BANJA LUKA AHEAD OF PROTESTS BANJA LUKA, March 23 (Hina) - Ahead of mass protests called "It Can No Longer Go Like This", organised by Opposition parties which demand that general elections be called in Republika Srpska, police
presence has been intensified in the capital of the Bosnian Serb entity,
BANJA LUKA, March 23 (Hina) - Ahead of mass protests called "It Can No
Longer Go Like This", organised by Opposition parties which demand
that general elections be called in Republika Srpska, police presence
has been intensified in the capital of the Bosnian Serb entity, #L#
Since early Tuesday morning, 40 police officers have been securing the
building of the president and vice president of Republika Srpska.
Traffic in that part of the town will be discontinued between 10 and
16.00 hours.
The protest rally, organised by the Alliance of Independent Social
Democrats, the Socialist Party of Republika Srpska, the Democratic
People's Alliance and the Alliance of Pensioners, will start at 12.05
in the central square. The organisers expect between 30,000 to 50,000
people to show up.
The ruling coalition in the Bosnian Serb entity is the one comprising
the Serb Democratic Party, the party of Democratic Action and the
Party of Democratic Progress. The Opposition criticises the coalition
for corruption, crime and difficults economic and social situation in
the entity.
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