CIB Demands Resignation of BIA Director Vladimir Orlic

The Center for Security Research (CIB) said on October 27, 2026 that the director of the Security Information Agency (BIA), Vladimir Orlic, should resign immediately. The demand is justified by the Student List’s win in the snap parliamentary elections and by the need, as CIB puts it, to reduce the chance of the agency being abused until a new government is formed.

What does CIB demand, and how does it justify it?

In its statement, CIB calls on Orlic to resign without delay. The stated reason is tied to the election result, not to any specific action by the agency: the text mentions no individual case of BIA’s work. The Center writes:

“Following the latest developments on Serbia’s political scene and the Student List’s victory in the snap parliamentary elections, it is necessary that the head of the agency leave that post at once, as there are no professional or any other reasons for him to remain in that position”

According to CIB, the resignation would serve a clear purpose. The Center says that “Orlic’s resignation would reduce the possibility of BIA being abused in the transitional days between the end of the previous government and the formation of a new one.”

What does CIB say about the director’s position?

A separate part of the statement concerns the BIA Law. CIB argues that the law sets no professional requirements for the person heading the agency, unlike the laws governing the army, the police and the military security services. The Center states, word for word:

“Under the BIA Law, there are no professional criteria that the director must meet (in which this act differs from the laws on the army, the police and the military intelligence and military security agency), so he is, in practice, a political commissar in the service”

This is CIB’s claim about what the law contains and its own assessment of the director’s role. The text of the law is not the subject of the statement, so we do not interpret it.

What does CIB claim about the election result?

CIB’s statement also says the Serbian Progressive Party won almost 600,000 votes fewer than the Student List in the snap parliamentary elections. From that, the Center draws a conclusion about Orlic’s position:

“Since the Serbian Progressive Party suffered a decisive defeat in the recent elections, winning almost 600,000 votes fewer than the students, it has lost its legitimacy, and the same can be said of Vladimir Orlic as BIA director”

The figure and the assessment belong to CIB. Final election results are announced by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK), and until then vote and seat counts are reported with a note on who released them.

Have Orlic and BIA responded?

In the reports on the statement published by N1 and Danas, there is no response from Orlic or from BIA. The reports also do not name a signatory of the statement, and CIB set no deadline beyond asking for the resignation to be “immediate.” The statement ends with a reminder that the service must act lawfully:

“The functioning of BIA in accordance with the law is always necessary, and especially in these sensitive moments, not only for the security of the state and citizens, but also for the members of BIA themselves”