Rally of the "Serbia against violence" coalition: "To free our country from the cartels led by Vučić, Brnabić, Mali..."

The crowd, carrying a large number of Serbian flags, filled Trg republike, as well as the surrounding streets where traffic was stopped.

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From the meeting, Photo: Reuters
From the meeting, Photo: Reuters
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Representatives of the coalition "Serbia against violence" told the final pre-election meeting in front of thousands of people at Republic Square in Belgrade tonight that "change has begun - change for the better" and told citizens to go to the polls on December 17 without fear.

At the end of the meeting, as well as after the protests held under the same name, the song "Arise Serbia" was played on the public address system, after which the gathered headed towards the National Assembly building in Kralja Milana Street, where the seat of the Republic Election Commission is located, where they will promise that they will monitor, protect and defend the election results.

The crowd, carrying a large number of Serbian flags, filled Trg republike, as well as the surrounding streets where traffic was stopped.

One of the holders of the "Serbia against violence" parliamentary list, Marinika Tepić, vice-president of the Freedom and Justice Party, called on citizens to "drive evil away" on December 17.

"Without fear, let's not give in to their propaganda that they are irreplaceable and that no one can do anything to them. That is not true and they know it. That is why they are angry and that is why they are furious," Tepic said.

She assessed that on December 17, it will be decided whether the "mafia and the party" will rule, or order, law and the Constitution, as well as whether "injustice will be all around us, or it will be quickly attainable justice."

"On Sunday, we will also choose whether they will continue to incite us with hatred, divisions, violence, or we will drive them to the radical landfill where they belong," Tepic said and reiterated that five percent of voters are needed to replace the current government.

The second holder of the list, Miroslav Aleksić, president of the National Movement of Serbia, assessed that the current government has kept citizens in the "shackles of injustice, poverty, violence, crime and corruption" for 10 years.

"On Sunday, we throw away those shackles, we throw them away for a normal life and a better Serbia, for decent and normal wages, in order to eliminate violence from society, as well as crime and corruption," Aleksić said.

According to him, citizens are told that they should be silent and suffer, that it can get worse, and that everyone is the same.

"And how long are we going to put up with this tyranny? How long are we going to put up with violence and poverty. It's over, it's over," stressed Aleksić.

The first on the parliamentary list, Radomir Lazović, co-president of the Green-Left Front party, stated that victory is possible in both Belgrade and Serbia, but that it is more certain in Belgrade.

"This society of ours has gone off the path somewhere. I would say that it is wandering, but I would be wrong, we are being deliberately led in the wrong direction by people who want to take advantage of the suffering of the people and the suffering of the citizens," said Lazović.

He assessed that today Serbia only looks like a state, but that it is not and that it is necessary to say "enough".

"Serbia will stand up and we guarantee it here. These people who spoke here, who will lead this country, guarantee it," Lazović said.

The candidate for mayor of Belgrade from the "Serbia Against Violence" list, Vladimir Obradović, called on citizens to go to the polls on December 17, even though it will be cold, and complete the changes.

"We don't choose parties on Sunday. We choose what kind of society we will live in, what kind of city we will live in. We don't want to live in a society and city where violence reigns," Obradović said.

On Sunday, according to him, SNS will leave power after 10 years, after a decade of "dismembering and selling off Belgrade".

Obradović appreciated that the current mayor Aleksandar Šapić must leave and that "not even a coalition with the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Šešelj, will help him".

The holder of the list for the Belgrade elections, Dobrica Veselinović from the Green-Left Front, stated that his youth was marked by protests, and that he was shaped by protests against injustice, against pollution and protests for change.

According to him, those who have been ruling society for 30 years have ruined generations and driven them out of the country.

"Yes, I mean Dačić, I mean Šešelj, and yes, I mean Aleksandar Vučić. I know there are more of us on the other side. Maybe we were withdrawn and quiet, but look around you," said Veselinović, after which the citizens started chanting "Go away to Vučić".

