Recent history of protests against a government seen as authoritarian and well entrenched (in power since 2012, last parliamentary election in 2021 was boycotted by the opposition and turnout dropped to 49% from 56% in 2016, media freedom ranked 93rd out of 180 by RSF)
Anti-government protests have been sparked by various issues, most recently environmental opposition to Rio Tinto's Jadar lithium project
The coalition of fragmented leftist and rightist parties opposition was dissolved in 2021.