Russia: The West is seeking an illegal change of power in Serbia
The Foreign Minister of Russia said: The West does not want to accept the results of the elections in Serbia and is trying to illegally take power in this country.
Thousands of Serbian opposition supporters protested again in Belgrade on Saturday and demanded the annulment of the results of the country's latest parliamentary elections. This is the 13th consecutive demonstration by protesters after the December 17th parliamentary elections in Serbia, which led to the victory of the ruling "Progressive Serbia", linked to the country's president, Aleksandar Vucic. The "Serbia Against Violence" coalition and other Serb groups allege that there were many election violations, including that Bosnian Serbs were allowed to illegally participate in Serbian elections. According to the Sputnik news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday, referring to the demonstrations of the opposition party of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, said that Westerners do not accept the election results and seek to seize power illegally through street riots. The events in Belgrade are another attempt to organize an illegal seizure of power, Larov emphasized. Apparently, not everyone in the West is ready to accept the fact that voters in Serbia have supported Aleksandar Vucic and his political path. The Russian Foreign Minister added that citizens of Serbia do not believe people who say they are against violence, but in fact do the opposite, because they ignore the results of the people's vote and provoke non-implementation of the law. Aleksandër Vucic previously described the protests as a "failed color revolution", while he was informed of such a plan before. Vucic said in a public speech: There is no revolution. Nothing will happen according to their wish. Those who vowed to fight violence proved that the protesters were thugs.
According to AFP, this is the 13th consecutive demonstration of protesters after the December 17 parliamentary elections, which brought victory to the ruling "Serbia Progressive" party, which is associated with the president of this country, Aleksandar Vucic. The "Serbia Against Violence" coalition and other Serb groups allege that there were many election violations, including that Bosnian Serbs were allowed to illegally participate in Serbian elections. Saturday's protests are part of the opposition's plan to block Belgrade's streets 24 hours a day. They were organized by the student movement "Qëndresa", which demands the annulment of the election results and a new vote. They also demanded the formation of an independent commission of inquiry to investigate election violations and the holding of new elections in the next 6 months. The ruling party "Progressive Serbia" won 46.72 percent of the votes in the December 17 parliamentary elections. In second and third place are the Alliance of the Left Center of Serbia Against Violence with 23.56% of the votes and the Socialist Party of Serbia with 6.56% of the votes.
