After a year of silence, Tomislav Momirović spoke out for the first time and accused the Prosecution for Organized Crime of denying the role of the court and spreading "unfounded claims" about the alleged damage of 115 million euros
Former Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade Tomislav Momirovic he rated yes Public prosecution for organized crime (JTOK) "misuses its powers" and violates his presumption of innocence, judging that the institution in its latest statement "seriously violates the legal order" and "denies the role of the court".
In a post on Instagram, on which he has not been active since his arrest due to the suspicion that he is one of those who allegedly damaged the state budget for 115 million dollars in the case of the reconstruction of the Railway Station in Novi Sad and the reconstruction and modernization of the Novi Sad-state border railroad, he called on the prosecution to "return to the legal framework" and that he would "prove his innocence before the institutions."
"As someone who has served this country for years and who has been exposed to brutal public attacks for almost a year, to which I have not yet responded, I consider it my duty to publicly respond to the allegations in the JTOK announcement," wrote Momirović.
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He stated that as part of the investigation led by JTOK, 63 witnesses have been heard so far, that none of them stated that they knew him, or that he was a witness to "any criminal act that (him) is accused of".
He also added that in the first 55 days of the proceedings, no investigation was conducted, that no witnesses were heard during that period, and that he himself had no access to the case files or the criminal report.
"The amount of 115 million euros, which the prosecution brought to the public as alleged damage, is not the result of any expertise or any professional assessment. It is a pure fabrication of individuals from that prosecution organization, without any evidentiary value," the former minister announced.
He also announced that the request for the exemption of the special prosecutor, which his defense submitted, "was not an attempt to obstruct the proceedings" but an attempt to "protect the integrity of the process", and that the criminal complaint against him was not filed by "some working group", but by the head of the UKP of the Serbian Police.
"The proceedings against me and the others before the JTOK have nothing to do with the tragic fall of the canopy in Novi Sad. I am specifically charged with signing Annex 1 of the Commercial Agreement for the construction of the high-speed railway, which I signed in 2021. The signing of the Annex itself was preceded by a very complex procedure, the approval of many state bodies, technical teams, ministries, institutes, the attorney's office and boards," wrote Momirović.
Tomislav Momirović was arrested on August 1, 2025, in the operation of the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and SBPOK due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of abuse of official position.
He was first in prison and later under house arrest.
The High Court extended the measure of house arrest for him, former minister Goran Vesić and 11 other defendants in this case for another three months, it was confirmed to the Beta agency ten days ago.
The collegium of JTOK announced that in recent months the prosecutors of that body have been exposed to continuous pressure through public appearances by the President of Serbia, representatives of the legislative and executive authorities, other actors of political life and certain media.
Source: Beta
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