Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic he asked the new management of the National Security Agency (ANB) to check whether agents of the secret service eavesdropped on him in July, on the eve of the signing of the Basic Agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), "Vijesti" has learned.
"Vijesti" has learned from sources close to the security sector that Abazović suspects that individuals within ANB illegally wiretapped him in July, during the period when the Basic Agreement was supposed to be signed.
According to the same information, Abazović asked the new management of ANB to verify the veracity of that information and is now working on it.
Abazović confirmed to "Vijesti" that he asked for a check, but pointed out that he will not comment on anything until he receives a precise answer from the Agency.
Former head of ANB Savo Kentera last night he did not answer phone calls and messages from "Vijesti".
At the session of the Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defense, on Wednesday, a representative of the Democratic Party of Socialists Predrag Boskovic mentioned Abazović's audio recordings during the debate, but did not specify what he was alluding to.
Abazović and the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Porphyry they signed the Basic Agreement (BA) on August 3 in Villa Gorica, without prior notice. The signing of the TU caused a stormy reaction from part of the public and political structures close to the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and it was often heard during that period that it was an issue of importance for national security.
After signing the TU, DPS, SDP, Social Democrats (SD), Liberal Party (LP) and the Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA) submitted to the parliament an initiative for a vote of no confidence in the Government. This was done 15 days later.
ANB in the earlier period, when he managed it Dejan Perunicic, was shaken by the affair of illegal monitoring and wiretapping of political opponents of the then government.
Speaking about the Prime Minister's request to determine whether he was wiretapped, the interlocutor from the security sector said that it will be done.
"In this connection, activities related to this case will be carried out," said the same source
He explains that if there were such activities, they could not be legal, and if they were, they were done against the rules of the service.
The permission of the Supreme Court is necessary for wiretapping.
The government recently, at the suggestion of Abazović, dismissed the director of ANB, Sava Kentera, with the explanation that he did not act in accordance with Article 6 of the Law on the National Security Agency.
That article defines the competences of the ANB, and, among other things, it is stipulated that "The Agency carries out counterintelligence protection of the Parliament of Montenegro, the Government of Montenegro, the President of Montenegro, other state bodies, ministries and administrative bodies, which includes activities of importance for security certain persons and workplaces in these bodies, as well as the facilities, equipment and spaces they use".
Last week, the Government appointed the acting director of ANB Boris Milić.
Controversy after the signing of the TU
At the Government session, after the signing of the TU, there was a polemic between Abazović and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ranka Krivokapića (SDP).
Abazović then said that "those who want to behead him should hurry, because otherwise he will soon end up in prison."
During the polemic, he did not specify who was threatening to "fall their heads".
"Tell my colleague (Minister of Defense Raško Konjević) who is absent today - to the one who said that before he does something that has already been done by a high-ranking official in the security sector, many heads will fall, to hurry up. Because if the head does not fall, they will answer before the law. Send him a message. Let him continue to finance your propaganda, no problem. But since he sent that message that heads will fall before that, as far as I'm concerned, since I'm the first target, let him hurry. If that doesn't happen, then the opposite will happen and it will end up where it belongs. That's it," said Abazovic.
Krivokapić rejected the prime minister's claims, calling them subterfuge.
Konjević said that he had heard Abazović's message, saying that it was about disturbing accusations. He called on the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) to react.
"I call on SDT to invite the Prime Minister to explain this statement and the context of my mention. He made disturbing allegations. As much as he is telling the truth, it is best described by his statement from a few days ago that it is 'disinformation' that the Contract with SPC will be signed today," Konjević wrote on Twitter on August 4, when the TU was signed.
The government did not officially announce the arrival of Porfiri, nor did it advertise on this issue before the signing, nor did the SPC.
Abazović has repeatedly said that the topic of the Basic Agreement with the SPC should be put to an end, so that the country can turn to the future.
The current government was formed on April 28, and apart from the URA GP, it consists of the SDP, the Socialist People's Party (SNP), CIVIS and parties of minority nations. Parliamentary support, without participating in it, was provided by DPS.
After the vote of no confidence on August 19, the Government is in a technical mandate, and the President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic he refused to give the mandate for the composition of the new government to the leader of Demos Miodrag Lekić, who was supported by the parties of the "old majority", i.e. the winners of the parliamentary elections in August 2020.
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