Request for reexamining all decisions made on the criminal complaints submitted by Mr. Ilija Dević, the investor in ATP "Vojvodina”.

The case of ATP "Vojvodina" has been well-known to both the professional and general public for many years. It is one of the 24 contentious privatizations, ranking among the top five, and stands out as the only case where the investor, rather than the Serbian state, suffered damage. It remains under constant monitoring by the European Commission.

In this case, through severe abuse by the leaders of the City of Novi Sad—Maja Gojković, Igor Mirović, later Igor Pavličić, and the resigning Prime Minister Miloš Vučević (former mayor)—significant harm was inflicted upon ATP "Vojvodina," leaving 600 workers jobless and without livelihoods. As the owner and investor, I, who invested my 40 years of work as a successful businessman, lost my entire property.

By abusing her official position, Maja Gojković, then the mayor and now the Prime Minister of Vojvodina, through a deliberately deceitful relationship towards me as the investor of ATP "Vojvodina," caused also a significant financial damage to the citizens and the City of Novi Sad, which had to pay four million euros from its budget due to breach of contract, as proven by a court ruling.

From the proceedings conducted before the courts and the bankruptcy process of ATP "Vojvodina," it is clear that the then-mayor, Maja Gojković, knowingly supported and made decisions which made me complete the construction at ATP "Vojvodina." However, after the investment, of great importance to the City of Novi Sad, was completed, she consciously and premeditatedly prevented its implementation, despite prior agreements. The goal and intention were to hand over the newly built intercity bus station and “Evo Bus” service center to the drug and tobacco mafia in Novi Sad, for whom she, her brother, and Igor Mirović, the then-director of ZIG, prepared and executed this plan. This was conducted in the period from 2007 to 2012.

Since the Serbian Progressive Party came to power, the takeover of my property has been orchestrated for the team of Andrej Vučić through bankruptcy management and political pressure on the judiciary in compensation claim cases.

I built a magnificent bus station with a service shop and accompanying facilities with my own funds and obtained a usage permit, unlike the state investment in the main Railway Station in Novi Sad, in front of which an illegal and unlawful suburban bus station is located due to the breach of contract with ATP "Vojvodina" and the unlawful actions of city authorities. Tragically, passengers lost their lives at this illegal suburban bus station in an accident on November 1st. I informed the Novi Sad prosecutor's office about the illegality of the bus stop, but I have not received a response yet (Letter to the Prosecutor s Office regarding the collapse of the canopy )

By abusing city authority in the most unscrupulous and severe way, the contracted investment with the company with which the City was a partner and in a contractual relationship was prevented from being operational. This unprecedented abuse of power, causing multi-million euro damage to the City and its citizens, leaving 600 workers and their families without livelihoods, and financially ruining a long-time successful investor—has not yet prompted any reaction from any state authority!!! Despite my last complaint, sent to the High Judicial Council regarding the trial in this case on November 12, 2024., i have yet to receive a response.

Although criminal complaints were filed with the competent prosecutor's offices in Novi Sad for these abuses, due to the pressure exerted from positions of power by Maja Gojković, Igor Mirović, Miloš Vučević, and other SNS officials, they were dismissed. RJT Deputy Djordje Ostojić, whose work should be reviewed as well, was in chaarge for executing and orchestrating these obstructive actions.

As a result of their criminal and corrupt behavior, numerous court proceedings were initiated, including the bankruptcy process of the company before the Commercial Court in Novi Sad, the Commercial Appellate Court, and the Supreme Court. However, these courts, evidently and expectedly, were a part of the network of influence trading, under the pressure and control of these corrupt officials. The ultimate goal was to seize the investment for Andrej Vučić's team, leave people jobless, and legitimize the plunder through decisions by the similarly corrupt judiciary, which failed to resist the corrupt officials. This was widely known in Novi Sad and beyond, but concrete evidence of the connection between drug cartels, top government officials, and Vojvodina officials was recently published by the investigative portal KRIK, revealing Sky messages about the fight within Novi Sad’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) over money and Andrej Vučić’s favor.

The most recent example of unscrupulousness collected over the past 18 years involves proceedings on two revisions currently before the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS). Both concern the compensation that the City of Novi Sad should pay to ATP "Vojvodina" due to unfulfilled contractual obligations. This should have been a straightforward process, since it was already concluded in 2013 (despite flaws in the ruling) that the City was responsible for damages and should pay around four million, euros plus interest for the four-year period. The Chronology of the Court Ruling. This ruling set a precedent, serving as a model for other similar cases, including the two current revisions, submitted for subsequent periods until 2021, when the contract with the City was still in force. In one revision, the decision is still pending, while in the other, VKS judges Branko Stanić and Tatjana Miljuš (incidentally from Novi Sad) decided to ignore judicial practice and declared the ATP "Vojvodina" contract with Novi Sad null and void. According to my knowledge, this decision caused a strong reaction among other VKS judges.

The procedure for the bankruptcy of ATP "Vojvodina" was also problematic. The valuation of the new bus station and Evo Bus service center, Setra and Mercedes, with usage permits, was over 100 million euros. Yet, through a 15-year bankruptcy process led by Slobodanka Komšić, the sister of the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Jorgovanka Tabaković, corruption and crime reduced its value to five million euros, and the properties were sold to a fictitious buyer, the company "Matijević," for Andrej Vučić. Photos of the ATP “Vojvodina” ATP “Vojvodina investment.“

If anyone does not understand why students have been protesting for three months, the ATP "Vojvodina" case is a practical and transparent example of how "justice" is achieved in Serbia and why injustice hurts ordinary people so deeply. Students are demanding the rule of law, just like all normal citizens of this country.

We demand, plead, and request that an independent and autonomous Prosecutor's Office forms a commission of competent and uncorrupted prosecutors to review at least 15 criminal complaints we submitted to the Novi Sad prosecutor's office regarding former and current city leaders, Vojvodina Prime Ministers Maja Gojković and Igor Mirović, the outgoing Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, who act as if they live in another country, indifferent to their responsibility as the main executors of all the abuses mentioned. We particularly emphasize and demand the prosecution of the bankruptcy administration and the bankruptcy judges of the Commercial Court in Novi Sad who handled this case.

All these abuses by government officials, the passivity, and unlawful actions of state authorities, the Prosecutor's Office, and the judiciary have been reported to the competent European institutions assessing the effectiveness of the rule of law in Serbia.

I urge that all criminal complaints and allegations mentioned in this request to the prosecutor's office be reviewed, and lawful decisions be made anew, as well as an investigation into the actions of those who handled these criminal complaints.

ILIJA DEVIĆ, INVESTOR OF ATP "VOJVODINA"