SERBIAN TIMES EXPOSES SCANDAL IN LJUBLJANA: President of the Association of Serbs in Slovenia Accuses Consul Milinko Špica of Attempting to Buy Votes in Elections!

The editorial team at Serbian Times has received a letter from the Association of Serbs in Slovenia concerning an alleged attempt to buy votes in the recently held elections for the Serbian Parliament.

In the letter, signed by the association’s president, Zoran Ristović, serious accusations are made against Serbia’s current consul in Ljubljana, Milinko Špica, who is alleged to have attempted to buy votes for the electoral list led by now-former President Aleksandar Vučić.

We remind our readers that Consul Špica, who previously served in Chicago before taking up his post in Ljubljana, sparked heated protests outside the Serbian Embassy on election day, October 25, after allowing a group of Roma citizens to enter the polling station ahead of others.

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We are publishing the full letter from the Association of Serbs in Slovenia below:

“The Association of Serbs in Slovenia strongly condemns the conduct of the Republic of Serbia’s Consul in Slovenia, Milinko Špica, who demanded that representatives of our association ensure 100 votes for the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) from each Serbian association, promising payment of 5,000 dinars for every vote after the elections.

We consider such an offer scandalous and unacceptable. Špica attempted to use his diplomatic position to serve party interests and turn Serbian associations in Slovenia into instruments for collecting votes. We firmly rejected this demand. Serbian associations are not party branches, and the votes of our compatriots are not for sale.

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Of particular concern is also the case involving a €30,000 donation made by the Belgrade-based company T&M Solutions to the Association of Serbian Societies in Slovenia (SSDS), with the intention of distributing the money and transferring it to the accounts of Serbian associations throughout Slovenia. An additional payment of €30,000 had also been announced.

According to the information available to us, these funds never reached the associations for which they were intended.

Taking into account Milinko Špica’s conduct to date and the circumstances surrounding this donation, we have serious reasons to suspect that the money was handled by Špica himself, or that he appropriated funds intended for Serbian associations. We demand an urgent investigation into the flow of money and accountability for its handling.

We consider it particularly unacceptable that a diplomatic representative of the Republic of Serbia, instead of assisting the Serbian community, should be involved in securing votes for a political party and managing money intended for its associations. A consul represents the state of Serbia, not any political party.

We demand that the relevant institutions investigate Milinko Špica’s conduct, the circumstances surrounding the offer of money in exchange for votes, and the handling of the €30,000 donation.

Serbs in Slovenia are nobody’s electoral quota, their associations are not party branches, and their political will is not for sale.

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Our commitment to our homeland, Serbia, remains unquestionable. But precisely because of that commitment, we have an obligation to demand accountability from anyone whose actions undermine the Serbian community’s trust in state institutions.

We expect respect, accountability, and a concrete institutional response,” states the letter signed by the president of the Association of Serbs in Slovenia, Zoran Ristović.

Source: Serbian Times Foto: Privatna arhiva

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