Interior minister: Vucic takes and passes polygraph test

Interior minister: Vucic takes and passes polygraph test

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was questioned on Sunday at his own request and passed a polygraph test, Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced.

The interior minister also told a news conference in Belgrade that "new proof has emerged that the whole scandal surrounding prime minister was fake and rigged."

He said that Vucic voluntarily underwent the lie detector test in order to respond to allegations from the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir that he and his brother Andrej Vucic, along with Dragan Vucicevic, editor-in-chief of another tabloid, Informer, and that paper's Director Damir Dragic, "tried to persuade former Director of Kurir Aleksandar Kornic to falsely accuse the owner of Kurir, Aleksandar Rodic."

- Aleksandar Vucic voluntarily answered the questions and answered all with a 'no' while the lie detector test showed he was telling the truth. Aleksandar Vucic never met Kornic, not sat with him anywhere, let alone in a cafe - Stefanovic said.

Stefanovic said that because of the accusations presented in the newspaper Vucic was asked whether he ever saw Aleksandar Kornic, whether he ever met him, and whether he ever offered Kornic money, a party role, or anything else in exchange for a false statement.

Stefanovic said that the polygraph device showed Vucic's negative response to all these questions proved he spoke the truth.

The minister said it was "obvious that the lies (about Vucic) were intended to destabilize the country" and that an investigation will be launched about "who and with what objective put forward such information."

The Serbian Prosecution, meanwhile, said it would, in cooperation with other state bodies,...