- country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (RS)
- activity pattern
- Receives largest single public grant of any CSO in RS (710,000 KM, 2024). President publicly calls on pensioners to vote for SNSD candidate Siniša Karan in RS presidential by-election — direct violation of Law on Associations and Foundations RS which prohibits electoral campaigning by CSOs. Operates as regime-aligned mobilization vehicle disguised as civic membership organization.
- entity id
- 1137
- funding opacity
- Public funds — 710,000 KM from RS Government (2024); highest single grant to any CSO in RS
- id
- GONGO-BIH-001
- leadership overlap
- Ratko Trifunović — president, previously president of SNSD pensioners section
- name
- Udruženje penzionera Republike Srpske
- notes
- Clearest documented case of politicized public grant allocation in RS: SNSD-linked leadership receives largest grant, violates election law, faces no consequences. Illustrates inverse of foreign agent framing: state-funded GONGO with direct party ties operates freely while foreign-funded independent CSOs face legal restriction. Source: TI BiH/Odgovorno.st platform, March 2026 (2024 data).
- risk score
- 5/6
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