Social Democrat official Ivan Brajović he said yesterday that he was part of the Government Commission for the allocation of apartments in 2016, and that that body did not make any decisions, but that they prepared information that was decided by the Government.
He said this to journalists after the hearing at the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), adding that he rejected all allegations of the criminal complaint.
The allegations of the criminal complaint were rejected by i Drazen Milickovic, who was also heard yesterday before the special prosecutor Vukas Radonjić.
Brajović and Miličković, the former consul in Sremski Karlovci, were questioned as suspects in a case formed after the prime minister Dritan Abazovic filed a criminal complaint against them, the then president and members of the Commission - Predrag Bošković, Suad Numanović, Dragice Sekulić, Damir Šehović, Budimir the apprentice i Osman Nurković.
In the same capacity, Radonjić will hear Šehović, Šegrt and Nurković today.
"I think I and my colleagues have acted in accordance with the law. Unfortunately, I think that such an environment has been created in Montenegro that it has become unbearably easy for politicians to disqualify themselves, attack and smear themselves. I was part of the Commission in 2016. The commission did not make any decisions," Brajović told reporters after the hearing.
Brajović explained that decisions were made by the Government, and that the Commission prepared information for the Government to decide:
"I can even say that it is questionable whether such a dispute can be conducted at all, considering Article 86 of the Constitution, which talks about the immunity of deputies, and also refers to the immunity of the Prime Minister, ministers... I think that everything is aimed at political disqualification of me and my colleagues. And I am absolutely sure that we acted in accordance with the law".
After the hearing, Milicković told journalists that he does not accept anything from the criminal complaint and that there is nothing incriminating him in that case:
"On the contrary, I am proud that we in the Commission had the opportunity to solve the housing needs of the state administration. We did it in accordance with the law... We did everything legally, conscientiously and responsibly. And I emphasize once again that I am proud that, to a good extent, as far as we were in the situation, we managed to put together a state administration that did a responsible job. The goal was for Montenegro to be recognized as one of the most advanced countries in the region".
The day before, in front of prosecutor Radonjić, Bošković, Sekulić and Numanović denied their guilt.
Although everyone heard so far claimed that the decisions were made by the Government, in the supplement to the criminal report signed by Abazović, it is stated that the Commission made decisions on the allocation of housing units contrary to the Decision on criteria for solving the housing needs of officials.
SDT told "Vijesti" that the hearings were scheduled after analyzing the documentation of the Government, the Administration for Cadastre and State Property and the State Archives...
The decision stipulates that the official solves the housing issue based on renting an apartment or buying it on more favorable terms.
"From the attached documentation, it is evident that the Commission allocated apartments in such a way that without exception they leased them for an indefinite period of time, with the right to purchase the apartment on favorable terms," the supplement to the criminal report states.
According to the document, the Commission referred to the article of the Decision, according to which "the Commission, with the consent of the Government, can solve the housing needs of individual officials without advertising... in accordance with the law".
Although the SDT was told two days ago that the hearings in the week of the parliamentary elections are a kind of pressure on the parties from which the suspects come, prosecutor Radonjić denied this
"In the procedures carried out, the Commission prepared information for the Government with proposed conclusions, which the Government adopted, without exception and without any changes. Considering that the Decision stipulates that the Commission decides on the solution of the housing needs of officials, with the mentioned action the president and the members of that body deliberately misled the Government, in order to obtain an alleged justification and consent for their illegal actions and decisions. Otherwise, we would be in a situation where the Government was giving consent to issues for which it is not authorized and whose realization is evidently illegal, as a result of which the members of the Government would be responsible for negligent work in the service...", the amendment to the criminal complaint states.
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