It was supposed to be a fun and cheerful day in Belgrade, filled with a variety of content: newly minted officers and female officers throw their caps high on the plateau in front of the Serbian Parliament, Formula 1 cars tour from Student Square to Slavia, and then a party in the city center, a carnival , banter, a parade of diversity, tolerance and love as part of Europride. Finally, techno on Tasmajdan.
But Saturday, September 17, 2022, did not start happily at all. The city center is blocked off as if street riots are expected. Kralja Milan Street is full of police. Shields and helmets for dealing with the protesters are still standing somewhere on the side. Police officers are arriving from various parts of Serbia, your reporter saw four buses with Nis license plates. The police are deployed at all points in Strašeta. There is tension in the air.
Some young people are passing through the street who look as if they could join the unfortunate walk at 17 o'clock that the organizers of Europride, as a surrogate for the Pride Parade, scheduled at the Constitutional Court, despite the bans of the MUP and the ruling of the Administrative Court. There are also some young people who excitedly talk about how they will now see a Formula 1 car, who look like they could go drive "fag cars" after that.
Music is blaring on Trg republike, the area is fenced off, people are pressing in. An elderly lady seems to have confused the events, thought that a "faderball" was going on and shouted at the top of her voice: March, march, are you the only ones who want it to be nice!"
The media reported that in the early hours of the morning there was an incident near the church of St. Mark: some young opponents of Pride threw bottles at the devil in the form of what they thought was an LGBTIQ plague.
About thirty citizens of anti-pederism, among them the excommunicated monk Antonije," writes the "Danasa" portal, were stopped by strong police forces at the Main Post Office in Takovska. A fight broke out, the former monk was taken into custody.
Such an atmosphere was created on the occasion of the Pride Parade, on the occasion of the desire of a number of citizens of this country to be visible for an hour or two once a year without fear on the streets of Belgrade.
None of that today. Whoever comes to take a walk, will not come in a cheerful spirit, but in spite of prohibitions and fear.
And what was supposed to be the peak of Europride, a European event in Belgrade that was supposed to show how Serbian society has become open and tolerant and ready for Europe, was reduced, if there was one, to a walk accompanied by cordon and cordon of the police. from the intersection of Bulevar Kralja Aleksandar and Knez Miloš, along the boulevard to Beogradska, then around Taš to Ilija Garašanin, a few hundred meters away.
It is not known what the Litians will do with all the blessing of the Patriarch and the Serbian Orthodox Church to oppose (faggot) "evil". They did not receive a blessing for physical violence, at least from the patriarch, on the contrary, but one bishop mentioned weapons, and the top of the church and the top of the state kept quiet about it.
While this text is being written, it was tweeted from the EPOA-EuroPride that the Serbian Prime Minister allegedly said that the walk "can" be held, that "it can guarantee the safety of all participants". If that is true, then ban the MUP and the Administrative Court, despite Aleksandar Vučić's words from yesterday.
The confusion is quite big.
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