Serbia is in turmoil over the demand to cancel the vote

National elections were held on December 17 in Serbia, a country in the Balkan region of Europe. Leaders and activists of the opposition party in this election called for annulment of the results by alleging rigging.

Serbia is in turmoil over the demand to cancel the vote

Today, Saturday (December 30), thousands of leaders and activists of the country's opposition gathered in the capital Belgrade to protest the cancellation of the election. News: Al-Jazeera.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Belgrade at this time waving the Serbian flag and holding red banners reading 'We do not accept'. The country's opposition leader Marinica Tepic has been on hunger strike since December 18, rejecting the results of national elections held on December 17. He heads the opposition party Serbia Against Violence Alliance.

On December 17, the country's ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won 46.72 percent of the vote. The Election Commission of the country declared them victorious in the preliminary results.

The results of the election must be annulled, Tepik told protesters gathered in front of the landmark Moscow Hotel.

Serbia Against Violence is in second place in this election. But they accused the ruling party SNS of massive rigging and irregularities in the elections. However, the ruling party denied the allegation.

According to the results announced by the Election Commission, the center-left alliance Siberia Against Violence got 23.56 percent of the votes. Besides, the Socialist Party of Siberia got only 6.56 percent of votes.

Jovana Djokovic, a 29-year-old software developer who participated in the protest, said, "I participated in the protest with my father. I have come here after traveling 177 km. Because the election was heavily rigged. So I protest it out of my sense of duty.

It is unlikely that the full results of the national elections will be published in the country within the next month.