The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) intends to indict several Budva officials from the time of the DPS-SDP government, suspected of being part of a criminal group that damaged the municipal coffers for several million euros in two key infrastructure projects - the lower city boulevard and the village road for Krapina.
This was learned unofficially by "Vijesti" after the representatives of the current city administration were invited to the prosecutor's office headed by Milivoje Katnić, in order to get acquainted with the new details obtained by the investigators. The case was not archived, although this was expected after SDT entered into a plea agreement with Branislav Savić's "Gugi commerce" company three years ago, and the High Court ruled that the company engaged in the mentioned projects must compensate the Municipality of Budva for 3,7 million euros.
It was confirmed by "Vijesti" that the case has been classified as confidential and that it is forbidden to disclose any information.
As in previous cases, the Municipality of Budva is obliged to give consent to join the prosecution of persons for whom the prosecution allegedly has evidence that they have committed embezzlement.
Investigators have reportedly found new evidence of the involvement of municipal officials, which could lead to new indictments in the case that previously only involved Savić's construction company.
During the construction of the 6,5-kilometer-long road from the Podostrog monastery to the village of Krapina above Budva, which was started before the local elections in 2009, the municipal coffers were damaged by more than 1,15 million euros, according to the findings of the SDT.
Thus, the road - one of the key election promises of the then DPS-SDP government, turned into one of the major frauds in Budva.
The tender for construction was won by the company "Gugi komerc", which offered to build a complete section for slightly more than two million. After the route was broken and the foundation was made, the construction of the road stopped after the local elections and practically for three whole years, until 2012, the road to Krapina was made on macadam.
The then opposition SNP, i.e. their local representatives, made a performance and led the journalists to the top of the village of Krapina, inviting the prosecution to take over the case.
The municipality then entrusted the asphalting of the road to "Crnagroputa", for which a little more than half a million euros was allocated from the treasury. The road was ceremonially opened in 2012, on the occasion of the Municipality Day, but "Crnagoraput" has allegedly not been fully paid to date.
The prosecution, which put under scrutiny the criminal group headed by, by their own admission, Svetozar Marović, took over the case of the construction of a rural road after MANS filed a criminal complaint against the former mayor of Budva, Rajko Kuljača, and five municipal officials - members of the tender commission, for alleged abuse of official position.
Kuljača received the status of a key cooperating witness and spoke in detail before the prosecution about eight corruption cases, which were prosecuted by Katnić's team so far.
The construction of the lower boulevard, ceremonially opened a decade ago, and which was built by the company "Gugi commerce", is still under the scrutiny of the prosecutor's office, primarily because of the role of municipal officials in that work, because an agreement has already been concluded with Savić's construction company and a final judgment has been passed. .
This road connects the city post office via Jadranski sajama with the main boulevard.
Along with the investigations it conducted in the Budva affairs, many of which are still current, the Special Prosecutor's Office also conducted financial investigations against almost 90 persons connected to your cases. The municipality of Budva is still waiting to collect damages from the head of the criminal group - fugitive Svetozar Marović, who has committed to pay a fine of 1,1 million euros.
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