Vučić: The Army and Cobras do not have a sound cannon, the investigation into spreading lies will be completed in 48 hours

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated today that the Serbian Army and the "Cobra" military police detachment do not have a sound cannon, which some claim was used at Saturday's protest in Belgrade, announcing that an investigation into those who, as he claims, spread lies about it will be completed within the next 48 hours.

"The investigation will be completed in full within 48 hours, and then all those responsible for such fabrications and lies will be held accountable to justice," Vučić said in a video address on Instagram.

According to him, the sound cannon was not anywhere on the street, because it is impossible for someone not to have seen or heard it.

"The Army and the Cobras do not have a sound cannon at all. There is no sound cannon in the Serbian Army," Vučić stated, adding that some people mistakenly thought that the Cobras members were holding that weapon at the Presidency building, but that it was actually an anti-drone rifle.

The President of Serbia also claims that on the day of the protest, no one reported feeling unwell or sick, but that "they sent their activists the next day."

He also assessed that similar stories were spread during the Ukrainian "Maidan" demonstrations.

"You remember the accusations that Yanukovych brought in snipers who shot at the people... That's how they started here too - Vučić, you shot at the people... You made up another vicious lie, thinking that you could bring down Serbia with it," Vučić said.

He said he was very proud of how the country had preserved peace and stability "despite numerous attempts at destabilization." He added that they had also denied that someone from the camp in Pionirski Park would attack the protest participants, that they would be attacked "by real and genuine military veterans," that someone would block roads in Belgrade, and that the government would shut down the internet and social networks.

Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić stated today that the Extended Rector's Board of the University of Belgrade issued a statement yesterday "condemning the use of a non-existent sound cannon and holding all of them responsible for disturbing the public and spreading fake news for the sake of further continuous attempts, now to revive the colored revolution."

"After the failed color revolution on March 15th, you have further pumping by the University of Belgrade by issuing a press release that is nothing more than disturbing the public and spreading panic, and someone must be held accountable for that," Brnabić told TV Pink.

She said that "there is not a grain of truth in the story about the sonic cannon, it is just so obvious bad news."

"I don't know what else we can expect, for someone to come and say that Aleksandar Vučić found Godzilla in the mountains of Japan, we secretly transported it and Godzilla was released on the student blockaders to eat them one by one," said Brnabić.

She emphasized that "the system must function, enough of this after four months," stating that the Serbian Parliament has a role to play and controls the implementation of the law.

"The entire country can no longer ignore that the Law on Higher Education, the Law on Student Organizations are not being implemented, they violate the Constitution. The Constitution does not apply to them, they are all - the rector, the deans - above the state, the Constitution, the law, they are God-given, they don't care about the National Assembly, the Government and the president who won 2.3 million votes," said Brnabić.