Serbia’s opposition announced on Tuesday that it would boycott a new vote scheduled for December 30 in 30 of the country’s 8,000 constituencies, saying it would not be enough to force it to accept the overall result of the December 17 parliamentary election it had announced. fraudulently won by the nationalist right, AFP reports.

“Re-elections in a number of polling stations can neither cancel the falsifications nor correct the injustice that happened on December 17. Therefore, we will not take part in the re-election,” the statement of the coalition “Serbia Against Violence” reads.

According to her, “it is not appropriate to vote when deputies are on hunger strike due to proven falsifications, political dissidents are arrested, and students are beaten by the police and detained.”

Seven oppositionists are now on hunger strike, and demonstrations are held daily in front of the election commission.

According to official results, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s SNS (Nationalist Right) party won 46% of the vote in the parliamentary election, compared to 23.5% for the opposition coalition.

But Serbia Against Violence said the election was rigged, alleging, among other things, that Serb voters in neighboring Bosnia were allowed to vote illegally in Belgrade.

International observers, including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), also reported “violations”, including “voter bribery”.

Denouncing the forgeries, opposition demonstrators tried to enter the Belgrade City Hall on Sunday night by breaking windows.

Several thousand people gathered in front of the Central Election Commission building in Belgrade on Monday to protest the elections earlier this month.

Protesters marched to the main police department, where they believed there were people detained by law enforcement agencies the day before.

Earlier in the day, police said 38 people were detained during and after an opposition protest against Sunday’s election results. The police reported that eight police officers were injured in the clashes.

On Sunday, protesters smashed windows and doors near the main entrance to City Hall, and police used pepper spray to disperse them around 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. GMT).

Read also:

The head of the opposition in Serbia is a former journalist of Romanian origin. Marinika Tepich has announced a hunger strike and demands the cancellation of the elections