{"id":198400,"date":"2026-01-17T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=198400"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:48:03","slug":"this-is-not-a-question-of-music-but-of-rebellion-residents-of-cacak-call-for-a-protest-over-non-purpose-spending-of-budget-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/this-is-not-a-question-of-music-but-of-rebellion-residents-of-cacak-call-for-a-protest-over-non-purpose-spending-of-budget-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTHIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF MUSIC, BUT OF REBELLION\u201d: Residents of \u010ca\u010dak call for a protest over non-purpose spending of budget funds!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three informal groups of citizens have called for a protest in \u010ca\u010dak on Sunday, January 18, in front of the Gymnasium, over the \u201cnon-purpose\u201d spending of money from the city budget on a concert organized by the city authorities to mark the celebration of the New Year according to the Julian calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The citizen groups (CG) \u201c\u010ca\u010danski front,\u201d \u201cCitizens of \u010ca\u010dak in Blockade,\u201d and \u201cPokreta\u010d\u201d are also calling for a protest over the \u201cpersecution of citizens who expressed their dissatisfaction with that concert.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CG \u201c\u010ca\u010danski front\u201d stated that the protest is not against music, art, or individuals, but against a system in which public money is spent without control and without justification for such an expense at a time when the city has numerous unresolved infrastructural and social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCitizens who rise up against injustice are unjustifiably punished thanks to judicial mechanisms that are applied selectively and serve intimidation rather than the protection of the public interest,\u201d the statement by \u201c\u010ca\u010danski front\u201d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7XmgBQ3Yzg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/to-je-kao-droga-evo-sta-je-djokovic-odgovorio-na-pitanje-novinara-kada-odlazi-u-penziju\/\">&#8222;TO JE KAO DROGA&#8230; 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this is a continuation of a rebellion that has awakened society, it is a response to a system that has killed 16 people and our collective answer to the question of whether we will live as free citizens or as hostages of our own state,\u201d the statement by CG \u201cCitizens of \u010ca\u010dak in Blockade\u201d reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city authorities organized a concert on the city square to mark the celebration of the New Year according to the Julian calendar, which, according to data from the Public Procurement Portal, cost around 3.7 million dinars excluding VAT, or 4.5 million dinars including tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Civic activists disrupted the concert by Ana Bekuta with whistles, vuvuzelas, horns, and by throwing snowballs, after which the police filed six criminal charges and five misdemeanor charges against 11 activists for \u201cviolent, indecent, brazen, and reckless behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/humanost-na-delu-studenti-u-blokadi-subotice-prikupili-pomoc-za-13-ugrozenih-porodica-foto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HUMANITY IN ACTION: Students in the blockade of Subotica collected aid for 13 vulnerable families! 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