Even before the pardon, the president was released from detention, to which she was sent for the time of pending proceedings. At the time of pardon, a final judgment was not yet awarded against her – Serbian media reported. – She did not deserve this process and it is terrible that as a president who has not pardoned for over eight years, I have been repairing injustice caused by the prosecutor's office and courts for several weeks – he said before pardon.
The woman was initially accused of attempted murder, for which she was punishable by 10 or more years in prison. The allegation was then relaxed to a serious crime against public security, which is facing five years imprisonment.
President Vuczić has already pardoned four people who attacked participants of anti -government protests, who had been living in the country since November 2024.
Protests in Serbia
The protests organized regularly in Serbia are a response to a construction disaster at the railway station in Nowy Sad of November 1, 2024, as a result of which 16 people were killed – the last victim died in the hospital in March. From December, the initiative in the organization of mass demonstrations was taken over by students who have also been occupying 60 faculties in all academic centers of the country for several months.
They demand the publication of documentation regarding the reconstruction of the station, to bring the perpetrators of attacks on demonstrators, withdraw charges against protesters and increase the financing of higher education by 20 percent. In May, they joined the demand for the organization of accelerated parliamentary elections. The authorities rejected this idea.
