Serbian opposition official calls police to identify men who beat protesters

A large group of people gathered in front of the Progress gallery in the central pedestrian Knez Mihailova street during the promotion of Vesic’s book. Members of Vesic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) stood in front of the gallery entrance arguing with the crowd which included officials and supporters of the opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS). Vesic was escorted to his car by security guards.  

Bastac, the head of the central Stari Grad municipality, said the police should identify the people who insulted, assaulted and beat protesters and find out who brought them there. “If the police doesn’t determine those facts, it’s clear that there is no state and that the citizens have to find their own way of protecting themselves from the criminal regime which has launched a physical assault on opponents,” he said.  

He said the crowd gathered in the gallery for the promotion included President Aleksandar Vucic’s ex-wife, his father, presidency official Nikola Selakovic, right-wing politician Misa Vacic and others.

“The other side were we, the citizens who will no longer keep quiet and tolerate the destruction of the city and mistreatment of people by the eternal deputy (an allusion to Vesic). When he didn’t know how to leave his own promotion, “attempted criminal” Goran Vesic sent his private thugs against the citizens headed by former kick-boxer and acting CEO of the Belgrade Elektrane power plants Rade Basta,” Bastac said.