12/24/2023 10:00 pm (current 12/24/2023 10:00 pm)
Protests against the election results have been going on for days in Belgrade ©APA/AFP
Several thousand supporters of the Serbian opposition demonstrated in Belgrade on Sunday night against alleged fraud in local elections a week ago. It was the seventh consecutive protest. This time, participants in the demonstration marched to Belgrade City Hall, where they tried to enter by force. Police forces used tear gas against protesters, local media reported.
President Aleksandar Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won victories in the first parliamentary and local elections in many cities, including Belgrade. In the capital, however, success on December 17th was narrow. According to the opposition, this also only happened through massive fraud. Election observers and the media reported numerous irregularities. Among other things, the buses would have taken people from the Serbian part of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Belgrade Arena, where they voted without being eligible to vote.
Vučić denied allegations of voter fraud on Sunday. The Serbian Prosecutor General's Office said on Saturday night in Belgrade that several violations of electoral regulations had been reported, including activities at the Belgrade Arena.