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Vučić's Serbia is heading towards a soft disintegration, and international silence is a form of cooperation with the autocracy...
In Serbia, we are no longer dealing with an ordinary political crisis or a temporary institutional failure.
What is happening in Belgrade is a genuine collapse of the state apparatus, deliberately produced and with clear political intent by the very structure that was supposed to maintain the functioning of the state. President Aleksandar Vučić, instead of building stable institutions, has demolished them one by one, turning Serbia into a “private state,” where decisions are made not on the basis of the law, but of the personal will of the leader.
The prosecution, the judiciary, the media, the public services, all are under the control of a centralized structure that recognizes no separation of powers and no accountability. Independent prosecutors are left unprotected, oversight institutions are silenced, while justice has become a tool of political revenge. This model is the purest example of state capture, a phenomenon that in Western literature is defined as the end of democratic order and the beginning of autocracy.
This situation is not just an internal issue for Serbia. Such a state, without institutional control, without transparency and with a politically asphyxiated justice system, is an open source of instability for the entire region.
A Serbia captured by a centralized clique is more likely to incite tensions, interfere in the affairs of its neighbors, and sabotage any regional initiative aimed at Euro-Atlantic integration and cooperation.
The model being installed in Belgrade is an open invitation for deepening Russian influence and a serious obstacle to the European integration processes of the Western Balkans.
Meanwhile, the European Commission and international institutions continue to show inexplicable tolerance, placing Serbia in a privileged position that it does not deserve.
Albania and other countries that have followed a difficult path of reform should loudly demand the establishment of the same standards for all. There cannot be two standards in the Balkans: one for countries that respect the law, and another for those that openly violate it. Brussels' silence is not only irresponsible, but also dangerous. The Balkans cannot move forward with a Serbia that is captured, corrupt and destined for internal crisis.
This is the moment to raise our voices, not to remain silent. Because the collapse of the state in Serbia is no longer an issue that concerns only its citizens, it is a real threat to the entire region, to peace, to stability and to the European future of the Balkans./ Pamphlet
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