Several thousand people took to the streets in Belgrade on Christmas Eve to protest against the results of elections held in Serbia a week ago and to demand their annulment. The rally, which had been taking place in the capital for days, broke out in the evening when a group of protesters armed with makeshift tools tried to break into the capital's city hall. The police barely managed to contain the crowd's attack, including using tear gas and pepper canisters. “Vucic thief” and “The city is ours,” shouted the demonstrators, who pelted the town hall with eggs, tomatoes, plastic bottles and other objects. Last Sunday, December 17, according to the official results, the party of incumbent Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won by a wide margin the early political elections that were held in parallel with the local elections: his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would have won over 46% of the vote , with the opposition cartel Serbia Against Violence (SPN) stopping at just 23%. However, the shadow of an incorrect vote has grown over the result provisionally certified by the OSCE. However, the opposition is calling for deeper investigations and calling for the vote to be canceled and repeated. A request that Vucic has so far firmly rejected from the sender, accusing the opposition of inciting violence instead this evening after the attempted attack on Belgrade City Hall. “We have been saying for days that they would try force. “Now the opposition has discovered its true face,” the prime minister hit, emphasizing: “Citizens must not be afraid, there is absolutely no revolution taking place.”
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