People in Serbia have been taking to the streets for anti-government protests for weeks, and what began as a student protest has turned into a popular uprising because, unlike previous protests, it has broad support from citizens who have stopped tolerating corruption and disregard for the law, states the Swiss public television SRF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the head of the movement are students, who are demanding a full clarification of the causes of the deadly tragedy in Novi Sad in November last year, but now much more is at stake, writes the SRF website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SRF writes that on the same day as the accident in Novi Sad, when the collapse of a canopy at the newly renovated railway station in Novi Sad killed 16 people, Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 said in a public address that the canopy was not part of the reconstruction works, but it quickly “turned out that this statement was not accurate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Corruption soon came to the fore as a possible cause,” and students, SRF states, feel it daily on their own skin. The television conveys the words of a student, Aleksandar, who says that a few years ago he had to have his appendix operated on, but the doctors did not want to do it unless he paid them 100 to 150 euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The (Serbian) President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) control practically all levels of the state. From local self-governments, through the judiciary to the majority of the media, which are either directly or indirectly under the control of the government and openly spread its propaganda,” the television states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n