The members of parliament do not dispute that they spent two million on official trips

Last year, the Assembly spent 96.844 euros on official trips abroad
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Ažurirano: 17.06.2013. 07:03h

Deputies of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the Democratic Front (DF) believe that there is nothing controversial in the fact that last year they spent 212 thousand euros on trips around Montenegro, significantly more than on trips abroad.

According to the data of the parliamentary service, which was provided to the media by the CGO, during 2012 about 1,83 was allocated from the budget of the Parliament for official trips in Montenegro and abroad, per diems, plane tickets, as well as for net salaries and allowances for work in working bodies. million euros.

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"If it's only about daily allowances, then I think that the parliamentary services respected the law. If it's about transportation, then it was calculated in accordance with the law," said MP Milutin Đukanović. Yesterday, in a statement for Television News, he said that there are many institutions in Montenegro whose expenses could be reduced.

Commenting on the expenses of official trips, DPS deputy Milorad Vuletić cited the example of opposition official Dobrica Šljivančanin, who spent almost seven thousand euros last year.

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"Colleague Šljivančanin traveled from Žabljak to get to the meetings of working bodies, which is the most important part of the job. We perform our duties with our own vehicles, we don't have official ones. It is logical that what belongs to us by law should be serviced that way," he said. Vuletic.

Last year, the Assembly spent 96.844 euros on official trips abroad, and the DPS believes that this is perfectly fine, bearing in mind that Montenegro is conducting negotiations with the European Union.

"Regardless of the fact that I am not on that list, I think that it is set unrealistically because it is the duty of fellow MPs to respond to invitations," said Vuletic.

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