World News

2086 readers

11 users here now

Rules:
Be a decent person.
No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, zionism/nazism, and so on.

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Serbia’s prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by SourGumGum@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy.

The canopy collapse in November, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic. He has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms in Serbia despite formally seeking European Union membership for the troubled Balkan nation.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m having trouble understanding this. I don’t see anywhere in the article where guillotines were used. But that can’t be true since there’s an overwhelming number of posts and comments online that history has proven only violence can defeat these leaders.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Its almost as if every country, people and political situation is unique and requires a specific solution. Sometimes you dont need violence, sometimes you do.

[–] atlas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

he knows what Serbs are capable of, there was no way he was gonna try and push them further