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Actor brothers take 中心行う／開催する／段階 in Serbia's street 抗議するs

Published: 13:53 BST, 23 February 2019 | Updated: 14:09 BST, 23 February 2019

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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Taking 中心行う／開催する／段階 in the 週刊誌抗議するs against Serbia's 独裁的な大統領，／社長 was a 役割 that actors Sergej and Branislav Trifunovic felt compelled to play.

The two brothers are の中で the main public 直面するs of the demonstrations against 人民党員 leader Aleksandar Vucic's 会社／堅い支配する on 力／強力にする that started in 早期に December. They march with the 集まりs and speak at 決起大会／結集させるs. Sergej Trifunovic also has taken a 役割主要な a 自由主義の political movement.

The Trifunovics, who 行為／法令／行動する in Serbian theater 生産／産物s, films and TV shows, say they couldn't 屈服する out from the struggle for 僕主主義 in the Balkan country because they believe everyone should do their part.

"Nobody else would do it. Somebody had to," older brother Sergej Trifunovic, 46, said of his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 公式に enter the political 円形競技場. "We can't just sit with our 手渡すs on our 支援するs, waiting for a messiah to 落ちる from the sky and solve our problems."

セルビア人s first took to the streets Dec. 8 after 凶漢s （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 an 対立 leader with 厚かましさ／高級将校連 knuckles, 簡潔に knocking him unconscious and 負傷させるing his two associates. Images of Left party leader Borko Stefanovic with a 血まみれの長，率いる and shirt alarmed 国民s who thought the days of political 暴力／激しさ were behind them.

In an unusual 新たな展開, it has been public 人物／姿／数字s spearheading the 抗議するs rather than 対立政治家，政治屋s. With university professors, lawyers and other 目だつ国民s 主要な the way, the demonstrations have attracted support from セルビア人s who no longer 信用設立するd 政党s to root out 汚職 or to 改善する the economy.

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, actors Sergej, left, and Branislav Trifunovic speak during an interview to The Associated 圧力（をかける） in ベオグラード, Serbia. The Trifunovic brothers who are popular outside Serbia's 国境s for their 事実上の／代理 careers have 現れるd at the 最前部 of 週刊誌 demonstrations by tens of thousands of people in the past nearly three months 捜し出すing more 僕主主義 and better life in the troubled Balkan country that is 堅固に in the 支配する of 人民党員 leader Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Sergej Trifunovic has stood out with his outspoken 批評 of Serbia's 政府. Such open political 関与 comes with a price - greater public scrutiny and 猛烈な／残忍な attack s in プロの／賛成の-政府 tabloids.

For the Trifunovics, though, the 抗議するs are the "last chance" to pull Serbia 支援する from the "辛勝する／優位 of an abyss," said Branislav Trifunovic, 41.

"We didn't really need this, Sergej and I. We could have just lived on our comfortable lives and have fun," he said. "But it all 傷つけるs me, all the lies and 巧みな操作, all the stealing, 汚職. It's all an 侮辱 to ありふれた sense."

Serbia spent １０年間s under 社会主義 as part of the former Yugoslavia and then was led by a 国家主義者大統領，／社長, Slobodan Milosevic, who 開始する，打ち上げるd 多重の wars with 隣接地の共和国s that 宣言するd independence. A popular 反乱追い出すd Milosevic in 2000.

In Vucic, a former extreme 国家主義者 who became 首相 in 2014 and was elected 大統領，／社長 in 2017, many see a danger to their country's hard-won 僕主主義. 抗議する人s have （刑事）被告 the 大統領，／社長 of fostering bitter 分割s while 課すing strict 支配（する）／統制する over mainstream マスコミ, the 安全 system and other 中心存在s of 力／強力にする.

The Trifunovic brothers stepped in almost from the start: Branislav Trifunovic spoke at the first 抗議する and later joined the 抗議する組織者s. His older brother 口頭で衝突／不一致d with Vucic's 支持者s, who have sought to downplay the 週刊誌集会s.

悪名高い for 悪口を言う／悪態ing in public, Sergej Trifunovic has いつかs 怒り／怒るd even Vucic's 対抗者s, 含むing when he mocked Serbia's 率直に gay 総理大臣 Ana Brnabic when her partner gave birth to a baby boy. He later said his comments meant no 害（を与える）.

In what many saw as 天罰 for his 批評 of Vucic, a play featuring Sergej Trifunovic was 除去するd from a theatre festival last 落ちる, while 当局調査／捜査する a charity 基金 for children that he runs. Most recently, a 上級の police 公式の／役人脅すd a 名誉き損控訴 after he said at one of the 抗議するs that she was "dating a guy who's 取引，協定ing 麻薬s."

"I've been the enemy of the 明言する／公表する for a while now," Sergej Trifunovic joked, 公式文書，認めるing that he took part in ant i-Milosevic 抗議するs during the 1990s' 同様に.

