Transcript · Serbian → English
Discussion on Press Freedom and Violence
Dear citizens, tonight we have
witnessed unprecedented violence,
monstrous violence, a break-in at Informer,
an attack on freedom of expression,
freedom of public speech, freedom of
the press. Interestingly,
no one dares
to say a word about it.
The European Union is silent, everyone is silent.
Many journalists' associations are silent,
as are fellow journalists,
because apparently they have the
right to torment Dragan Vučićević.
If we had done that to N1 and Nova S,
which said ten times more appalling
things
than anything Vučićević
said about the blockaders,
we would be the worst thugs,
dictators, autocrats, God
knows what else.
However, there is something far more dangerous here.
Dragan Vučićević called
and,
the first on the
blockaders' list, Srdanović,
and asked if he would help him.
Would he ask the people to go outside?
He didn't want to do that.
We're dealing with dangerous and
irresponsible people.
We're dealing with people who think
everyone should be afraid of them,
rather than talk to them.
They were badly mistaken.
There are people who went through all this
in 2000
and we're not at all
afraid of them.
We will stand up to them everywhere,
protecting
our personal and physical integrity.
But this tells you how little was needed.
One day, one day, from the moment we
conceded, congratulated them on
something they hadn't done in 14 years,
not even in
a single election, though they had
lost them by a million and a half votes
difference.
So, once
we had finished everything and acted,
it seems, as they hadn't
expected, they don't know what to do with it.
They don't know what to do with it all,
unless they can harass someone,
then it's best to
celebrate by beating someone up,
holding them as
hostages,
and there is no accountability anywhere.
Thank you
to the handful of honorable police
officers who wanted to do their job,
because most of them today
only do so to curry favor with
the new authorities.
All that's left for us, as I said,
is to prepare for a long, hard,
grueling struggle
from which we'll emerge as victors.
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Original transcript (Serbian)
Poštovani građani, večeras smo pratili nasilje bez presedana, monstruozno nasilje, upad u Informer, napad na slobodu izražavanja, slobodu javne reči, slobodu
novinarstva. Zanimljivo je, niko ne sme da kaže reč o tome. Ćuti i Evropska unija, ćute svi. Ćute mnoga novinarska
udruženja, kolege novinari pošto valjda imaju pravo da se iživljavaju na Draganu Vučićeviću. Da smo mi to uradili sa N1 i Novom S koji su govorili deset puta groznije
stvari od bilo čega što je Vučićević govorio o blokaderima, bili bismo najgori nasilnici, diktatori, autokrate, bog
zna šta sve. Međutim, ovde ima nešto mnogo opasnije. Dragan Vučićević je pozvao i, prvog na listi
blokaderskoj, Srdanovića i pitao ga hoće li da mu pomogne. Hoće li da zamoli ljude da izađe napolje? On to nije želeo da učini. Mi imamo posla sa opasnim i
neodgovornim ljudima. Mi imamo posla sa ljudima koji misle da bi svi trebalo da ih se plaše, a ne da sa ljudima razgovaraju. Grdno su se prevarili.
Postoje ljudi koji su kroz sve ovo prošli dvehiljadite godine i nimalo ih se ne plašimo. Suprotstavljaćemo im se na svakom mestu,
čuvajući svoj i lični i fizički integritet. Ali vam ovo govori koliko je malo bilo potrebno. Jedan dan, jedan dan, i to od trenutka kada smo priznali, čestitali što
oni nisu za četrnaest godina uradili ni za jedne izbore, a gubili su ih i sa milion i po glasova razlike.
Dakle, jedanput kada smo završili sve i uradili izgleda kako oni nisu očekivali, oni ne znaju šta će sa tim. Ne znaju šta bi sa svime, nego ako
može nekoga da maltretiramo, najbolje je da proslavimo tako što ćemo nekoga da izubijamo, da ga držimo kao taoca,
a odgovornosti nema nigde. Hvala nekolicini časnih policajaca koji su hteli da obavljaju svoj posao, jer većina danas
nije ne bi li se dodvorila novim vlastima. Nama ostaje, kao što sam rekao, da se pripremimo za dugu, tešku, mučnu borbu
iz koje ćemo izaći kao pobednici.
