In late 2016, Pantović and other members of the Serbian People's Party called for Serbs with the right to vote in Srebrenica's municipal election to support the candidacy of Mladen Grujičić. Pantović, who described himself as a survivor of the Bosnian War, stated that he rejected the contention that Serb forces committed genocide in the city and accused Naser Orić's forces of having committed the greatest crimes in the region during the conflict.