At least 3 lawmakers had been injured on Tuesday (March 4, 2025), one in all them significantly, after chaotic scenes in Serbia’s parliament, throughout which smoke bombs and flares had been thrown.
Lawmakers had been scheduled to vote on a legislation that will enhance funding for college schooling, however opposition events insisted the session was unlawful and ought to first verify the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević and his authorities.
The Parliamentary chaos began about an hour after the session began with opposition blowing whistles and holding up a banner studying “Serbia has risen so the regime would fall!”
Video footages from the Assembly corridor confirmed a conflict first between lawmakers and later flares and smoke bombs being thrown. Serbian media mentioned eggs and water bottles additionally had been thrown. Officials later mentioned three individuals had been injured within the disturbance.
Parliament speaker Ana Brnabic accused the opposition of being a “terrorist gang.” She mentioned one of many injured lawmakers was in a critical situation.
The incident displays a deep political disaster within the Balkan nation the place months-long anti-corruption protests have rattled a populist authorities.
Mr. Vučević resigned the put up in January as authorities confronted protests over the collapse in November of a concrete cover within the Serbia’s north that killed 15 folks and which critics blamed on rampant corruption. Parliament should verify the prime minister’s resignation for it to take impact.
Opposition events have insisted that the federal government has no authority to cross new legal guidelines.
Published – March 04, 2025 06:21 pm IST
