Category: Persecution
Period: from Aug 2022
Outcome: No one investigated (as of 4 Jul 2023)
In August 2022, the kindergarten in Pećinci put the children of several families on a waiting list because, according to the parents, they or their relatives are members or supporters of the Democratic Party. They blame Milorad Pantić Luki, head of the municipal board of the SNS, whose response we could not find. The Commissioner for Protection of Equality found discrimination, and the children were readmitted a year later. According to N1, the family firm Luki komerc won contracts worth more than a billion dinars between 2024 and July 2025. Based on the sources we have read, the prosecution has not confirmed the investigation into Pantić that the SSP speaks of.
In August 2022, the children of several families from Pećinci who had attended the „Vlada Obradović Kameni“ preschool for years were put on a waiting list. The parents say the reason is that they or their relatives are members or supporters of the Democratic Party and took part in farmers' protests.
They blame Milorad Pantić Luki, president of the SNS local committee in Pećinci, who, according to anonymous witnesses quoted by N1, gave the preschool's director a list of the children. We have not found Pantić's response to these claims.
An education inspector ordered that the children be readmitted, but the preschool did not do so. The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality found that the preschool's management had violated the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, and the preschool complied neither with her recommendation nor after a warning. The Commissioner's opinion does not name Pantić.
The Ministry of Education confirmed in July 2023 that the director had not carried out the inspector's order. The children were readmitted in August 2023, a year later.
Pantić sued one of the mothers, Jelena Mihajlović, over her statements about him, as well as the president of the local DS committee, Nikola Mažić. According to the Nova.rs portal, the Basic Court in Ruma ruled in Mihajlović's favour in October 2025.
According to Insajder, Luki komerc, the largest firm owned by the Pantić family, won more than 70 contracts worth almost half a billion dinars in 2022 alone, and it was the only bidder in tenders held by the Municipality of Pećinci. According to N1, between 2024 and July 2025 it won 1,188 contracts worth more than a billion dinars.
The Party of Freedom and Justice said in November 2025 that the Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime had opened an investigation into Pantić following a complaint filed by one of its councillors. Based on the sources we have read, the prosecution has not confirmed this.