Without good explanation about suspicious payments on SPP account

Even after the interview of the President of SPP Aleksandar Vucic for Insajder, there is nothing more clear that the origin of the money is paid several thousand donors SPP in the elections 2017, 2016, 2014 and 2012, nor the reason why they have decided on the type of financing.

It is obvious that the president's hypothetical example of how to come up with a fake donor has nothing to do with what happened in reality – as several thousand people from all over Serbia gave identical attachment, certainly not the sort of thing that an individual spontaneously wanted to give a certain amount, and then distributed to their friends 40 thousands each.

In any event, it is certainly good that Vucic called the Anti-Corruption Agency to investigate the case, said TS Program Director Nemanja Nenadic to Balkan Insight. “I think there is space for additional collection and verification of data on their part. However, for this thing is far more competent public prosecutor or public prosecutors to the place where they made questionable payments. On the basis of Article 38 st.1 of the Law in financing political activities is prescribed as a criminal offence to give or receive money to finance the campaign, which is accompanied by the intention to conceal the source of funding, which is punishable by imprisonment from three months to three years when it comes to smaller amounts. For this offence, be punished contributor false, liable, person in the party who knew that the origin of the money incorrectly stated and those who help them in it” said Nenadic.

Otherwise, this offence is very poorly defined and Transparency Serbia has on several occasions since the adoption of Act 2011 makes proposals to the Ministry of Justice and other agencies to what shift and move into the Criminal Code, but it has not done.

Nenadic, commenting excerpts from the interview released before its broadcast, said that Vucic in the attempt to explain the origin of the money at the beginning argued that there is no basis in the law – that the limit for contributions from citizens is 40 thousands, The actual limit is 20 times greater than that amount, but close to 40 thousand is the limit when the name of donor must be published even as the campaign runs.

Excerpts from the interview:

The interview, which is part of Insajder submitted to the agency Beta, the question of how it is possible that 6,940 people paid foreigners identical amount of 40,000 dinars and that some of them benefit from social assistance, Vucic said that “it is assumed that this is because it is allowed to allocate individuals to that level, but no more that” reiterating that SPP has the cleanest finance and nobody owes nothing.

The statement that the list of donors SPP are also social cases, he said “I'm going to tell you how. We sit, two of us, and be there, and a third man. I do not know if this is so I guess – I say: I want to give you 800 euros, but I can not give you 800 euros, it is allowed to. Here you go, here you go money, please pay for our party.

In the statement that the Anti-Corruption Agency applied to the High Prosecutor's Office and the SPP for suspicious of money laundering in the election campaign of 2014, Vucic said the is confident that everything will be completed in accordance with the law and by simultaneous surprise they even talk about a possible money laundering. “Money laundering? Each with 19,000 dinars?” asked Vucic, what followed objection editor of Insajder Brankica Stankovic that is not about 19,000 dinars rather than in terms of thousands of people who have paid an identical amount of 40,000 dinars and that is “perhaps a mechanisms by which a tycoon conceal the financial support of the party”.

Aleksandar Vucic said “there is no question about it, but that will examine all”. “And it will be examined. Here I ask everyone, Anti-Corruption Agency, all to investigate until the end. So just show a little patience. The Agency seek to. I say it is a fictional theme. Whether it is or it is not, let's leave Agency by the end of the process, said Vucic.