With the request to annul the results of the elections in Serbia, several thousand citizens gathered on January 16 in Belgrade for another protest called by the largest opposition coalition "Serbia against violence".
In addition to allegations of irregularities in the elections held a month earlier, the organizers of the protest also wanted to point out the unexplained murder of opposition politician Oliver Ivanovic.
Ivanovic, a Serbian opposition politician from Kosovo, was killed on January 16, 2018, with six shots in the back, in front of his party's premises in North Mitrovica. Pristina and Belgrade are conducting parallel investigations, but six years later, the perpetrators and the perpetrators have not been prosecuted.
The protest, which started in front of the headquarters of the Republican Election Commission in the center of Belgrade, ended in front of the St. Mark's Church, where the gathered people lit candles for Ivanovic.
"We addressed Europe and the world about election theft"
Marinika Tepić, who led the "Serbia Against Violence" list in the elections, reiterated that the coalition is demanding new elections under new conditions, with the claim that electoral theft took place at the December 17 vote.
She referred to the beginning of the discussion in the European Parliament tomorrow (January 17), assessing that the European institution will discuss the "stolen elections in Serbia".
"Today, not only Europe, but the whole planet knows that we caught thieves in the act of stealing. This is what we went on hunger strike for. We addressed Europe, the world, the international community, to show what is happening to our lives and elections in this state, and that there are no elections here that can be considered fair and free," she said at the beginning of the protest in front of the headquarters of the Republic Election Commission (REC).
Tepic has been on hunger strike for 18 days since December 13 at the headquarters of the election commission, demanding that the election results be annulled. Several other opposition politicians joined her in the strike.
She stopped the strike on December 30, at the request of the doctor.
The coalition "Serbia against violence" started daily protests the day after the vote, and the last protest with the request to annul the elections was held on December 30, organized by the civic initiative "Proglas".
The Republic Election Commission announced the final results of the parliamentary elections on January 12.
All objections of the opposition coalition "Serbia against violence" have been rejected, and the state leadership and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) deny allegations of election theft.
In addition to part of the opposition, domestic and international observers pointed out the irregularities of the election.
The non-governmental organization CRTA assessed that the organized migration of voters affected the outcome of the results in Belgrade.
The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) also expressed doubts about the regularity of the elections, which announced on December 18 that the elections were marked by serious irregularities, misuse of public funds, media dominance by President Aleksandar Vučić, negative campaigning and the spread of fear.
Part of the MEPs called for an independent investigation of all reported irregularities during the elections, and the United States of America also called on the authorities in Serbia to investigate the allegations of international observers.
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