Party warns that "1990s are back"

Party warns that "1990s are back"

Speaking at a press conference in Belgrade, Samofalov pointed to recent attacks on Dean of the Belgrade University Faculty of Political Sciences Ilija Vujačić and writer and journalist Raša Popov

and said that "hate speech is prevalent in Serbian society, the atmosphere of fear is growing and prominent personalities are getting beaten up."

How many free media outlets and political shows to speak critically of the ruling coalition can be seen left there today, asked Samofalov.

“In some way, the 1990s are coming back , and we as the Social Democratic Party are very concerned about it,” said Samofalov.

Head of the SDS group in the Serbian parliament Marko Đurišić said that discussions in the parliament often led to insults instead of argumentation and criticism coming from opposition parties was being met with hate speech by the ruling coalition.

“We do not want to lead a dialogue that is not based on argumentation,” said Đurišić.

Đurišić urged the Serbian government to find ways to tackle the atmosphere of insecurity and fear that had been created in Serbia.