Before Resigning, Vučić Also Pardoned Those Accused of Attacks on Students
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Those pardoned include a man who hit a student with a car, a judge accused of abuse of office, and several state officials.
The higher courts in Novi Sad and Belgrade have published the names of a total of 23 people pardoned by then-Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić before his resignation. They include former high-ranking state officials and those accused of attacks on students, including the man who hit a female student with his car, Serbian media reported.
More than a month after the former president of Serbia announced the decision to pardon and abolish 49 people, the identities of several of those pardoned have been revealed. The student movement criticizes Vučić.
Lawyer Milica Radović, representative of student Sonja Ponjavić, who was seriously injured when a car hit her during the blockade in Rooseveltova Street in Belgrade
A month after former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the decision to pardon and abolish 49 people, and just over a week after the defeat of his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the elections, the names of the people from that list were published. After the High Courts in Novi Sad and Belgrade, which on November 2 announced the names of 23 pardoned, a day later the High Court in Nis announced, revealing the identity of 18 more peop…
Several of the 49 pardoned by former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, before his resignation in September, were accused of assaulting students during protests that preceded the legislative elections of 25 October. The disclosure of the identity of 23 of the beneficiaries provoked criticism of the List of Students, a political movement that won the elections with an absolute majority.
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