serbia, for everyone to condemn violence and to stick to peaceful demonstrations, saying that the United States of America "does not support those who forcibly occupy government buildings".
Grenell wrote on the X social network that "it is always important to raise one's voice and make that voice heard, but it is also important for everyone to condemn violence, as well as to stick to peaceful demonstrations."
"The democratic process must be respected." We do not support those who undermine the rule of law or who forcibly occupy government buildings. "If you don't like the law or the leader, work to change it, but don't resort to violence," Grenell said.
Along with the post, he also shared a video from the citizens' protest in Zrenjanin from the National Independent account.
It is always important to raise your voice and to be heard.
But everyone must condemn violence and stick to peaceful demonstrations. The democratic process must be respected.
We do not support those who undermine the rule of law or who forcefully take over government... https://t.co/phI5QhCSAr
- Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 25, 2025
Trump pardons protesters
However, a few days before Grenell's statement, US President Donald Trump is on his first day in office after four years away from the White House. pardoned more than 1.500 people accused of crimes during the violent attack on the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021, organized by his most ardent supporters.
Some of the protesters, however, reject Trump's pardon. One of them is a participant in the riot, 71-year-old Boise resident Pamela Hemphill, once known by the nickname "MAGA Grandma."
"Accepting a pardon would be an affront to the Capitol Police, to the rule of law, to our nation," Hemphill told the Idaho Statesman on Tuesday.
"Criminals have been trying to rewrite history since January 6, claiming that it was not a riot, that it was not a rebellion." "I don't want to be part of their attempt to reframe what happened that day," Hemphill said.
Lucrative jobs
In addition to the political support of the United States of America, the government in Serbia contracts various deals with them. The one that raised the most dust is, of course, the Trump Tower, which should be built on the site of the former General Staff.
The Bloomberg agency announced that the investment company "Affinity Partners", founded by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Donald Trump, and the Emirati billionaire Mohammed Alabar, will jointly build a luxury hotel and apartment complex in Belgrade, on the site of the former General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, which was hit in NATO aggression against Serbia in 1999.
Accordingly, Government of Serbia made a decision on November 14 on the termination of the status of cultural property for the buildings of the General Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro and the Ministry of Defense in Belgrade, which are located at 33-44 Kneza Miloša Street, and which are state property.
However, despite the Government's decision, Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments he refused to delete the General Staff complex from the Central Register of Immovable Cultural Properties of Serbia.
The Irshot organization, based on hundreds of statements and videos from the protests in Belgrade on March 15, claims that acoustic weapons were "very likely" used on peaceful demonstrators.
The "sound cannon" saga continues: Police Minister Ivica Dacic now claims that "unpleasant tones" could not be released from the sound cannon on March 15 because, as he says, that mode is "blocked" in Serbia
After Dragan Šolak and Viktorija Boklag were dismissed from their leading positions, the editors within the United Media company addressed the European public with an appeal in which they express concern for the future of independent journalism in the Balkans. They warn that this change could open the door to political influence in one of the last bastions of free media in the region.
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