photo: Sava Radovanović / TanjugThe Court of Appeal in Novi Sad, on the proposal of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad, extended the detention of the former president of the Military Union of Serbia, Novica Antic, and his trade union associate Predrag Jevtić for another two months until July 27 of this year, Antic's lawyer Ivan Ninić announced.
Ninic told Fonet that this is the third decision by which Antic is sentenced to custody, and it will be "five months of coordinated and systematic repression against him and his family."
He stated that the Prosecution cited as a reason for the detention, and the court accepted, the existence of the possibility of influencing the witnesses who should be heard.
Also, the prosecution expanded the initial list of witnesses by proposing 16 new ones.
Everything indicates that the dynamics of their summoning and questioning is such as to justify and cover the time range for which detention was extended. There is written documentation on all the circumstances on which the witnesses are being questioned, and there is no justifiable reason why Antic should not be released from prison, Ninic said.
The investigation is losing its meaning, Antic is in poor health
With the assessment that the investigation so far has lost any meaning, Ninic indicated that the focus and only goal is to keep Antic in custody as long as possible.
"From the point of view of the prosecution, every dinar that was spent for the business of the Military Union suddenly becomes the subject of alleged embezzlement." It is a dangerous graft and phenomenon, which threatens to permanently and forcibly limit the autonomy of any cynical activity and organization in this country," Ninic said.
He expressed his doubt that in this case, essentially, the court and the prosecutor's office are just one transmission, which implements the wishes of other individuals and power centers outside the judicial branch of government, who decided to "permanently destroy Antic's life, health and seal his career in the army".
According to Ninić, Antic has had health problems for years, which are now manifested additionally in detention, and in four months he has lost 35 kilograms, so the consequences for his general state of health are unquestionable.
"There is a flagrant abuse of the detention measure, which is now traditionally used in Serbia to deal with political dissidents and all individuals who are not on the line of glorifying the politics of the current regime," Ninic said.
Why was he detained?
The former president of the Serbian Military Union was arrested in March on suspicion of embezzlement. He was first released to defend himself, and then, after an appeal, he was remanded in custody.
Apart from Antic, two more trade unionists were detained, one was detained, the other is on bail.
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