The brothers said they didn't think twice about their celebrity images as they 転換d from entertainment to real-life 関心s with high 火刑／賭けるs. They recently 地位，任命するd Twitter ビデオs of themselves boozing it up and partying, 行為 that many people in this 保守的な country みなす unfit for political 人物／姿／数字s.

"The moment you enter politics and 率直に take 味方するs ... you （土地などの）細長い一片 yourself of half of your audience, who will no longer 見解（をとる） you the same way," Branislav Trifunovic said.

The demonstrations have not appeared to visibly shake Vucic's position, although some 分析家s （悪事，秘密などを）発見する転換s in the political atmosphere that they believe 燃料 hope changes are possible.

"抗議するs would not have lasted if the 国民s hadn't seen them as a form of 解放する／自由な市民の会議," said Teofil Pancic, a columnist for Serbia's 自由主義の Vreme (Time) 週刊誌. "Everything seems the same on the surface ... but in reality, the countdown has started."

Vucic 否定するs 存在独裁的な and has 示唆するd he might call an 早期に選挙 in 返答 to the 抗議するs. Beleaguered 対立 leaders have 誓約（する）d to ボイコット（する） any 未来選挙s that don't 含む解放する／自由なマスコミ and equal starting position for all 候補者s.

Sergej and Branislav Trifunovic said they want to 身を引く from politics once Serbia becomes a true 僕主主義 with the 支配する of 法律.

"I fight for a Serbia without an 専制政治 ... and once it is done, I will say 'Goodbye, come watch me in the theater,'" Sergej Trifunovic said. "But I won't give up. I will go to the end. I always do."

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Dusan Stojanovic 与える／捧げるd.

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, actors Sergej, left, and Branislav Trifunovic listen to a question during an interview to The Associated 圧力（をかける） in ベオグラード, Serbia. The Trifunovic brothers who are popular outside Serbia's 国境s for their 事実上の／代理 careers have 現れるd at the 最前部 of 週刊誌 demonstrations by tens of thousands of people in the past nearly three months 捜し出すing more 僕主主義 and better life in the troubled Balkan country that is 堅固に in the 支配する of 人民党員 leader Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, actors Branislav, 権利, and Sergej Trifunovic speak during an interview to The Associated 圧力（をかける） in ベオグラード, Serbia. The Trifunovic brothers who are popular outside Serbia's 国境s for their 事実上の／代理 careers have 現れるd at the 最前部 of 週刊誌 demonstrations by tens of thousands of people in the past nearly three months 捜し出すing more 僕主主義 and better life in the troubled Balkan country that is 堅固に in the 支配する of 人民党員 leader Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojino vic)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, actor Sergej Trifunovic listens to a question during an interview to The Associated 圧力（をかける） in ベオグラード, Serbia. Actor brothers Sergej and Branislav Trifunovic who are popular outside Serbia's 国境s for their 事実上の／代理 careers have 現れるd at the 最前部 of 週刊誌 demonstrations b y tens of thousands of people in the past nearly three months 捜し出すing more 僕主主義 and better life in the troubled Balkan country that is 堅固に in the 支配する of 人民党員 leader Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

People march during a 抗議する march against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People 抗議するd against what they say is Serbian 大統領 Aleksandar Vucic's 独裁的な支配する. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

People march during a プロの／賛成の実験（する） march against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People 抗議するd against what they say is Serbian 大統領 Aleksandar Vucic's 独裁的な支配する. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A man 持つ／拘留するs an old Yugoslav 共産主義者s 旗 during a 抗議する march against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People 抗議するd against what they say is Serbian 大統領 Aleksandar Vucic's 独裁的な支配する. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A woman shouts スローガンs during a 抗議する against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. The 抗議するs, which have spread outside of ベオグラード, 告発する／非難する Vucic of stifling 解放する／自由なマスコミ and 僕主主義 in the Balkan country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

People light ゆらめくs in 前線 of the Serbian 議会 building during a 抗議する march against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People 抗議するd against what they say is Serbian 大統領 Aleksandar Vucic's 独裁的な支配する. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

People 持つ／拘留する a 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する that reads: ''#1out of 5 million'' in 前線 of the Serbian 議会 building during a 抗議する march against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People 抗議するd against what they say is Serbian 大統領 Aleksandar Vucic's 独裁的な支配する. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

People gather in 前線 of the Serbian 議会 building during a 抗議する march against 人民党員大統領 Aleksandar Vucic in ベオグラード, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People 抗議するd against what they say is Serbian 大統領 Aleksandar Vucic's 独裁的な支配する. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, actors Sergej, left, and Branisla v Trifunovic 準備する for an interview to The Associated 圧力（をかける） in ベオグラード, Serbia. The Trifunovic brothers who are popular outside Serbia's 国境s for their 事実上の／代理 careers have 現れるd at the 最前部 of 週刊誌 demonstrations by tens of thousands of people in the past nearly three months 捜し出すing more 僕主主義 and better life in the troubled Balkan country that is 堅固に in the 支配する of 人民党員 leader Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)