Citizens stormed the premises of Informer television in Belgrade, interrupting a live broadcast, while a clash with police broke out in front of the building. Protesters also gathered outside Pink television, where they threw eggs at the building.
Dragan J. Vučićević, owner and editor-in-chief of Informer, described the incident as "monstrous violence" and claimed that protesters attempted to set fire to the building and kill him. "If there had not been cameras, they would have killed me," Vučićević said. His claims have not been independently verified.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić condemned the raids on the celebrations of Sveta Petka (Saint Peter's Day). "Our people were celebrating their slava, Sveta Petka, across Serbia today," Vučić said, adding: "Some inhumane people were raiding their celebrations, for the first time since 1945." He warned that his supporters would protect themselves if state institutions did not react. "If the terror against people who think differently continues, we will be forced to organise ourselves," Vučić stated.
Dijana Hrka, the mother of a victim from Novi Sad, claimed that the protest in front of Informer was staged with planted provocateurs and announced she would withdraw from all future protests in Serbia. Students in blockade issued a statement against the raids on regime media: "Let us preserve our dignity."
RTS director Manja Grčić told a meeting with representatives of two trade unions that she would not resign because, as she noted, she could not leave RTS without a director. She said she needed time and was waiting for someone to officially approach her with a request to leave, and announced that she would consider requests for the dismissal of editors of the news programme. Her resignation was demanded by some public television employees and candidates from the Student List, who are also calling for the introduction of temporary management at RTS. Students in Serbia sent an open letter demanding the resignation of RTS leadership and the independent operation of the regulator REM, alongside calls for depoliticisation and the liberation of media from political influence.
The Belgrade Bar Association (AKB) stated that it is requesting the Ministry of the Interior and the competent prosecution to immediately identify and prosecute the attackers of its members during election day. The AKB emphasised that the violent individuals, who were armed with baseball bats, golf clubs and metal bars, and threatened with firearms, must be found and punished for attacking and seriously injuring Predrag Jovanović and Nikola Miladinović. The attack took place on election day in Zvezdara, while the lawyers were monitoring the electoral process. "We demand that the public be informed of the results of the proceedings in a timely manner," the AKB said, adding: "The attacks on the aforementioned lawyers are not individual attacks, but represent an attack on the entire legal profession, as an independent and autonomous profession."
Although not all votes have yet been counted after the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Serbia, it is clear that Miloš Pavlović, leader of the ćaćaci, who was 27th on Vučić's list, will win a seat in the National Assembly of Serbia. Belgrade Archbishop and Cardinal Ladislav Nemet congratulated the Student List on its victory in the parliamentary elections, specifically highlighting the students' months-long non-violent engagement. Subotica cathedral parish priest Dragan Muharem assessed that the social changes won by citizens have opened the way towards a fairer and more democratic society.
The informal group 'Diplomats Do Not Stay Silent' warned the leadership of the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs not to make staffing and financial decisions in a technical mandate and not to destroy documentation. Ilija Srdanović announced a new regional policy for Serbia, accompanied by a sharp condemnation of Vučić's statements from the 1990s and a strengthening of good-neighbourly relations. After the elections, the opposition in Kragujevac is demanding the resignations of the mayor and the president of the City Assembly, aiming for early elections, while the city administration denies rumours of the deputy mayor's resignation. A video shows a man entering the mayor's office in Kragujevac and carrying out a photograph of Vučić.
In the Ukrainian city of Oleksii, which is under Russian occupation, a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine came into effect this morning. Former foreign minister Vesna Pusić commented on the outcome of the parliamentary elections in Serbia on N1 television. Radić called on the new government in Serbia to open JNA archives to accelerate the finding of missing persons and finally resolve the fate of numerous families. Political steps following the Student List's victory and the transfer of power after 14 years of dominance by Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party remain the focus of attention.
