Category: Above the law
Period: from 11 Oct 2022
Outcome: Complaint dismissed or proceedings halted (as of 11 Oct 2022)
Dejan Đurđević, a professor at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, a member of the Presidency of the SNS and for many years president of the Republic Electoral Commission, hit a pedestrian on a marked pedestrian crossing, according to the Nova.rs portal. According to the same report, the pedestrian suffered a broken lower leg and a fractured pelvis, although the police report initially described the injuries as minor. According to Nova.rs, Đurđević took up deferred prosecution and paid money to charity, so the criminal complaint against him was dismissed on 11 October 2022.
The place and date of the accident have not been made public. According to NIN, as reported by Nova.rs, the police report initially described the pedestrian's injuries as minor, but a later examination found that he had suffered serious bodily injuries: a broken right lower leg and a fractured pelvis.
According to the Nova.rs portal, Đurđević took advantage of the principle of opportunity, that is, deferred prosecution: he had to pay a certain sum to charity, and the criminal complaint against him was dismissed on 11 October 2022. The amount and the prosecutor's office that made the decision have not been made public.
Nova.rs wrote about the case on 25 March 2025, when Đurđević was announced as one of the founders of President Aleksandar Vučić's Movement for the People and the State. For now it is the only source: the original NIN article is not available, and as far as is known, Đurđević has not spoken publicly about the case.
A similar case is the affair "Dragan J. Vučićević knocked down a young woman on a pedestrian crossing in Žarkovo".