30. januar 2025 16:00

Prosecutors to halt criminal proceedings against 13 people pardoned by president

Autor: Tanjug

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Prosecutors to halt criminal proceedings against 13 people pardoned by president

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BELGRADE - Following a decision by President Aleksandar Vucic to pardon 13 people detained during protest blockades in the country, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Serbia will halt criminal proceedings against them immediately after receiving the decision, whereby the second demand of student protesters will be met in full, Public Prosecutor Branko Stamenkovic said on Thursday.

Stamenkovic, who is also the spokesperson of the Public Prosecutor's Office, reiterated a call to the students to engage in dialogue with the Prosecutor's Office.

"The essence of the dialogue we are offering is not to try to convince anyone but to explain our actions over the course of time, as well as to fully understand the students' expectations," Stamenkovic told Tanjug.

He noted that the students' first demand - publication of all available documentation on construction works at the Novi Sad railway station, which he noted constituted evidence for the Prosecutor's Office - had been met by the publication of the entire documentation on the website of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Novi Sad.

"The students' third demand, regarding identifying and criminally prosecuting all those who have attacked students and professors who are protesting has also been met, based on reports from the prosecutor's offices acting in the cases. Public prosecutor's offices in our country have launched criminal proceedings against 41 people for attacking students and professors, specifically, 26 people in Belgrade, 12 people in Novi Sad, two people in Sabac and one person in Vrsac," he said.

"Nevertheless, we allow the possibility that we are unaware of certain events and certain people, so we call on the students to help us ascertain them," the Prosecutor's Office said in a statement read out by Stamenkovic.

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