The Vučić regime’s decision to halt train traffic across Serbia on the eve of the major commemorative protest in Novi Sad reveals the depth of fear and insecurity gripping those in power, said Savo Manojlović, leader of the Move-Change Movement.
In a written statement, Manojlović condemned the action as a clear act of political panic, aimed at intimidating citizens and obstructing their right to gather peacefully.
“At this moment, five columns of students and activists are walking toward Novi Sad. That’s less than three percent of the people who will attend tomorrow’s large student protest,” he said.
“Each of these groups has more people than the president of Ćaciland could ever gather through blackmail and pressure across all of Serbia.”
Mocking the regime’s insecurity, Manojlović said it was “normal for an unfulfilled fan inclined to run away to ban trains” and for a frightened man “to surround himself with Ćacilanda.”
He reminded that similar fabricated bomb threats on railways have been used before nearly every protest demanding accountability for corruption and state abuse, showing a pattern of repression fueled by fear.
“It’s normal for the one at the root of corruption to fear citizens demanding justice,” Manojlović said.
“But it’s not normal for the one who cannot control his own fear to maintain a system in which that fear rules Serbia.”
The suspension of trains on the eve of the protest stands as yet another sign of a regime paralyzed by fear, unable to face its citizens without resorting to control, intimidation, and lies.
