**Serbian Parliament Speaker Demands Explanation**
A row has erupted in Serbia after the speaker of parliament, Ana Brnabic, accused the Belgrade University Rector’s Board of planning a coup d’etat.
Brnabic made her comments after an audio recording was released. The recording appeared to show opposition activists discussing a takeover of parliament during protests in Belgrade on Saturday.
The speakers on the recording were heard talking about starting a civil war and murdering President Aleksandar Vucic. Brnabic said she was particularly concerned that some professors and students at Belgrade University were involved.
“We need an explanation from the university,” she told reporters. “Who took part in the attempted coup? And who confirmed contacts with the military union?”
The Belgrade University Rector’s Board has responded, saying that one of the activists quoted by Brnabic was not connected to the university at all. He is a sociology teacher in a high school in Novi Sad.
The board protested against what they called “ill-intentioned insinuations” against the university and asked institutions and media to stop alarming the public with false information.
They also appealed for protection from slander, saying that the academic community was being unfairly targeted.
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