During the visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Bosilegrad and its surroundings the leaders of the local Bulgarians were detained and taken to the police and members of the Cultural Information Center. This was the first visit of a Serbian head of state in 97 years, “Nova TV” recalls.
During his speech in Bosilegrad, Vucic literally said the following: “I am glad that there is no difference between Serbs and Bulgarians in the way they live and that you feel the way the state treats you”.
He thanked and praised the mayor of the city, Vladimir Zahariev, which became the main weapon of the police repression against the Bulgarians in the region. “He will be in power as long as he lives,” Vucic also said.
“I and a woman named Daniela were arrested – she is a scientist, a professor. I was detained around 10 am because I had several posters that I wanted to show to Vucic,” Dimitar Dimitrov told BGNES.
He also said that he was detained in the detention center, where he waited for 30-40 minutes without anyone telling him anything. After a few hours he was released, after Vucic’s visit ended.
“20-30 days ago, the police told me not to carry placards that say, for example: “The western outskirts have nothing to do with Serbia”. With that, I violated the territorial integrity of Serbia, etc.
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This was the previous conversation, 20 – 30 days ago. But now it started “why na March 3, have I put flags around Levski’s monument?“, well, because it’s March 3, because it’s the best public holiday in Bulgaria, and that’s why I put it there.
Regardless of where we live, we must defend our Bulgarian cause and not be ashamed of this Bulgarian holiday, right?”, said Dimitar Dimitrov.
