SAEDNEWS: Large-scale protests in Serbia are part "of an attempt to stage a color revolution, organized and paid for from the outside," the Balkan nation’s President Aleksandar Vucic said.
In an address delivered in front of a vandalized office of the Serbian Progressive Party in Belgrade, the president stressed that protesters were extremely aggressive. Vucic noted that they had nothing to offer to the country’s people but violence, TASS reported.
The president stated that "all this is part of an attempt to stage a color revolution, organized and paid for from the outside, where they don’t choose means to take power by force."
"They have neither the people’s trust nor a program," the Serbian leader stressed.
"However, the state will act decisively. We don’t need instructions from the outside; we will restore order in our country and release the people from terror and evil," Vucic emphasized.
The Serbian president added that the authorities would not step back "from any position." "We will be everywhere, fighting back and restoring what has been destroyed," Vucic added.
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said earlier at a press conference that some 2,300-2,400 protesters had gathered in Belgrade, attacking police officers, turning trash bins upside down and setting them on fire. They also set fire to the office of the Serbian Progressive Party. According to the minister, five people were detained.
