Marinika Tepic, one of the lead candidates on the “European Serbia” electoral list, reiterated her long-standing warnings regarding a parallel, deep-state system of governance where regional coordinators from the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) dictate the operations of all public institutions within their respective territories.
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“For years, we have been warning that Serbia has a dual power structure. There is the visible government that citizens see - consisting of ministers, directors, police officers, judges, and prosecutors - and then there is the party structure that actually calls the shots from the shadows. These coordinators rule through fear and intimidation. Most hold no official public office, yet they control everything and issue orders to everyone, including criminal elements. Anyone who refuses to carry out their illegal directives faces persecution, threats, and the destruction of their livelihood,” Tepic said.
She specifically emphasized that this type of political pressure on the judiciary has also been flagged by the European Commission, noting that such party interference in state affairs is fundamentally incompatible with European standards for the rule of law.
“Nowhere in a well-ordered state can a party coordinator outrank a police officer, a prosecutor, a judge, or the director of a public utility. This doesn’t just violate European standards and the Constitution - it flies in the face of common sense. Following a change in government, every single instance of this illicit influence will be investigated. Both those who issued these illegal orders and those who carried them out will be held accountable. A European Serbia must be governed by institutions acting under the law, not by party operatives acting on orders,” Tepic said.
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