Anti-regime ‘1 in 5 million’ protest marks six months of gatherings in Belgrade

Tanjug

Belgraders gathered for the 27th time in the city’s centre to mark six months of Saturdays’ anti-government demonstrations in the capital, N1 reported.

The rallies are planned in all other places in Serbia where protesters have been gathering for months, demanding free and fair electoral rules, freedom of speech and media, and the resignation of some country’s top officials, including President Aleksandar Vucic.

As usual, the protest in Belgrade started with a short address of prominent figures after which the demonstrators go for a walk, passing by main state’s institutions and stopping outside the state RTS TV which they blame for biased and untrue reporting and avoiding a proper coverage of the demonstration.

The protests were triggered by a beating of an opposition leader in the central town of Krusevac last November.

The first held in Belgrade was titled ‘Stop Bloody Shirts’ after Bosko Stefanovic suffered a blow in the head with a metal bar and had his shirt soaked with blood.

Vucic later said that even if five million gathered he would not cede to their demands, thus giving the protests new name – # 1 in 5 million.”