Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that the Serbian Armed Forces acquired "super-secret" equipment, so secret that only five people know anything about it. Former Chief of General Staff Zdravko Ponoš tells him that he is ignorant and ignores the laws
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić he attended the session of the extended collegium of chiefs General Staff, announced the Service for Cooperation with the Media of the President of the Republic.
After the session, the president addressed the media and said that this session is one of the turning points and decisive meetings for the upcoming changes in the Serbian Armed Forces and pointed out that for the first time there is good news in terms of manpower, i.e. that the response is greater than we had hoped for certain units.
He emphasized that our army, according to the new doctrine, must be incomparably stronger and that in the last year a lot has been done in terms of the modernization of the army.
He said that lately there are no rules and that it is difficult to accept and understand, but that we have to understand and accept it.
Speaking about the previously announced military parade for September, Vučić said that 10.000 soldiers are expected to participate and that it is the largest military parade to date.
"Significant changes and modernization"
Vučić previously announced that there will be "significant changes" in the Serbian Army in the coming period, so he mentioned modernization, the establishment of a digital military platform and a change in military doctrine, claiming that citizens "will be proud of their army."
He also said that in the past months, a lot has been invested in equipping and modernizing the army, and that it is now "much stronger than it has ever been".
"We will hold a big military parade so that people can see what they don't know we have. We hid it, these are huge changes in the Serbian Army," said Vučić, announcing that a General Staff collegium will be held on Monday, where "all necessary changes" will be discussed.
Speaking about the security challenges, Vučić said that a drone of NATO countries flew over Serbia on several occasions, as well as that "they filmed from the surrounding countries and crossed over to our territory", but that Serbia did not react "so that they would not know what we have".
"A small number of people know what we have brought to the country, five of them at the most. Your army becomes extremely murderous as a result," said Vučić, adding that the development of the so-called "digital army" is being planned.
Ponoš: "A narrow circle of people makes decisions about expensive purchases"
After this statement, the leader of the Serbia Center and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Zdravko Ponoš reacted, who assessed the president's claims that a large part of the equipment for the Serbian army was procured in secret as "non-compliance with regulations".
"The system of equipping the army is arranged in such a way that, if the regulations are followed, there is no option to carry out a procurement that involves only five people, one of whom is the president of the country. And Vučić is bragging that this is exactly the case," pointed out Ponoš.
Ponoš assesses for "Danas" that Vučić once again showed how he understands what the army is, what it is for, who makes decisions about equipment and development - rather, he showed that he either doesn't understand anything, or simply wants to do as he pleases.
"He showed that the army is just one of the areas that suffers the consequences due to his omnipotent ignorance refined by arrogance, and more recently by insecurity and nervousness," the leader of the SRCA points out and reminds her that the system of equipping the army is done in such a way that there is no possibility that a small number of people were involved in the procurement of equipment. And Vučić is boasting that there is some genius NBA five in which he is the point guard and who does everything by himself without anyone else knowing.
It turns out, Ponoš says, that those five decided on their own what the army needed, they bought, imported, paid for it and most importantly, the five of them use it.
However, he adds that Vučić still missed out on an important recognition.
"It is a very narrow circle that makes decisions about expensive procurements, not only for the army. Because where there is expensive procurement and expensive construction, there is also serious construction. That is why it is important to present the dream team to the people. And now, after all, Vučić is tired of playing military secrets with the other four. So in September, he will show these super-secret weapons not only to the domestic public, but also to the Belarusian public, and especially to his neighbors who threaten his peace and stability," Ponoš said ironically.
Source: Today
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