Reacting
"Individual cases of abuse of minor children for general political events do not serve parents well, because the DADOV theater is a place where over 500 children who are eager for knowledge gather, while they use the theater stage to learn acting, diction, stage movement, stage fights and acrobatics. "
This is part of the statement published on Instagram by Vladimir Mijović, signed as the director of the Drama Studio of the Vračar Youth Center - DADOV.
Reprimanding the parents for their children daring to show maturity and the ability to recognize and condemn injustice, which is clearly not to the director's liking, is the director's personal right, but it does not mean that he can represent his private beliefs as the position of the institution by signing as its leader . In the theater, not only "acting, diction, stage movement and acrobatics" are taught. It teaches children, just like adults, to distinguish good from evil, justice from injustice, and especially truth from lies, which today's generation of DADOV has learned well, just like the previous ones from a period of about 60 years.
The director's job is always and everywhere to lead the institution within the framework of his competences and to ensure its survival and progress, which Mijović has successfully done so far. At this point, the least he should do is retract his statement and apologize to the public, DADOV members, their parents, as well as former members who created DADOV for decades. We distance ourselves from such statements and give full support to young people in the fight for a solidary and just society.
Former members DADOV-a: Slavka Srdić Janković, Jelisaveta Seka Sabljic, Vladimir Putnik, Svetlana Ceca Bojković, Ivan Janković, Brane Popovic, Milica Mihajlović, Irena Ristić, Zoran Maravic, Alja Suvacharov, Uros Jankovic
New attack on students
In the night between Monday and Tuesday, students of the Belgrade Faculty of Law who were on duty at the blockade were attacked. Seven of them reported minor injuries, and the latest news before the end of this issue says that the public prosecutor of the First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade ordered the police to determine the identity of all participants in the event.
It was also ordered to obtain medical documentation about the injuries sustained by the injured, video surveillance cameras located inside the faculty building, on the plateau in front of the faculty, as well as on the surrounding streets, as well as obtaining other data necessary for elucidating the event. According to the testimony of the attacked students, several young men and two girls participated in the three incidents, who physically attacked them and threw glass and plastic bottles at them.
Upon arriving in front of the faculty, the police managed to detain and identify one of the attackers, and during the day the students had to refute the Minister of the Interior, Ivica Dačić, who minimized the incident and stated that members of the police are not allowed to enter the Faculty of Law.
"We had correct communication with the police all the time. They are currently in the building of our faculty, and together with us they are reviewing the footage of the security cameras in order to determine the identity of the attackers and the course of events", announced the students of the Faculty of Law. The opposition parties strongly condemned the attack on the students and asked the competent authorities to protect them and identify the attackers.
Abolition of "trolls" in Belgrade
"We are canceling the trolleybuses run by GSP in order to introduce electric buses owned by a private person from Obrenovac and pay him 1,1 billion euros over the next 20 years. It's mind-boggling. Neither will Strela invest in the infrastructure that remains in the city, nor have they ever operated a system of electric vehicles. If it wasn't tragic, it would be funny," Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government, told our website, and emphasized that the City of Belgrade could buy as many as 1,1 modern trolleybuses for that 1.833 billion euros.
Although trolleybus transportation in Belgrade has a rich history, the ruling majority led by Mayor Aleksandar Šapić decided to abolish it due to outdated and inefficient rolling stock and equipment. GSP Belgrade has 92 trolleybuses with an average age of 15 years, and the newest ones were purchased 13 years ago.
"Electric buses should replace older diesels, not vehicles that are already electric. It is true that we have old trolleybuses, but we also have 50 kilometers of catenary network in which a lot has been invested and which is in good condition. Why throw it away? The best solution is to buy new trolleybuses with a 'green' favorable loan, and gradually replace the old diesels with electric buses", Nikola Jovanović pointed out and added that the service life of electric buses is half that of trolleybuses, that buses use a battery that after seven years of use must that it changes, that their capacity is much smaller, etc.
