Serbia: Students start 24-hour blockade in Belgrade over vote results

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00:00 Serbians marched through Belgrade on Thursday evening, showing no signs of stopping their

00:06 almost daily demonstrations.

00:08 In fact, they said they intend to blockade the city on Friday for 24 hours.

00:14 They say this month's local and parliamentary elections were marred by fraud, a claim bolstered

00:20 by international election observers.

00:22 "We will go all the way, like we said, we will submit petitions to the constitutional

00:27 court, we will use absolutely all mechanisms at our disposal because we have evidence."

00:34 Protesters said they have been denied their right to free and fair elections after the

00:38 right-wing ruling party won almost 47 percent of the vote.

00:43 But according to the opposition, the electoral registers included dead people and voters

00:48 bussed in from Kosovo and Bosnia.

00:52 Opposition groups have said they will not recognize the election results, calling instead

00:56 for the vote to be annulled.

00:58 Six main opposition leaders have been on hunger strike since the elections.

01:03 One of them, Marinika Tepic, is now so weak that she can no longer participate in the

01:08 protests and must watch from the sidelines.

01:11 Still, she plans to reject Dr. Please for her to end her fast.

01:17 "Mental strength is the strongest infusion I have.

01:23 It is simply the reason we managed to, despite the risky periods, still be on our feet, admittedly

01:30 from the bed to this chair and to the toilet, but we are trying to endure at least until

01:35 Saturday."

01:38 Large mass protests are expected Saturday at the end of the blockade.

01:42 The government has also scheduled election reruns that day in 30 out of the country's

01:48 more than 8,000 polling stations.

01:51 The opposition said they plan to boycott the reruns for being insufficient.

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