{"id":"SRB-061","notes":"NEW TACTIC DOCUMENTED: Segmentation of protest legitimacy — distinct from direct delegitimization. Acknowledges protest while excising CSOs from its legitimacy. Divide-and-rule mechanism targeting the alliance between mass movement and civil society. Sits between SVR colour revolution framing (Sep 15, SRB-040) and Brnabić anti-EU saboteur framing (Dec 5, SRB-005). Source URL from Civic Finance Master Document v3.","country":"Serbia","sources":[{"url":"https://www.dw.com/sr/razumeo-sam-poruku-pristojnih-demonstranata/a-74151053","citation":"https://www.dw.com/sr/razumeo-sam-poruku-pristojnih-demonstranata/a-74151053"}],"summary":"Vučić publicly distinguishes between \"pristojni demonstranti\" (decent protesters) and foreign-agent-linked civil society organisations, stating he has \"understood the message of the decent demonstrators.\" This segmentation tactic separates the legitimate mass protest movement from CSOs, framing the latter as foreign-funded agitators who have infiltrated and manipulated otherwise legitimate civic grievances. The tactic is analytically distinct from direct delegitimization — it acknowledges partial legitimacy of protests while excising civil society from that legitimacy. Functions as a divide-and-rule mechanism: co-opting protest energy while maintaining delegitimization pressure on organised civil society.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-02","role":"primary","label":"Political Authorization by State Actors","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-08","role":"secondary","label":"Funding Data Weaponization","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Legacy Press","State/National TV"],"entities":[{"id":953,"name":"Aleksandar Vučić","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government Official"},{"id":954,"name":"CSO sector; protest movement; civil society organisations linked to protests","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"26/09/2025","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":2,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"NF-06","role":"primary","label":"Destabilization Agent","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-09","role":"secondary","label":"Political Interference","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-SRB-061"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2025-09-26","campaign_ids":["SRB-CAMP-003"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-02: Civic Mobilization","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","civic_response":"Not documented.","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Civil society separated from protest legitimacy in public discourse"}