The State Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dragana Kažanegra Stanišić, rejected the claims of the Judicial Council about the alleged non-implementation of surveillance measures by the Police Administration as untrue and unfounded.
"On several occasions, through appropriate official correspondence and timely notifications, the Police Administration consistently reported to the competent judicial authorities about the violation of the imposed surveillance measures by certain persons. I also point out that the Police Administration was not notified retroactively in relation to the above, or more precisely, about the sequence of steps that are defined by the Law on Criminal Procedure, namely that the court can, in case of violation of the supervision measure, adopt an alternative measure - which is more restrictive than the first one, more precisely the court due to the violation of supervision measures can impose an additional measure of supervision or order detention. The imposition of more restrictive measures by the competent courts was absent in specific cases," said Kažanegra Stanišić.
Earlier, the Judicial Council, responding to the statements of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić and Minister of the Interior Danilo Saranović, announced that when the accused is released from custody, he will be subject to surveillance measures, banning him from leaving his place of residence, and that the Police Directorate will take care of the execution of these measures.
"The Ministry of the Interior understands and appreciates that detention is not a punishment, but a legal means to ensure the presence of the accused during the criminal proceedings. However, we believe that the fact that detention can also be ordered in cases where there is a serious threat that there could be a repeat offense must also be taken into account "Unfortunately, practice has shown that such cases do occur, which we have repeatedly warned about both individually and at the level of the Bureau for Operational Coordination of the Intelligence and Security Sector," said Kažanegra Stanišić.
He adds that the warnings were aimed at members of high-risk criminal groups, "whose actions often aim to eliminate members of opposing criminal organizations."
"We once again call on all competent authorities to consistently apply legal regulations, especially in cases where there is a clear and immediate danger of repeating criminal acts, in order to effectively respond to the threats posed by the activities of high-risk criminal groups. These are persons and groups with a clearly expressed criminal commitment, and their conflicts, often motivated by the struggle for dominance in criminal structures, represent a security risk", concluded Kažanegra Stanišić.
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