Serbia after Vucic: Is the prosecutor's office "curling" with the new government?
Already in the first days after the victory of the "Student List" of the opposition in the parliamentary elections, events that seemed unthinkable only recently began to take place in Serbia. For example, the prosecutor's office opened a series of investigations, among other things, into suspicions of corruption and official abuse. Some of the cases, according to observers, affect the foundations of the power system that emerged during the years of rule of Aleksandar Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party (SPP).
"All this puts the Serbian prosecutor's office in a very negative light," prosecutor Bojana Sabovic told DW. The sudden activity of her colleagues, according to Savovich, may be an attempt to curry favor with the new authorities: "By their actions they show that they could have done all this earlier, but ten days ago they didn't want to. I hope that such efficiency will not affect the quality of the indictments."
Is the prosecutor's office ready to investigate the activities of those who until recently were at the top of the Serbian political system? Former President Vucic promised that he is not afraid of arrest and that no evidence of financial abuse on his part will be found.
Prosecutor Sabovich emphasizes that in the end the success of the prosecution will be judged not by the number of publicized arrests, but by the convictions given. Tanya Arsik, a fresh member of parliament from the student list, agrees with her. "If investigations are careful only for a quick result, and then they end in acquittals because the prosecution failed to prove the guilt of people who held high government positions, it will be an even greater disaster," says Ersik.
More details on the DW website.