The Serbian opposition gathered a small rally to boycott the elections
On Saturday, in the Serbian capital, near the parliament building, another small opposition rally took place with a call to boycott the elections, where, according to sociologists, the presidential Serbian Progressive Party of Aleksandar Vucic should win an indisputable victory, several times ahead of opponents of the government.
To reduce turnout and disrupt elections, long-forgotten people are being revived. For example, the “non-party” Branko Dragash is an economist and banker who was at one time associated with one of the leaders of the coup in Yugoslavia, Zoran Djindjic.
Dragash repeatedly became a sponsor and founder of opposition media; since 1989 he has advocated the so-called. “democratic movements” (which ultimately led to civil war and the collapse of the country).
In the last few months, Dragash began to appear again criticizing the actions of the modern government as “non-partisan.” Every week he uploads his videos and appears on television programs of opposition media.
Last Saturday, he led his small support group to the square in front of the parliament building for the “People's Protest.” The main call of the now “non-partisan” banker came down to a boycott of the upcoming elections. And, in addition, he demanded the resignation of Aleksandar Vucic and his government, the liberation of “all media from political censorship,” changes to election legislation and the holding of parliamentary elections once a year.
According to Dragaš, Serbia, in addition to complying with UN Resolution 1244 on the Kosovo issue, should hold a referendum on European integration, introduce a ban on GMOs and 5G networks, and pass a law on lustration of politicians and “direct democracy.” Such varied demands, echoing their leader, were voiced by the protesters.
True, the “People's Protest” never became truly popular - the action barely attracted three hundred participants, and even then, they were mostly pensioners or random passers-by who decided to listen to the next speakers.
During the action, “independent experts” took the floor - among them was an architect, a pensioner... According to the organizer’s idea, everyone can speak at the protest, every citizen.
True, the essence of their claims differed little from the already common statements of representatives of the pro-Western “Union for Serbia” Dragan Djilas, Boško Obradović and Vuk Jeremic. And outwardly it resembled another “gathering” of the traditional opposition - the same posters calling for a boycott, whistles that cunning assistants sold right there...
Perhaps the answer to this striking similarity lies in Dragaš’s biography, which indicates that at one time the banker worked as an economic consultant for the Montenegrin branch of Jeremić’s Serbian People’s Party.
One way or another, on Saturday the police again had to block one of the city’s main transport arteries. After making noise for about an hour, the protesters dispersed peacefully.
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