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Who and what protects Radoicic in Serbia?

2024-09-24 09:06:07Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Who and what protects Radoicic in Serbia?

Confiscation of passport, ban on leaving Serbia and obligation to report to Belgrade police twice a month.

For almost a year, these are the only measures taken by the Serbian state authorities against the former vice-president of the Serbian List, Millan Radoicic, who has publicly accepted responsibility for the armed attack against the Kosovo police in Banjska.

Authorities in Serbia refuse to extradite Radoicic to Kosovo and say he will be tried by "Serbian courts", while officials in Kosovo say they have offered him protection.

Radoicic regularly reports to the police

The High Court in Belgrade, which imposed the measures against Radoicic, told Radio Free Europe that he respects them and that he appears regularly at the competent police station.

The measures, according to the court, are extended every three months and the last time they were extended was the beginning of July.

Despite this, Radoicic's current residence in Serbia is not clear.

The police did not respond to Radio Free Europe's question on this issue, nor did Radoicic's lawyer, Goran Petronijevic.

Predrag Petrovic, from the non-governmental Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCBP), describes Radoicic as the "favorite" of the Government of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

"The fact that we still do not have a serious court case against Radoicic in Serbia shows that he is under the protection of the state," says Petrovic for Radio Free Europe.

By decision of the court in Belgrade, Radoicic has been banned from returning to Kosovo, where, according to his words, on September 24, 2023, he organized an armed attack.

A Kosovo policeman was killed in this attack, while in the exchange of fire that followed, three Serbian attackers were also killed. In Kosovo, the authorities have already filed an indictment against Radoicic and 44 other people.

He is accused of terrorism and serious crimes against the constitutional order of Kosovo.

In the indictment, he is described as the leader of "a terrorist group", which has tried to annex the north of Kosovo - inhabited by a majority of Serbs - and join it to Serbia.

The first hearing is scheduled for September 25.

Official Belgrade ignores this process in Kosovo, while it has not brought any indictment against Banjska, even though it has been almost a year since it started investigations.

Serbia, which does not recognize the state of Kosovo or its institutions, also considers criminal offenses different from official Prishtina.

The High Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade told Radio Free Europe that investigations are ongoing.

She said that in cooperation with other state bodies, she is verifying all the facts and circumstances "regarding the critical event in Banjska".

"After the end of the investigations, the opinion will be informed about the prosecutor's decision", said this office. According to them, Radoicic has the status of a suspect. /REL


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