The announcement of the protest was sparked by a stand-by arrangement with the IMF in July, when the country agreed to cut public sector salaries and welfare allowances for disabled veterans from the 1992-1995 conflict in order to receive approximately 1.2 billion euros from the Fund.
Prosvjed je najavljen zbog stand-by aranžmana s MMF-om u srpnju, kada je zemlja pristala smanjiti plaće u javnom sektoru i socijalnu pomoć za veterane-invalide iz sukoba 1992-1995 kako bi dobila približno 1,2 milijardi eura od Fonda.