Milivojević: Parliamentary debate is a facade helping the mafia regime pretend to be a decent state

Srđan Milivojević, president of the Democratic Party (DS), has sharply criticized the Serbian parliament, calling it a mere "facade" that helps a "mafia regime" maintain the illusion of a functioning state and political life. Milivojević asserted that the debates and exchanges within the assembly are not genuine attempts to challenge the ruling power but rather a performance designed to present a democratic image to the public.

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Witty remarks, clever retorts, and parliamentary questions do not serve to 'shake' (Serbian President Aleksandar) Vučić. They serve to make a captured state appear as a democracy on camera.

"Witty remarks, clever retorts, and parliamentary questions do not serve to 'shake' (Serbian President Aleksandar) Vučić. They serve to make a captured state appear as a democracy on camera," Milivojević stated on the social network X. His party has boycotted parliamentary sessions for the past year.

Milivojević characterized the lawmakers who support Vučić not as political opponents engaged in normal democratic debate, but as "enemies of democracy and the citizens of Serbia." He accused them of being accomplices in the state's destruction, part of a system responsible for severe crimes against Serbia and its people. He described them as "people with bloody hands up to their shoulders, generators of evil, criminals without any moral brakes, unscrupulous robbers and sellers of our national interests."

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They are enemies of democracy and the citizens of Serbia, accomplices in the destruction of the state, part of a system from which the most serious criminal offenses against the Republic of Serbia and our citizens have originated. These are people with bloody hands up to their shoulders, generators of evil, criminals without any moral brakes, unscrupulous robbers and sellers of our national interests.

Consequently, Milivojević argued, Serbia lacks genuine parliamentary dialogue, instead experiencing a "show" intended to prevent the country from appearing as the spoils of a group of robbers. "Unfortunately, today Serbia is precisely that: mafia spoils, a playground for the rampage of organized crime, and the biggest washing machine for dirty money derived from the most serious criminal offenses. Before each of us lies a simple choice: Serbia or the mafia," the DS leader concluded.

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Unfortunately, today Serbia is precisely that: mafia spoils, a playground for the rampage of organized crime, and the biggest washing machine for dirty money derived from the most serious criminal offenses. Before each of us lies a simple choice: Serbia or the mafia.