At least three legislators were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after the chaotic scenes in the Serbian parliament, during which smoke and outbreaks were thrown, which further fueled political tensions in the Balkan country.
Legislators had to vote for a law that would increase university education financing, but opposition parties said the decision also plans to approve dozens of other decisions. They said it was illegal and that the legislators should first confirm the resignation of the Prime Minister Milas Vuchevich and his government.
The chaos flared up about an hour after the parliamentary session began, when the opposition lawmakers blew the whistles and lifted the banner, reading “Serbia rose to fall!” Hundreds of opposition supporters rallied near the parliament building during the session.
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Video materials from the Assembly Hall showed contractions between legislators and outbreaks and smoke bombs. Serbian media said eggs and water bottles were also thrown.
Later, officials said three people were injured in violations, including Zhasmin Abadovich, who was taken to the hospital. Parliament Speaker Ana Branabic, who accused the “terrorist gang”.
Defense Minister Bratislav Gasik described those who are the incident of “shame Serbia”.
“Vandalism of opposition deputies exposed the nature of their persons and the essence of their political agenda,” Gas said.
President of the populist Serbian Alexander Vucic visited Abdovich at the hospital.
“The marshmallow will win, Serbia will win,” said Vuchich in a message on Instagram, showing that he holds the legislator in intensive care.
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The incident displays a deep political crisis in Serbia Where many monthly anti -corruption protests rumbled the populist government.
Vocevich resigned in January when the government collided with protests Collapse in November concrete railway station A canopy in Northern Serbia, which killed 15 people who criticized the affected corruption. Parliament must confirm the resignation of the Prime Minister to take effect.
Increasing the financing of education became one of the requirements of Serbia's protests, which were the key driving forces of almost daily street protests that began after the collapse of the canopy on November 1 in Novo Sed.
Opposition parties have insisted that the government had no powers to pass new laws. The left legislator Radamir Lazavich said that the opposition is ready to support the adoption of a bill on education, which requires students, but not other decisions listed on the agenda.
Lazavich said: “We can only discuss the fall of the government.” He said that the only way out of the current crisis would be the transitional government that would create the conditions for free elections, the requirement for the governing populists repeatedly rejected.
Vuchich and his ruling right -wing Serbian progressive party introduced firm power for power in decades, despite the official search for membership in the European Union.
Many in Serbia believe that the deadly disintegration was the result of sloppy work and ignoring the safety rules from the corruption of the government.
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