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Mothers: The discriminatory law should have been prevented in time

They are exhausted, but they do not give up even at the cost of life. That is the message of mothers of three or more children who are on hunger strike for four days. They protest on the sidewalk in front of the Parliament, because their allowances have been reduced.

They told CdM that they admit the law was discriminatory, but that those who voted for the law should have prevented it in time. “Here, I publicly admit that the law is discriminatory, but those who voted for it were supposed to prevent it in time. I will not name anyone individually. Everyone watched their interests, and no one worked in the interest of mothers. Why they did not suspend the law in time instead of bringing mothers in this situation?!” mothers’ spokeswoman Zeljka Savkovic said.

She added that professor Djordjije Blazic explained what mothers had right to.

“Appearing in a TV show, Zorica Kovacevic and Vukica Jelic said that women who took allowances could certainly count on receiving it for a lifetime and that it would not be changed. Everything is clear. We are persistent in this and we will not give up at the cost of life, and we will see what will happen,” she said.

The women who were transported to the ER on Thursday are good. Two of them went home and one returned to the protest after treatment.

Meanwhile, three more women were transported to the ER on Friday morning.

“They are stable and received treatment,” she added.

The fourth night of hunger strike was warmer than the previous ones, but Savkovic said no one addressed them. However, they will remain persistent in this struggle.

“We hope they will be willing to hear us because the mothers came here neither out of caprice, nor for any other reason, but we are fighting for the thing they gave us with their votes in Parliament. We are here to defend our acquired right,” she said.

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