Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade (BETAPHOTO/Ana Slovic)
The Higher Court in Belgrade and the Higher Court in Novi Sad said in press releases that the Serbian Ministry of Justice has sent them the decisions of former Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic on pardoning a total of 23 persons.
According to the press release of the Higher Court in Belgrade, the former president's decisions of Sept. 27 released four persons from criminal prosecution and remitted the remainder of one's prison sentence.
Dijana Hrkalovic, former state secretary at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was released from prosecution for the crime of trading in influence, Nebojsa Djokic for money laundering, Marko Pavlovic for attempted murder and Dragana Zivadinovic for abuse of office and falsifying official identification. Milos Dugalic was released from serving the rest of the prison sentence handed down by the Belgrade Appellate Court on March 20, 2025.
The Higher Court in Novi Sad said in its press release that Gorski Matovic, Ognjen Stankovic, Stevica Kis, Aleksandar Kocic i Nemanja Naraci were pardoned for the crime of violent behavior at a sports event or public assembly, while some were also pardoned for inflicting major injuries. Igor Elez was pardoned for receiving bribes.
The court's statement notes that those pardoned include activists from Novi Sad, the members of the so-called Novi Sad Twelve: Anja Pitulic Jovan Drazic, Dejan Bagaric, Doroteja Antic, Branislav Djordjevic, Mila Pajic, Davor Stefanovic, Srdjan Djuric, Mladen Cvijetic, Lado Jovovic, Marija Vasic and Lazar Dinic.
They were charged with complicity in the crimes of conspiring against constitutional order and security in Serbia in connection with the crime of attacking constitutional order and the crime of advocating the violent overthrow of constitutional order.
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