One Serbian MP was left “fighting for her life” and another injured after chaos erupted in the country’s parliament on Tuesday, with MPs releasing smoke bombs and flares.
Television footage showed members scuffling with each other before flares were lit and smoke bombs hurled across the floor of the house.
Ana Brnabić, the speaker, who had trouble breathing and was drenched with water during the altercation, said one of the injured MPs had suffered a stroke.
“The woman is fighting for her life after you threw a flashbang at her,” Brnabić told the deputies. The second legislator who suffered shock was eight months pregnant, she added, according to Euronews.
The chaos erupted after opposition MPs claimed the parliamentary session was illegal because the resignation of Miloš Vučević, the prime minister, had not been confirmed by parliament. They demanded no voting should take place.
The protesters see the incident as a symbol of the alleged culture of systematic corruption that pervades the governing party.
Ana Brnabić, the speaker, who had trouble breathing and was drenched with water during the altercation, said one of the injured MPs had suffered a stroke.
“The woman is fighting for her life after you threw a flashbang at her,” Brnabić told the deputies. The second legislator who suffered shock was eight months pregnant, she added, according to Euronews.
The chaos erupted after opposition MPs claimed the parliamentary session was illegal because the resignation of Miloš Vučević, the prime minister, had not been confirmed by parliament. They demanded no voting should take place.
Vučević stepped down in January amid political turmoil in the country and mass demonstrations against the ruling government coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) triggered by the collapse of a concrete roof at the main railway station in Novi Sad, killing 15 people in December.WATCH: Opposition lawmakers let off smoke grenades in the Serbian parliament
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The protesters see the incident as a symbol of the alleged culture of systematic corruption that pervades the governing party.
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