Couple of days ago a news article about a man in Croatia who has cut his ties with the system using law, emerged. I was really happy to see that somebody in my neighbourhood knew about this concept of sovereign, free, living man, but after reading the whole article I had an impression that he is doing something wrong.

Vedran Miočić-Stošić is the owner of the Ford Fusion car with the MG100616GM licence plates. These are his private plates that he designed, made and set up on his own car. Firstly he checked out the vehicle and returned the official registration plates he had used until then. On June 10, 2016, he decided that as a living man, he would use his own plates in all his movable property, and move freely along the roads, which he officially informed the Police Administration of Zadar.

These private plates are based on his "Declaration of a living man", a document that has broken all the imaginary, fictitious connections between him and the fictitious entity - the state.

As he states, this action is not a poignant, exasperated and impulsive, but it is part of a well-developed plan based on the "universal human rights of a living man", which, if he decides and legally applies to the state and declares it, no longer has authority of the law over him. Legally speaking, all persons are corporations, and Miočić-Stošić argues he terminated the contract with the state with his declaration in which he states that he is a living man, a living source of unlimited and inalienable rights, a soul embodied in the living biological human body of male sex, sovereign in his existence. No institution has declined or complained this announcement by the dead line of 30 days, so it has become legally valid.

The Declaration also contains a paragraph listing the penalties for penalizing anyone who incurs any damage, frees freedom and limits the rights of living man Vedran Miocic-Stošić.

Back to the story

Vedran Miočić-Stošić drove his car with his plates for a year now, until he was stopped by a police officer because of the rather benign traffic offense in Biograd.

He was taken to the Biograd Police Station, where he was detained, his private plates taken, written a Compulsory Misdemeanor Order, and because of the manually crafted MG100616GM tables he would receive a much more serious - criminal report - to the Municipal State Attorney's Office in Zadar for forgery of documents.

I drove my grandmother to Biograd for a visit to the hospital, when we came back I shortened my way, I turned in the opposite direction of the permissible and joined the highway, without causing any harm to anyone or putting anyone in danger."

This is the part I don't get, but I'll expand on it at the end of this post.

I was stopped by a motorcycle cop and got off right. I asked him to present himself, which is his obligation by law, he refused and rather insisted on my documents. Then I gave him an insight into the "Declaration" and the "Notice of Private Tiles" and tried to explain who I am, what my rights are, and that we "are not doing business" because he has no jurisdiction over me.

After calling in the station, he returned threatened with using force if I resist, asking me to go to him at the station. I once again tried to explain him that he is directly violating the terms of the "Declaration" for if he proceed with doing me harm, he will eventually pay for, but he still ignored what I was saying.

And that is how the legal conflict between him and the Police Department of Zadar started. He is not accepting there law, and they are not accepting his "Declaration". But they have the upped hand, so his is now facing potential imprisonment.

At my warning this man sends a response in which it is apparent that he will not give up the execution of this order, so I informed him by further letter that I would sue him for all the damage he had made to me according to the price list of the "Declaration" at the Arbitration Court of Justice of the Association " Man " which serves as the guarantee for violation of rights.

Anyone who violates the "Declaration" voluntarily agrees to the contractual relationship of the adhesive character with me and agrees to compensate for the damage they have done.

OK so we are missing more knowledge about the details of his "Declaration of a living man", as it contains more then this page provided to the press. The key principle he is leveraging this document is that law is applied on physical person, and not the living man.

Me personally, I don't know much about all the mechanics of accomplishing freedom using law in this way, but I am pretty sure from what I've read about this is that you can't escape the hand of law like this. He maid a traffic violation according to the law of Croatia, and he must pay the ticket. His argument is that he hasn't done any harm in the process, but I don't thing that it matters. The simple logic applies - if I make a violation of law in another country I am responsible for my actions in accordance with there law, not the laws of my country. For example if I don't wear my seat belt in Serbia I would have to pay 5000+ dinars (around 50e), but if I don't wear my seat belt while driving in USA I would be charged in accordance with the prices there.

I thing we made a mistake somewhere in this process, as I believe that hes "Declaration" only serves as a legal framework for voluntary action, and provide him with choice. The moment he chose to drive his car on the road of Croatia, he was obligated to follow the traffic laws prescribed by the state. Simple logic implies it. Yet again I am only starting on researching this topic, why I would like to hear your opinions, and clarifications.

Thank you for reading and make sure to post a comment if you feel like you know more about this topic.