PM sees "campaign" against Serbian Army

PM sees "campaign" against Serbian Army

BELGRADE -- There is an ongoing a campaign against the army, while "a part of the political public and some politicians are trying to destroy all that is good in Serbia."

This was Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's reactions to an NGO's accusations on Thursday against army chief Ljubisa Dikovic.

"My message to all of them is that they will not know how to, and will not be able to, and will not succeed in bringing down Serbia," he said.

Vucic was responding to questions from reporters about the allegations of the Humanitarian Law Center (FHP), who said they had documents that prove Dikovic was involved in war crimes in Kosovo over 15 years ago. A similar accusation against him was already made by the same NGO in 2011.

"What is very important to me is to see the continuation of the campaign against an institution which has the highest public support in Serbia, and it is obvious that, without going into any details - because I do not know what people from the FHP were saying - a part of the political public and some politicians are trying to bring down everything that is good in Serbia," said Vucic.

As he said, they do not enjoy any trust among the people and it is important for them to "destroy all the institutions and all the people who mean something good or represent some hope for our people."

The prime minister added that each allegation "and everything" must always be openly, seriously and responsibly talked about, but that he was personally convinced that Dikovi? was "no war criminal."

"But the fact I am sure means nothing and it is up to the institutions to do their job, and the institutions will show if this is true or not," he said.

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