During the arrest of Branislav Bran Mićunović, illegal possession of a weapon was found, which, if proven as such, is a criminal offense, the executive director of the Center for Civil Liberties, Boris Marić, said in a statement to the newspaper "Danas".
As he states, "there are no indications that there are any other potential evidences and proceedings against Mićunović".
However, he points out, this is a significant step forward in the direction of strengthening the professionalism and integrity of the Montenegrin police.
"I think it is significant. There was a rumor about the untouchability of many in Montenegro, even for misdemeanors. I believe that it can be changed".
Nikšić businessman Branislav Brano Mićunović, Sava Vujović and Srđa Mićunović were released yesterday, about 48 hours after their arrest, to defend themselves from freedom, based on the decision of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Kotor.
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Commenting on the police detention of Mićunović, Radomir Lazović from "Ne davimo Beograd" in a statement for "Danas" assessed the statement of the Vice President of the Government of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, that "laws must apply to all citizens" as important.
As he stated, "the fight against crime in our impoverished and collapsed societies is an absolute priority, and it seems to me that the URA rightly asked to be included in the work of the security services." The connections between organized crime and politics are nothing new and surprising, to the extent that it is a real surprise, in fact, when one of the criminals connected to politicians ends up in prison at all," Lazović assesses.
He adds that in Serbia, "we have witnessed that the laws do not apply to progressive powerful people in the same way as to ordinary citizens. And precisely because none of the powerful have ever been punished for their misdeeds, this is becoming an everyday occurrence. Thus, such moves by the new government can have a far stronger echo than the arrest of one man. The message is that no one should be above the law. It would be good if it reached everyone," concludes Lazović.
Zoran Živković, former minister of police at the federal level, during the time of the union of Serbia and Montenegro, tells "Danas" that the public does not have enough information about why Mićunović was arrested, that is, that, firstly, the Montenegrin, and then the regional public, deserves to know the truth.
"This applies especially to these cases and stories that have been going on for decades. We do not know why he was arrested, whether it was because of some kind of weapon that he and the people around him possessed, or because of corruption, or something else. I have to emphasize that every new government, above all those that took positions of power in a dramatic way, overthrowing regimes that lasted for ten, twenty, even thirty years, is always tempted to investigate exactly these cases that last for decades. But this must not be done in a showy way, to create a circus in the media, but must be confirmed and based on evidence and facts. We have seen that even traditional democracies, such as the United States of America and others, are not immune to this," concludes Živković.
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