Prishtina, December 24, 2025 – Serbian opposition MP Marinika Tepić has claimed that Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) exerted pressure on prosecutors throughout the day during elections for the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC), describing the process as resembling political elections rather than an independent judicial vote pasted.
Speaking to N1, Tepić said the elections demonstrated the strength and mobilization of prosecutors, despite what she described as serious pressure and attempts by the authorities to influence the outcome. She emphasized that record voter turnout—over 90% of prosecutors—was decisive, sending a strong message of resistance to what she called the ruling Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) so-called judicial reforms pasted.
“These elections really looked like political ones,” Tepić said. “I was informed that BIA agents were calling prosecutors all day to pressure them, even arranging transportation to physically take some of them to polling stations—exactly what we see in political elections” pasted.
She argued that prosecutors “stood up straight” in response to mounting pressure, particularly after public confrontations and accusations made by senior officials, including President Aleksandar Vučić, whom she accused of insulting and threatening prosecutors by labeling them a criminal group pasted.
In the elections, Predrag Milovanović and Jovana Komnenović were elected as new members of the High Prosecutorial Council from the ranks of basic public prosecutors, securing the highest number of votes pasted.
Commenting on new judicial bills proposed by parliamentary justice committee chair Uglješa Mrdić, Tepić said they prove that the ruling party continues pushing controversial reforms, despite clear signals from the European Union that such initiatives are unacceptable pasted.
She also noted that a European Parliament mission is expected to visit Serbia at the end of January to assess the state of democracy, including corruption, repression, and media freedom, though she expressed skepticism about whether the government would heed international recommendations pasted.
Tepić further stated that the Freedom and Justice Party (SSP) would support a student-led petition calling for early elections, scheduled to be launched on December 28, stressing that while elections may still be distant, coordination and unity among opposition forces are essential pasted.
She also revealed that the opposition has submitted a draft law concerning Serbia’s Oil Industry (NIS), proposing the temporary suspension of majority ownership rights of Russian shareholders and the introduction of a supervisory authority, as an interim measure during the sanctions period
