{"id":"SRB-052","notes":"INJECTION POINT: This is the authorization signal that precedes the coordinated campaign by exactly two days. Vučić explicitly invokes security service against civil society actors — naming evidence will be \"archived in the security service.\" Pattern matches Phase 1 authorization in SRB-CAMP-006 (Brnabić Dec 2023 press conference → raids Feb 2025). Brnabić December 2025 press conference on REM = secondary pre-authorization signal. TC-49 added: Vucic public statement on Informer TV authorizing and normalizing REM paralysis — political authorization of regulatory body vacancy.","country":"Serbia","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Građanske inicijative Comprehensive Narrative Analysis, 2026; N1 January 11 2026"}],"summary":"Vučić addresses REM council election process at Orthodox Christmas celebration with state leadership on Informer TV (January 7, 2026). States: \"Every day they were taking one REM member from us to try to get a majority to shut down Informer. The only goal was to abolish Informer, and we have evidence of that, which will be archived in the security service; it was an external initiative, actually a joint external-internal initiative.\" Admits executive interference in REM council selection — including naming Brnabić's role in candidate manipulation. Frames independent CSO engagement in REM process as a conspiracy against regime media. Two days later, Kurir begins 7-day coordinated campaign against Građanske inicijative. Brnabić press conference in December 2025 on same topic identified as pre-authorization signal.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-02","role":"primary","label":"Political Authorization by State Actors","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-49","role":"secondary","label":"Regulatory Body Deliberate Paralysis","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["State/National TV (Informer TV)"],"entities":[{"id":935,"name":"Aleksandar Vučić; Ana Brnabić","role":"actor","entity_type":"Senior Official"},{"id":936,"name":"Građanske inicijative; civil society engagement in REM process","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO"}],"date_text":"07/01/2026","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":4,"harm_track":"Both","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-09","role":"secondary","label":"Political Interference","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-SRB-052"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2026-01-07","campaign_ids":["SRB-CAMP-012"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-03: Institutional Process","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","civic_response":"N1 publishes English-language account of Vučić Christmas REM statement on January 11, 2026.","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion; Legal/Administrative","institutional_consequence":"Narrative groundwork for coordinated campaign; Security service framing of CSO advocacy"}