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00:00 Serbians marched through Belgrade on Thursday evening, showing no signs of stopping their
00:06 almost daily demonstrations.
00:08 In fact, they said they intend to blockade the city on Friday for 24 hours.
00:14 They say this month's local and parliamentary elections were marred by fraud, a claim bolstered
00:20 by international election observers.
00:22 "We will go all the way, like we said, we will submit petitions to the constitutional
00:27 court, we will use absolutely all mechanisms at our disposal because we have evidence."
00:34 Protesters said they have been denied their right to free and fair elections after the
00:38 right-wing ruling party won almost 47 percent of the vote.
00:43 But according to the opposition, the electoral registers included dead people and voters
00:48 bussed in from Kosovo and Bosnia.
00:52 Opposition groups have said they will not recognize the election results, calling instead
00:56 for the vote to be annulled.
00:58 Six main opposition leaders have been on hunger strike since the elections.
01:03 One of them, Marinika Tepic, is now so weak that she can no longer participate in the
01:08 protests and must watch from the sidelines.
01:11 Still, she plans to reject Dr. Please for her to end her fast.
01:17 "Mental strength is the strongest infusion I have.
01:23 It is simply the reason we managed to, despite the risky periods, still be on our feet, admittedly
01:30 from the bed to this chair and to the toilet, but we are trying to endure at least until
01:35 Saturday."
01:38 Large mass protests are expected Saturday at the end of the blockade.
01:42 The government has also scheduled election reruns that day in 30 out of the country's
01:48 more than 8,000 polling stations.
01:51 The opposition said they plan to boycott the reruns for being insufficient.
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