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.
Protest je najavljen zbog stend-baj aranžmana sa MMF-om od jula, kada je zemlja pristala da smanji plate u javnom sektoru i socijalnu pomoć za onesposobljene veterane iz sukoba 1992-1995 kako bi dobila otprilike 1,2 milijarde evra od Fonda.