In a conversation for “New York Post,” Aleksandar Vučić made a series of claims about student protests in Serbia, but without any evidence to support his words. The American journalist Kapil Komireddi revealed details of meetings with the president of Serbia.
The text of the New York tabloid analyzes the current political situation in Serbia, with a special focus on the protests and blockades that have been shaking the country for more than nine months, but the author very obviously takes the side of the current regime.
In the text itself, no space was given to the students – those who have been protesting for months and who are the subject of Vučić’s accusations.
Vučić told the “New York Post” that the students and other demonstrators were “pawns in the hands of Serbia’s enemies.”
-He looked exhausted as he greeted me. The demonstrators, he said, are pawns in the hands of Serbia’s enemies who are trying to cause trouble in the country. Would he name names? No, the “New York Post” journalist states.
-Revealing their identity would cause even bigger problems. What he could tell me is that every demonstrator is paid 30 euros a day “just for food.” Now multiply that figure, he said, by the number of people there and all the days they were active. He paused, as if stunned by his own mental calculations. “That’s millions and millions of euros” – Komireddi recounted the meeting with Vučić.
When asked if he could state who these foreign actors are and who is financing the alleged rebellion, Vučić refused to say anything concrete.
Komireddi describes that the center of Belgrade “almost every night turns into a battlefield: on one side are the demonstrators, on the other side armed police.” He further claims that some Westerners are wrong when they call for action against Vučić, assuming that what comes after him will be better than him, and reports the “New York Post”.
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