Paunović: In Serbia, we live moments when the state makes perpetrators out of the people, and positions itself as the victim

Former prosecutor Jasmina Paunović stated that there are no grounds to launch an investigation against students and citizens for allegedly simulating the use of a sonic cannon on March 15 of last year. "In Serbia, we are living through moments when the state makes perpetrators out of the people, and positions itself as the victim," Paunović told the Beta agency.

She accused the authorities of obscuring the truth and manipulating the public's psychological and emotional awareness to benefit the government. Paunović asserted that the authorities aim for the public to believe students simulated a sonic cannon, even though such a criminal offense does not exist. She argued that if any offense exists, it cannot be attributed to students but only to the government.

Paunović believes that by targeting students, the authorities are defending themselves and attempting to shed criminal, material, ethical, and political responsibility for using sonic weapons during a protest in Belgrade. "Common sense cannot accept this, and their thesis is unsustainable. However, given that the current government rules by intimidation, lies, and half-truths, they hope this will pass this time as well," she stated.

Commenting on the pre-investigative actions initiated by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office (VJT) in Belgrade due to suspicions that students simulated the use of a sonic cannon, Paunović declared that an official investigation would never be launched. She called the statements made by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Miodrag Marković on RTS "unacceptable, unprofessional, and shameful," adding that Marković should not have publicly disclosed such information, even if a pre-investigative procedure was initiated. "Manipulation of truth and inversion of reality have led to Miodrag Marković appearing on the public service RTS. An investigation cannot be initiated against the student movement and around 3,000 citizens who were diagnosed with injuries from the use of a sonic cannon by doctors," Paunović emphasized.

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Svedočimo zamagljivanju istine i zloupotrebi psihološke i emocionalne svesti naroda, kako bi se situacija okrenula u korist vlasti.