Aleksandar Vučić is carrying out an unannounced coup d'état. It's for nothing. He has no defense against the demand for justice. Because how can he look into the eyes of a mother who is on hunger strike, calm the people on the streets and silence the schoolchildren who are shouting on the excursion - "Pump!"
Pupils and teachers, students and professors, workers and peasants - the whole nation - they all are on the streets for a year now. They are looking for justice. None of that, Vučić tells them. In his fight for injustice, he declared a good part of the members of the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (TOK) to be criminals and a corrupt gang.
In this way the president of Serbia and the entire Ćaciland he tries to put his associates, partners and - of course - himself above the law.
Vučić has attacked prosecutors before. However, this time they hit him back. In a statement, TOK told the head of state that by "disparaging and criminalizing" the prosecutors, he exceeded and abused his legal and constitutional powers in an attempt to exercise inappropriate and illegal influence.
If they had remained silent, the prosecutors from the TOK could have been requalified as an authority for determining the regularity of darts competitions or ballots. Here, it is not only a matter of protecting their personal and professional integrity, but also a decisive defense of the elementary rule of law.
Vučić reacted to TOK's announcement by saying that he never wanted to influence "criminals and mobsters", but that they cannot influence him either.
Dear God, does that man know what he's talking about? Is he aware that he is directly destroying the constitutional and legal order that he swore to defend? Does it occur to him that every drug dealer, corruptor or human trafficker can now claim to be a victim of "criminals and mobsters"? Does he realize how much he is heating up the heated crisis in the country?
Unfortunately, the answer is yes. After thirteen years in power, Vučić is forced to buy the support of wealthy progressive barons steeped in corruption and crime. As long as he doesn't "give" Gašić, Lončar and the others, they will follow him through fire and water.
Otherwise, he is threatened by the case of Mila Dodik. He settled with the Americans and disappeared from the "Serbian world" as soon as he realized that the "big brother" from Andrić's wreath could not protect him.
Herein lies the answer to why Vučić refuses the extraordinary parliamentary elections. Namely, the majority in the Assembly allows him to cut the work of the Prosecutor's Office for organized crime by lex specilas. The parliamentary liquidation of the General Staff affair is currently underway.
How far can Vučić go with his unannounced coup? It won't be far. No matter what he did, there is no defense against the demand for justice. Because how can he look into the eyes of a mother on hunger strike, calm down all those students and citizens on the streets, and even silence the students of the lower grades who shout from the bottom of their lungs on the excursion - "Pump!"
By taking "upon himself" responsibility for the General Staff affair and promising amnesty to Selaković and other potential suspects, Vučić wants to ensure that his collaborators do not become witnesses-collaborators. That is why he is ready to destroy the judicial branch of government
The euro jumps, people flock to exchange offices, banks refuse to say whether they do business with NIS, and the regime says - everything is panic. It is possible, but who is wider
The performance of the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković in connection with the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime does not, admittedly, exude special acting talent, but it faithfully portrays the nature of the progressive government.
Declaring that Vučić is the real target of the Prosecutor's Office for organized crime, Selaković almost alluded to the American anti-mafia law RICO - not only those who directly participated in criminal acts are prosecuted, but also those who were at the head of the organization that committed them. And it is known who leads the progressive government
The progressive victories of Pyrrhus in Mionica, Negotin and Sečnje turn the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Serbia into a hotbed. With that, Vučić became an elementary disaster that affects all citizens. It's simple - the country has been handed over to the gangs
By taking "upon himself" responsibility for the General Staff affair and promising amnesty to Selaković and other potential suspects, Vučić wants to ensure that his collaborators do not become witnesses-collaborators. That is why he is ready to destroy the judicial branch of government
The euro jumps, people flock to exchange offices, banks refuse to say whether they do business with NIS, and the regime says - everything is panic. It is possible, but who is wider
The performance of the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković in connection with the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime does not, admittedly, exude special acting talent, but it faithfully portrays the nature of the progressive government.
Interview: Branko Stamenković, President of the High Prosecution Council
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