Al Vucic said he satisfied all students’ requests and announced the government reshuffle
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a press conference on student mobilizations appeared.
He acknowledged that the government also made mistakes and there were statements that reinforced the climate of division in society. He called on students and the university community to take a dialogue “to bring about normalcy in the country”. Vucic announced a reshuffle of the government.
“In these difficult political times, it has become clear who is ready to work and fight and who do not, and therefore I expect that more than 50% of ministers will be replaced in a very urgent government’s reconstruction,” the president said. Serbia. Referring to students’ requests, he analyzed them one by one, arguing that everything was satisfied.
He said that until tomorrow the government’s website would have been posted on the website of all documents relating to the renovation of the Railway Station in Novi Sad. It is noted that the reconstruction of the station was completed three months before the collapse of the cornice that claimed the lives of 15 people.
Aleksandar Vucic said that the demand for a 20% increase in higher education budget was accepted, noting that this money would be used to increase teachers’ salaries and a 50% reduction in tuition fees paid by students who are not funded by the state. Referring to the request to stop the criminal prosecutions of 13 students and teachers arrested in the demonstrations, he promised that he would use the right to the Constitution and be granted to them. Vucic also said that the students’ request for the criminal prosecution of 37 people who attacked students during the demonstrations was also met.
The President of the Republic has hoped that students would positively assess the government’s intention to accept their demands and return to classrooms.
Students from this morning passed into more radical forms of action by excluding a significant road hub in Belgrade that will last 24 hours.
The atmosphere is reminiscent of a youth festival with many activities unfolding in parallel. Some students play basketball, others volleyball, some chess, in some places cooking elsewhere there are lectures or discussions, somewhere else the choir sings and somewhere the students are playing theatrical works …
Students are supported by thousands of citizens who are constantly arriving organized from various parts of the city.
Source :Skai
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