Freedom and Justice Party (SSP) Vice President Goran Petrović fires back at the regime, asserting that a functional rule of law would land the ruling elite behind bars rather than in Brussels.
The Vice President of Serbia’s opposition Freedom and Justice Party (SSP), Goran Petrović, issued a scathing critique of state leadership on Thursday, accusing President Aleksandar Vučić of systematically and intentionally paralyzing Serbia’s European integration pathway.
Speaking from the city of Smederevo, Petrović claimed that the regime’s frequent public grievances regarding Brussels’ expansion timelines are nothing more than a calculated theatrical performance designed to shift blame and mask a total lack of political will.
“Aleksandar Vučić is consciously and deliberately blocking EU integration, and then he points his finger at the European Union to wash away his own responsibility,” Petrović stated in an official press release.
The Reality of Blocked Chapters: Institutional Breakdown
The opposition’s verbal offensive arrives at an incredibly sensitive diplomatic moment, directly coinciding with the major EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat. While Vučić uses the regional platform to complain about geopolitical double standards, the SSP argues that Serbia’s gridlocked accession process is entirely self-inflicted.
According to Petrović, European integrations are not being held back by detached, foreign bureaucrats. Instead, the stagnation is a direct byproduct of domestic decay:
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│ SSP Diagnosis: Why Serbia's EU Path is Frozen │
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│ • Rule of Law Collapse: The deliberate dismantling of independent │
│ judicial checks and balances. │
│ • State-Sponsored Impunity: The complete halting of any meaningful │
│ high-level fight against organized crime and systemic corruption. │
│ • Media Erasure: The enforcement of total media darkness across all │
│ national frequencies to suppress public dissent. │
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A Functional Judiciary: The Regime’s Greatest Threat
Petrović emphasized that implementing baseline European standards and genuine rule of law would automatically force the judiciary to independently audit state contracts, tender awards, and illicit financial flows.
For the current ruling establishment, a functional legal system is viewed not as a strategic national goal, but as an existential threat to their personal freedom.
“If the judiciary actually began doing its job, instead of nodding their heads as guests on state-controlled television shows, the majority of Vučić’s puppets who currently pose as ministers and state officials would end up behind bars,” Petrović concluded. “That is precisely why negotiation chapters are not being opened. For this regime, a functional rule of law is not a milestone—it is the certainty of a collective prison sentence.”