Kragujevac Inquiry Committee
More than four and a half years ago, the reconstruction of the Market building in Kragujevac began, and instead of 200, the works have been going on for more than 1.600 days, and they are not finished yet. In the meantime, the price has increased several times - from two to 10 million euros. This was stated, among other things, by the members of the City Assembly Inquiry Committee for establishing the facts about the reconstruction of the City Market from the opposition ranks. The three of them left the work of the Board and separated their opinion on omissions and responsibility. "We have reached our conclusions, 25 of them, but the representatives of the ruling majority in the Survey Committee have reached their shameful conclusion and the public must be aware of all the facts related to the reconstruction of the Market", said Milan Milosavljević from the group "Za Kragujevac - Znamo se!" and emphasized that the entire project was done outside the legal procedure.
And his colleague Ivan Dubljanin from the Democratic Party said that "this kind of abuse must not go unpunished, because it is one of the biggest not only in Kragujevac but in Serbia when it comes to corruption, elementary incompetence and misuse of resources".
The Kragujevac market was built in 1929 and is under state protection as a cultural and historical monument. Already at the beginning of the works, a part of the wall and the facade collapsed, and it was also determined that the removal of the gallery would endanger the statics of the building, and only last year was a new project based on the law and procedure done.
"For five years, nothing has been done, and so much money of the citizens and the city of Kragujevac has been wasted." The public must know these details, as well as the culprits to be held accountable", concluded former mayor Veroljub Stevanović (Together for Šumadija).
Police warn
From December 1 of last year to January 7 of this year, 44 people were injured by pyrotechnics, of which 24 were children, 10 minors and 10 adults, the Ministry of the Interior announced and emphasized that eight children and five minors suffered serious injuries.
Burns, injuries to the hands, face and eyes are consequences that can last a lifetime, reminds the MUP and calls on parents to set an example and warn children that firecrackers are not for play and that one moment of inattention can lead to serious injuries and permanent disability.
According to the testimony of a doctor from the Institute for Mother and Child, the largest number of injuries to children occurs during the check, which is why the firecracker did not explode, but lately also because of the so-called challenges - who will hold the firecracker in their hand longer.
Less than two days of blockade - that's how long it took to see how weak and powerless the public media service is, both from the outside and from the inside. At the moment of writing this text, it is the eighth day of the blockade, and the sixth that RTS is not broadcasting its program. They also seem to be facing a strike inside the house. And the essence of blocking RTS is not in what it publishes, but in what it keeps silent
In the months after the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, the flames of rebellion spread throughout Serbia. The first protests started in Novi Sad right after the tragedy. The authorities responded with arrests, police cordons and intimidation, but instead of calming down the protesters, new protests followed.
The rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, has been the target of top state officials and regime tabloids for months, who label him as an insidious instigator of student protests, an opportunist, "the face of evil" and "the leader of the criminal octopus." How and why a rector became "state enemy number one"
"I'm standing in the cordon, and my daughter is shouting at me 'aw, aw, killers'. What should I do? If they ordered me - I would throw down my baton and bulletproof vest and stand on the side of my child," a police officer from the south of Serbia, who works as needed in the Belgrade Police Brigade, told "Vreme"
The recent formation of the Đura Macuta government is part of the regime's revenge and cynicism. This can be seen most in the "black troika" of new ministers appointed to deal with the parts of society that are the leaders and symbols of the big rebellion that lasted for several months, the cause of which was the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, which claimed 16 human lives. Education, universities, unsolicited media and parts of the judiciary that refuse to listen to orders, either publicly, with announcements, or hiding behind legal procedures, should be dismantled. Those who will have no problem doing everything they are told, even reinforcing the orders with their own inventions, are chosen for this.
Who mentions the extraordinary elections when the rating of the party in power is falling, and according to all surveys, Vučić is not the most important political factor in the country, but the students?
The brutal beating of students and citizens in Novi Sad shows that the regime is not only ready to take revenge - it is actually carrying it out
If in reality the principle of balance is violated - the way the incompetent regime violated the relationship between the concrete elements at the Novi Sad Railway Station - reality will behave like a canopy: it will fail to obey
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