Igor Novaković

As director of Jugoistok, he was convicted by a final ruling of abuse of office, but Vučić pardoned him on condition that he not commit another offence for five years. He said he had hired several people at the request of SNS officials and that party-based hiring "of course" exists.

Affairs

• Igor Novaković convicted over procurement at Niš-based “Jugoistok”: Given a final conviction for abuse of office as director of “Jugoistok”, and pardoned before serving his sentence
• „Safe votes“ and jobs in the public sector: In 2015, he said that as director of “Jugoistok” he had hired a number of people at the request of SNS officials
• Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation: All the other private-sector defendants in his case had reportedly been acquitted of all charges earlier