Students march from Belgrade to Novi Sad ask for accountability for a deadly collapse alone in a railway station in November who killed 15 folks.
The protesters led by the scholars continued their two -day marches from the Serbian capital Belgrade on Friday to the northern metropolis of Novi Sad after having made a break in đija, the place they spent the evening in a soccer stage.
The demonstrators began their 80 kilometers gear on Thursday with plans to take part within the 24 -hour blockade within the regional capital of Novi Sad on Saturday.
It is the final effort of the sequence throughout protests for a deadly collapse of the curtain of the railway station in November who killed 15 folks, asking that the managers are held accountable.
“We will arrive in Novi Sad. Yesterday’s stroll was simple. It’s chilly now, however we will do it. We all have the identical aim,” mentioned Nevena Večerinac, one of many college students who participate within the march.
What began as a protest towards suspected corruption in building contracts has developed in probably the most critical problem through the years to the chief of Serbia, the president Aleksandar Vučić.
Vučić and his Serbian proper progressive social gathering (SNS) have confronted accusations of suffocating democratic freedom regardless of the guarantees of conducting Serbia within the European Union.
Many in Serbia imagine that the collapse of the curtain of the railway station has been considerably attributable to systemic corruption in giant infrastructure initiatives, specifically these involving firms within the third nation. Critics imagine that this led to a sloppy job through the Chinese-companion reconstruction of the Novi Sad railway station, poor supervision and lack of respect for current security rules.
Tuesday, Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vučević introduced his resignation within the wake of protests for the unhappy accident.
In the meantime, a pilot in Belgrade has guided his automotive by means of a gaggle of protesters observing a second of silence for the victims of the collapse of the tent.
Two ladies, who’re mentioned to be docs, have suffered slight accidents within the third accident of the style in weeks. The police arrested the motive force, in line with experiences.
Video editor • Rory Elliott Armstrong
