Thousands of Covid dissidents staged a pogrom and stormed the Slovenian parliament
After authorities used water cannons, tear gas and mounted police to disperse a protest against anti-Covid measures in Ljubljana the night before, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša said that “the government will not yield.”
This is reported SlovenskeNovice, reports PolitNavigator correspondent.
The reason for the discontent of the masses was the new restrictive measures introduced by the Slovenian government after a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the country. In particular, citizens are now required to have a vaccination certificate and a documented negative PCR test, and they will have to do all these procedures at their own expense, otherwise they will be prohibited from visiting public places.
The leaders of the protest were the politician of Serbian origin, the leader of the Civic Movement party, Zoran Stevanovic, who had previously unsuccessfully run for mayor of the city of Kranj twice, as well as the singer Sasha Lendero.
At the call of their leaders, more than eight thousand people gathered on the Republic Square in Ljubljana the day before. People chanted: “Fascism!” Since the action was not coordinated with the authorities, the police who arrived at the scene ordered everyone to disperse. In response, protesters demanded that the police take off their helmets and throw down their shields. In turn, Stevanovic demanded that the government replace mandatory measures with advisory ones.
After standing in the square for several hours, Covid dissidents tried to storm the building of the State Assembly of Slovenia.
In response, the police used tear gas and water cannons, and mounted police units were deployed against the demonstrators. In response, fragments of paving stones, bottles and flares flew at the law enforcement officers. The bulk of the protesters were dispersed immediately, but groups of the most persistent continued to resist the police until late at night. As a result, several police officers were injured, official and private cars were damaged, and both the building of the Slovenian Parliament and shop windows located near the shops were damaged.
Commenting on the dispersal, Sasha Lendero wrote on her page on one of the social networks that the media were lying and the protest was peaceful.
“Street violence has never led to anything good. The police are required to act in accordance with the law. The government will not succumb to any pressure. We will insist on measures to protect people's health and lives. It’s time for the prosecutor’s office/judiciary to stop putting up with threats and violence,” Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša said in response to the incident on Twitter.
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