The attack on Borko Stefanović and activists of the Serbian Left in Kruševac opened the eyes of those who did not believe what was happening in the country, united the opposition and marked the beginning of the end of the regime of Aleksandar Vučić.
This was assessed today by the participants of the panel held in Kruševac, on the occasion of the anniversary of that attack, by the Alliance for Serbia and the United Opposition of Kruševac.
Borko Stefanović, deputy president of the Party of Freedom and Justice, said that for eight years there were "about fifty victims of the regime" but that on the night when he and the activists were attacked in Kruševac, "it became dark for us, and in Serbia something lit up", "a searchlight was turned on ".
"Suddenly it became clear that people are being beaten from Vrbas to Mionica, suddenly some light fell on the fact that the government has over 30 controversial privatizations, that they have reduced salaries and pensions, that 50.000 people leave us every year, that they sold off everything they could, that they are destroying our dedicated industry in order to privatize it and hand it over to their own companies," said Stefanović.
He assessed that, in the past year, Serbia "woke up and stood up" because "more and more people are hearing that this country is run by swindlers, criminals, thieves, plagiarists, that there is not a single tender or business in this country that the progressives are not involved in." incorporated".
Stefanović added that Kruševac is a "symbol of the opposition's unity" and "victory that will come peacefully, democratically, without violence, with dignity."
"Let Kruševac continue to be a symbol of that victory, a symbol of our unity, like that evening, Sunday after the attack, when we from all the opposition parties came here and we all stood before you as one, just like today, and when we said that we are one, because the people are one, there are more of us, and the government is in a growing problem because justice is coming and freedom is coming," said Stefanović.
Boban Jovanović, who was seriously injured during the attack on the eve of last year's forum of the Alliance for Serbia in Kruševac, showed photos of seven people who were beaten for, as he stated, expressing a different opinion.
He underlined that in the past year there were 11 such cases in Serbia and assessed that today's rally is "a way to show that we will not be prevented or stopped by their beaters", that "everyone will be held accountable for their proven criminal acts".
Stating that he is speaking as a professor, husband, father, brother, son, as one of the "victims of Aleksandar Vučić's regime", Jovanović said that he will not stop fighting for his freedom and for the freedom of his child and generations to come.
He assessed that "the end of the current regime began" in Kruševac a year ago.
The President of the Municipality of Paraćin Saša Paunović, who is also the vice-president of the Democratic Party, also spoke.
He said that the attack in Kruševac "opened the eyes of everyone who before that did not believe that something like this was really happening in Serbia" and that the main theme of the opposition was "a joint fight for a free country".
The Vice-President of the People's Party, Miroslav Aleksić, said that the current government of Serbia will go down in history as the government "with the most scandals", which used "the greatest violence and confrontations of the propaganda machine with everyone who thinks differently".
Representatives of Dveri and the Movement of Free Citizens also spoke at the forum, and the president of the Freedom and Justice Party Dragan Đilas, the vice-president of that party Marinika Tepić, activists of opposition parties, and citizens were present.
Borko Stefanović, then leader of the Left of Serbia, and party activists Boban Jovanović and Marko Dimić were attacked on November 23 in Kruševac's local community "Rasadnik" before the start of the forum of the Alliance for Serbia.
In March of this year, the higher prosecutor's office in Kruševac filed an indictment against the attackers Miloš Šaponjić, Marko Živković and Danijel Gmijović for the criminal offense of "violent behavior at a sports event or public gathering", and against Šaponjić for the criminal offense of assaulting an official in the performance of official duties. .
The main trial was held before the Kruševac High Court on October 29.
The three defendants reiterated that they do not admit to the commission of those criminal acts, and two injured parties were heard, while the third injured party will be heard at the next main trial scheduled for December 3.
A week after the attack, a protest by the opposition and citizens was held in Kruševac under the slogan "Stop the bloody shirts" and soon under the slogan "One in five million" such rallies were organized throughout Serbia, while in Belgrade they are still held every Saturday.
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