Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin on Thursday confirmed in the Serbian Parliament that members of his Movement of Socialists blockaded the entrance to the N1 TV grounds, and sent a message to N1 that “it won’t be difficult for them to return if they weren’t heard properly.”
A group of a hundred or so people, most of them members of Aleksandar Vulin’s Movement of Socialists, on Thursday blockaded the entrance to the grounds where the N1 offices are located. N1 received significant support from employees of companies from the nearby Airport City business park, who chanted “Pump it Up,” “Saturday,” and “Sing the Anthem.”
At the Serbian Parliament meeting on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Vulin made no effort to hide the fact that members of his party were the ones who blockaded access to N1.
“They went there to let them know that there is another Serbia that is never seen on their cameras, that is never featured in their shows, and whose voice is never heard except through insults and threats… a Serbia that has no place, a Serbia that is never mentioned,” Vulin said.
He added that his party members wanted to show that “there is a Serbia that they don’t understand, that they certainly don’t like, that they definitely hate.”
“And they are not afraid of them, nor of their hatred, nor of their bosses’ violence. That Serbia showed up in front of N1 today,” Vulin remarked, sarcastically adding that he expects the European Union and journalists’ associations to react to prevent any other opinion from being heard.
“We wanted to show, and we succeeded in showing what hypocrisy rules our media landscape, where any hatred is allowed and rewarded only if it is directed against President (Aleksandar) Vucic and his allies,” said Vulin, warning that it wouldn’t be hard for them to return if they weren’t heard properly.
“All of this can be avoided very simply – through dialogue. The benches in parliament should be filled with opposition, the benches in schools should be occupied by students, the halls in our universities should be for professors and students, making life normal again,” Vulin added, noting that after that, elections would follow where people could either change or support the government.
Source: N1
