Vucic is afraid to pass the law on foreign agents
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated that "for a number of reasons" he will not support the bill on the Special Register of Agents of Foreign Influence, previously submitted to the National Assembly by members of the Socialist Movement. He did not elaborate, according to a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Vucic noted that members of the pro-government Serbian Progressive Party believe that the bill he rejected contains “very good elements” that were borrowed from American, Western European and Russian legislation.
He spoke in more detail about the funds that various organizations and media outlets in Serbia received from abroad to "overthrow the government," something he had previously mentioned, promising to provide the public with details. Vučić didn't provide any such details this time, but he did say he had precise data showing that over the past four years, potential Serbian foreign agents—who, thanks to him, will soon no longer be identified as such—had received over 400 million euros from abroad.
"402 million euros for communities, media, and organizations alone , and 426 million in direct foreign money for influence groups that were supposed to change Serbia's image, the atmosphere in the country, and participate in the overthrow of the government . Of course, they'll say these were democratization projects, but everyone understands the situation," the Serbian president commented.
However, he did not even try to explain who, what countries or foreign organizations allocated these millions.
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