Special Prosecutor Vukas Radonjić told "Vijesti" that on May 19, he called suspected officials of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) for questioning, and that they all agreed to respond.
He said this in response to questions from "Vijesti" - whether the hearings in the "Apartments" case were deliberately scheduled a few days before the parliamentary elections.
"The sole reason for launching an investigation against the suspects is because the Special State Prosecutor's Office, after reviewing the appropriate documentation, assessed that there are grounds for suspicion that they have committed the prolonged criminal offense of abuse of official position. The summoning of the suspects for today's hearings was, in accordance with the law, carried out by telephone 19 . in May, and each of them accepted to respond to such a call and no one asked for a postponement," he said.
Radonjić clarified that today the suspects - Predrag Bošković, Suad Numanović and Dragica Sekulić - presented their defense in the presence of the chosen defense attorneys:
"They did not admit to the commission of criminal acts, but neither did they answer the questions of the state prosecutor," he said.
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Bošković said that Prime Minister Dritan Abazović "took the case out of mothballs" and that it was a matter of political pressure.
Abazović, commenting on that statement, said that he did not know what the SDT had been waiting for until now: "I think that the state has been damaged to the tune of millions. I think that every child in elementary school could prove that," he said, adding that Bošković was on came to the hearing with a lawyer who got an apartment on preferential terms.
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