Candidate for deputy of that coalition, Srđan Milivojević, vice-president of the Democratic Party, assessed that victory on December 17 does not require the command of Stepa Stepanović or Živojin Mišić, but "the command of conscience and a pen in hand."

"For this victory, you only need a pencil," said Milivojević and added "we cross out the ace, circle the seven."

He stated that on December 17, it will not be a fight for power, but a fight for freedom.

"This country deserves freedom, we are not giving this country away, it belongs to us," said Milivojević and added "either Serbia or the mafia."

Candidate for MP Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, the leader of the Ecological Uprising, said that the current government will have to answer for all the crimes it committed in Serbia.

"No one will be absolved anymore. Let me tell Pink and Hepi - count your last days, poisoners," said Jovanović.

He sent a message to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, that "every euro you invested to poison our Serbia will go to waste."

"Listen to Aleksandar Vučić, what Belgrade thinks about Rio Tinto and your Trovacs," said Jovanović, after which the crowd shouted "Wow".

Candidate for MP Zdravko Ponoš, president of the Serbia Center party, assessed that it is time for Serbia to change direction, to turn from "abnormality to normality".

Ponoš said that things in Serbia must change, and that they change by electing people who will take care of them on behalf of the citizens.

"We are electing those people who will not allow mud to be burned in Kolubara, who will not push rivers into pipes, who will not have marijuana cultivation as a state project, who will not surrender and sell Kosovo," Ponoš said.

He assessed that freedom has been denied to the citizens of Serbia for 11 years and that it is time to turn towards freedom.

MP candidate Pavle Grbović, president of the Movement of Free Citizens, said that they had been trying to drive young people away from Serbia for a decade, but that they had failed.

"There are enough of us left. We have the strength, we have the knowledge and determination to say once and for all that enough is enough with the ugly radical past, let's dedicate ourselves to the future," Grbović said.

He assessed that it is up to Belgrade to be the one to initiate changes in the whole of Serbia and called on the citizens to demonstrate by Sunday that Belgrade and Serbia have the "heart and courage to fight for their dreams".

The candidate for the mayor of Šabac of that coalition, Nebojša Zelenović, co-president of the Zajedno party, assessed that the citizens will decide on Sunday in the elections whether it will be "October 6".

"On Sunday, each of us votes for Zvonko Veselinović, Milan Radoičić, Veljko Belivuk, Novak Nedić, Dijana Hrkalović, Đuka, Siniša Mali to appear before the court to say whether they governed according to their conscience for the past 11 years, or whether they listened to Vučić," he said. is Zelenović.

He asked the citizens for a mandate for that coalition to restore justice to Serbia and to achieve "October 6", urging them to go to the polls on Sunday and not pay attention to "phantom voters" and other things that the government scares them with.

MP candidate Miloš Parandilović, president of the New Face of Serbia movement, stated that he sees "zero percent of blackmailed and 100 percent of free" citizens on Republic Square and called on them to "send the mafia to prison" on December 17.

According to him, Serbia under Vučić has no "teachers, teachers, professors, youth, future, police, doctors, health workers".

"There is nothing in Serbia under Aleksandar Vučić. That is why it is our historical responsibility to liberate our homeland and to liberate our country from the cartel led by Aleksandar Vučić, Ana Brnabić, Siniša Mali and the rest of the gang," Parandilović said.

Journalist Milan Jovanović from Grocka, whose house was set on fire for which the president of that municipality was accused, addressed the crowd via video message, and said that the time has come for citizens to ask themselves what they can do for the welfare of the people and the welfare of Serbia.

"What can we do to live like people again, so that we don't fear that criminals will set our house on fire. What can we do for our children - do we want to leave them a Serbia like this," said Jovanović.

He stated that citizens can change this in the elections on December 17 and send the current government to the "dustbin of history".

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