Renowned Serbian lawyer Cedomir Stojkovic has called on Kosovo authorities, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to launch investigation into allegations of vote buying by the Serbian Progressive Party ( Aleksandar Vucinqi’s SNS.
His call comes after reports that Vuciki’s party has allegedly paid 100 euros for Serbian voters to participate in the elections and vote in favour of the SNS.
Stojkovic has demanded that the institutions of Serbia’s three neighbouring countries investigate whether Serb citizens living in their territories are involved in organised schemes of vote buying and transporting voters to Serbia.
How much is Vucin paying Serbs from these countries to travel towards Serbia and vote for the SNS? Who’s paying these buses, what funds and where they come from? Through whom is this money being distributed? Which mediators are involved and are these political mediators from the relevant states?
The Serbian lawyer has also raised doubts about the origin of financial means that may have been used for these activities, seeking to investigate whether they stem from public funds or from organised crime networks.
What is the source of this money? Is it about funds stolen from citizens of Serbia, or do they come from drug cartels who, according to communications at ‘%Sky’, cooperate with Vuciqi’s political structures?
According to Stojkovqi, the launch of investigations by Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina would contribute to strengthening good neighbourly relations and clarifying allegations of election manipulations.
He has claimed such investigations are hampered by Vuciqi within Serbia, so he has called for the commitment of the institutions of neighbouring countries.
Serbia’s citizens would be grateful to learn and see evidence of how these misused funds are being spent, as well as how much drug cartels are involved in election manipulations through vote buying in other countries, Stojkovq stressed.
He has also called for identification of persons who may have been involved in organising voter transport, distributing money and exercising pressure on citizens to vote.
It is of particular importance for us to identify which Serbs from these countries are involved in electoral obligation, corruption and manipulation since any such action constitutes an attack on the citizens of Serbia, he has declared.
Stojkovic has ended up stressing that alleged acts could constitute criminal acts even in countries where they allegedly were organised.
What is more, such acts are punishable both in your countries! We look forward to the results of your investigation, the Serbian lawyer has concluded.
Voter payments claims and possible involvement of criminal networks remain charges requiring verification by competent institutions. /geopost/