SNS leader Vucevic: Members of police with links to criminals must face consequences

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Ruling SNS leader and presidential advisor Milos Vucevic said today that the state must engage more firmly in legal confrontation with members of the police who provide security for members of criminal groups or have other links to them.

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"It seems logical that police officers would not be spending their off-duty time providing security for members of criminal groups, that they would not work as security for nightclubs. As a state, we must go for clearer sanctions. If your police salary is low, get a different job. But first you must give back what the state has invested in you," Vucevic told TV Pink.

The state invests in the police so they can protect public order and peace and citizens, but there are irresponsible individuals in the force, Vucevic noted.

"The SNS has been trying for 14 years, by constantly urging not to tolerate such things, to keep things within the framework they must be in, to protect others. We understood the message of the president of Serbia and I hope that those who do it understood it as well. As a party, we are ready to review in detail the behavior of each individual. And all those who hide behind Aleksandar Vucic, while doing what they are doing, are undermining Aleksandar Vucic and their own country," Vucevic said.

He added that this must not be allowed, and when it happens, it must be sanctioned.

"We will accept criticism only from the citizens, not from those who behaved like bullies when they were in power. We won't listen to lectures in ethics from them. We understand what kind of changes the citizens want, not those offered by the 'blockaders', but to see proper behavior in their public servants," said the SNS leader.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)