Vučić has taken several steps to deflect the pressure of the public outcry following the collapse of Novi Sad’s recently renovated train station last November, which caused 15 deaths.
Protesters believe the collapse was caused by corruption, poorly drafted contracts and a lack of expert supervision in the modernization of the station as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
At least 100,000 people from across the country poured into Serbia’s capital on Saturday to demand that the government take corruption more seriously. Vučić claims the movement is aimed directly at him, even though it’s a long shot whether the president could be toppled.
But even though several local and national officials, including now the entire Serbian government, have resigned in the wake of the public outrage, protesters remain unconvinced by Vučić’s steps, as their demand to release the full documentation of Serbia’s railway renovation program has only been formally met with heavily redacted files.