{"id":184085,"date":"2025-08-05T15:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=184085"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:20:06","slug":"total-chaos-in-zajecar-gendarmerie-guards-the-constituent-week-and-detains-citizens-while-fans-enter-the-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/total-chaos-in-zajecar-gendarmerie-guards-the-constituent-week-and-detains-citizens-while-fans-enter-the-building\/","title":{"rendered":"TOTAL CHAOS IN ZAJE\u010cAR: Gendarmerie guards the constituent week and detains citizens, while fans enter the building!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The constituent session of the Zaje\u010dar City Assembly is being held today, and there is a cordon of Gendarmerie in front of the building. Although scheduled for 9 a.m., according to media reports, the session has not yet started.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens gathered in front of the building this morning, and at certain moments there was shoving with members of the Gendarmerie, N1 reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gathered crowd is chanting &#8220;dogs&#8221; at the members of the Gendarmerie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Nova.rs reported, the police initially did not allow some of the opposition councilors to enter the building, and later they entered one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nova TV reporter reports that Red Star fans also entered through a side entrance, as did individuals, probably members of private security, who were in Zaje\u010dar during the president&#8217;s visit. In a conversation with Vladimir Videnovi\u0107, who is first on the list of the Serbian Progressive Party, the Nova reporter learned that the security and intelligence forces, given the events in Belgrade and other cities, estimated that such a large number of private security, police and Gendarmerie was necessary. There is still no information on who hired the private security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One student, as she said, was hit on the arm with a baton because she was defending her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdragana.rasic.100%2Fvideos%2F1269552634109912%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens are shouting at the police to lower their shields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session, which was scheduled for 9 a.m., did not start on time, and opposition councilors obstructed it by walking around the hall. Despite the delay, the chairman called a five-minute break after masked men entered the assembly hall. After the scheduled five minutes had passed, the break was extended again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition members did not allow a vote. After the chairman asked for the vote to be held, the opposition members remained standing and did not allow it to happen. After that, a 15-minute break was called, and some of the deputies left the hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DS deputy in the Serbian Parliament, Dragana Ra\u0161i\u0107, who was also the list leader of the Change We Believe In, announced that the opposition would &#8220;do everything to prevent the session from happening.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Zaje\u010dar upravo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J18mI2PNKJ\">pic.twitter.com\/J18mI2PNKJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jelena Milo\u0161evic (@JelMilosevic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JelMilosevic\/status\/1952628772420620623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The gathering in front of the Zaje\u010dar Assembly was previously called by the opposition and the informal student group &#8220;Zaje\u010darci u blokadi&#8221; (Zaje\u010dar residents in a blockade), with the aim of, as they stated, preventing the holding of the constituent session, which they claim is irregular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local elections in Zaje\u010dar were held on June 8, and according to the official results, the We Won&#8217;t Give Up Serbia &#8211; Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 list won 27 seats, while the Change We Believe In &#8211; Uglje\u0161a \u0110uri\u010dkovi\u0107-Dragana Ra\u0161i\u0107 list won 19 seats.<br>The United for the Salvation of Zaje\u010dar &#8211; Miladin Krsti\u0107 &#8211; Mirko Jelenkovi\u0107 list won four seats, while the SPS did not pass the census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agenda of the constituent session of the Zaje\u010dar City Assembly is the confirmation of the mandates of the councilors, the election of the president and vice-president of the City Assembly, the election of the mayor and deputy mayor, and the members of the City Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/power-is-more-important-than-anything-useful-for-serbia-students-reacted-to-noles-moving-of-the-tournament-from-belgrade-to-athens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cPOWER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING USEFUL FOR SERBIA\u201d: Students reacted to Nole\u2019s moving of the tournament from Belgrade to Athens!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: Danas; <strong>Photo<\/strong>: Dru\u0161tvene mre\u017ee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The constituent session of the Zaje\u010dar City Assembly is being held today, and there is a cordon of Gendarmerie in front of the building. 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