Insider Blows Lid on Serbian Ruling Party’s Use of Hired Thugs
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Insider Blows Lid on Serbian Ruling Party’s Use of Hired Thugs
Momcilo Marjanovic says he spent a decade providing ‘security’ for Serbia’s ruling party, a role that involved buying votes, beating protesters, and taking bundles of cash from the director of a public utility in the northern city of Novi Sad.
Lawyer Božo Prelevic assessed today that the prosecution "while in power" will not file a case regarding the claims of the former member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Momcilo Marjanović about organizing and paying batterers in Pionirski Park in Belgrade, in an area known to the public as "Caciland".
Former Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) activist Momčilo Marjanovic, 54, has revealed that, according to his claims, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's party organized and paid for groups of thugs, bought votes and inserted its people among students and protesters to provoke clashes with police.
Momčilo Marjanović, who worked for the Serbian Progressive Party for more than a decade, described to the investigative website BIRN the alleged payment of thugs, inciting incidents at protests and pressuring voters. According to his own words, he himself participated in these activities, and allegedly received money from the director of a public utility company.
In an interview with BIRN, long-time member of the Serbian Progressive Party, Momčilo Marjanović, openly talks about the organization of thugs for the needs of the ruling party, the weapons that were in the so-called "Ćaciland" on March 15, the collection of "safe votes", and how he was paid cash for his services at the JKP Novosadska Toplana. Region
Professor of the Faculty of Economics in Novi Sad and candidate on the Student List, Dragan Stojić, referred to the confession of former member of the Serbian Progressive Party, Momcilo Mihajlović. Mihajlović, as reported by BIRN, said that he organized and paid for the beatings with the money he received from the director of "Novosadska toplana".
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