Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Miloš Vučević has once again shown his disregard for justice and decency, claiming today that Dijana Hrka, mother of Stefan Hrka—one of the 16 victims of the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse—“does not need” to go on a hunger strike. Vučević suggested that her protest would not lead to truth, justice, or a “fair verdict,” ignoring that it is the very government he represents that has stalled accountability for over a year.
Hrka began her hunger strike yesterday in a symbolic act of protest against the Aleksandar Vučić regime, which she accuses of systematically hiding the truth about the tragedy. Yet the police, acting under government orders, blocked her from entering “Čaciland” and from staging her protest on the steps of the National Assembly, further proving the regime’s prioritization of appearances over justice.
In the same breath, Vučević condemned SNS MP Uglješa Mrdić, who has been on a hunger strike for four days, calling it “un-Christian and inhumane.” Yet he simultaneously admitted understanding Mrdić’s frustration with Serbia’s dysfunctional judiciary—a system Vučević himself defends.
Mrdić, wrapped in the Serbian flag, clarified his stance during a TV Pink interview: he protests alongside five war veterans to demand that all prosecutor offices act in accordance with the law. He specifically accused Supreme Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac and Organized Crime Prosecutor Mladen Nenadić of shielding those responsible for the Novi Sad canopy collapse, labeling them part of the regime’s “colored revolution.”
Vučević’s remarks expose a government more concerned with controlling narratives than addressing systemic corruption or delivering justice to grieving families. While he preaches moderation, it is his party and its affiliates who continue to obstruct investigations, intimidate citizens, and allow impunity to thrive.
The message is clear: in Vučević’s Serbia, protesting injustice is met with dismissal, while those in power remain untouchable.
