Serbian politician has stroke after smoke grenades, pepper spray used in parliamentary protest

It is their duty according to the Constitution and the law. Instead, this is yet another example of a classic coup d'etat,

said Milivojevic

It is the government that is intensifying the pace. The date no longer matters. What matters is that the energy of dissatisfaction continues to accumulate,

said Milivojevic

Radomir Lazovićleftist lawmaker

To all those who think there is a better way to organize resistance to the SNS, I invite them to show us on March 7, during the general strike,

said Lazovic

Radomir Lazovićleftist lawmaker

Serbia is suffering institutional violence imposed by the SNS

Radomir Lazovic of the Green-Left Front told DW

Radomir Lazovićleftist lawmaker

We regret that anyone was injured. Our MP, Professor Djordje Pavicevic, was also hit in the head and we have been repeatedly beaten by the police and ruling party MPs. We are ready to take responsibility for everything we've done, because sometimes, in the fight, you must resort to actions that you wouldn't normally take,

Lazovic told DW

The only person responsible for how the Assembly functions is the speaker,

Nikolic told DW

If anything happens to Jasmina Obradovic, you've started something never seen before in Serbia. Shame on you, you are a terrorist gang, not political parties,

Brnabic declared

Since that day, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia has been in a kind of creeping coup d'etat, carried out by the speaker, effectively nullifying the powers, will, duties and rights of the other 249 members of parliament,

Milivojevic told DW

You'll have to kill us to stop us working,

Brnabic told the opposition from the speaker's chair, calling them "bullies," "haters" and a "terrorist gang."

We have shown resistance in the parliament and we will show resistance wherever we can: on the streets, at blockades, during protests, in legal processes,

he added

Whether intentionally or not, the opposition fell for the bait that the current government has been using for a long time,

he said

Is this how you defend students' demands?"

said speaker Brnabic during the session

You have blood on your hands"

Opposition lawmakers also waved Serbian flags and held signs reading

Today's chaos in the Serbian Parliament — smoke bombs, violence, and obstruction — shows how far they're willing to go,

he wrote on social media

We will not rest until those who did this are held accountable,

he said, calling for legal action

The vandalism of opposition MPs has exposed the nature of their personalities and the essence of their political agenda,

Gasic said

Aleksandar Vučićpresident

Jasmina will win, Serbia will win,

Vucic said in a post on Instagram, showing him holding the lawmaker's hand in an emergency room

This was a failed attempt of the ruling coalition to show it is in control ..., and (there's) a potential for an escalation,

Radivoje Grujic, a Warsaw-based consultant told Reuters, commenting on the parliamentary session

Radomir Lazovićleftist lawmaker

We have a proposal ... to have a transitional government,

Radomir Lazovic of the opposition Green-Left Front told supporters in front of the parliament

Serbia is rising up for the regime to fall."

The opposition revealed flags and a banner which read