Serbian lawyer Cedomir Stojkovic has called for the arrest of former Serbian president Aleksandar Vuciq, charging that he is taking action that harms the country’s economy and aims to undermine the work of the new government, led by the Student Movement.

In a Facebook post, Stojkovic has claimed that Vuciq is privately contacting foreign investors with whom he had developed relations while in power, urging them to give up investments in Serbia.

According to the lawyer, these actions are aimed at creating uncertainty and spreading panic among foreign investors so that the country’s economy can be damaged and the functioning of the new government difficult.

I have to make his civil arrest, not because of his past, that he has time to open up the investigation, but because of what he’s doing now. He takes the private phone and calls on foreign investors with whom he had established contacts during his past powers, and urges them to give up investments in order to spread panic so that they can stop investing in Serbia, saying that even current investments are being withdrawn, Stojkovic wrote.

He has added that such acts constitute criminal acts, since, according to him, are intended to cause economic damage and create unrest in the country.

He not only does this, but also publicly accepts it, Stojkovic has declared, referring to a Vucinki video file, in which the former Serbian president speaks of an investor from Portugal who, according to him, has warned official withdrawal from Serbia.

Stojkovic has stressed that his request for Vuciqi’s arrest relates to actions he claims he is currently conducting, while investigations into his past, according to the lawyer, can be conducted separately. / KP/