By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-25 17:51:31 | Updated at 2024-11-25 20:30:31
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Scuffles broke out in the Serbian parliament on Monday after opposition legislators raised banners accusing the ruling coalition of trying to shirk responsibility for the collapse of a railway station roof that killed 15 people earlier this month.
Radomir Lazovic of the opposition Green-Left Front party placed a picture of a red hand captioned “you have blood on your hands” on the speaker’s platform, video footage from the N1 television station showed.
The health minister, Zatibor Loncar, approached him and started arguing. Other deputies rushed in front of the speaker’s platform shouting, pulling and hitting one another.
The opposition deputies shouted: “Killers, killers!”
Some held a picture of the president, Aleksandar Vucic with red hands up and a sign saying: “No one is to be blamed.”
The disaster on November 1 at the recently renovated railway station in Novi Sad has turned into a protracted political headache for Vucic and his ruling party, who the opposition and many ordinary citizens accuse of nepotism and corruption – charges the politicians deny.
Twelve people, including a former minister were arrested over the incident last week, but that has failed to alleviate the pressure. The opposition says authorities waited too long to act against potential perpetrators.
