Trial of Bošković and others in the "Apartments" case: Government claims it does not have original documentation regarding the loan allocation

The Government of Montenegro submitted a letter to the Higher Court in Podgorica stating that it does not have original documentation regarding the allocation of loans by the Commission for Resolving Housing Issues of the Government of Montenegro from 2016-2020.

This was read today at the trial in the "Apartments" case by the President of the Special Chamber, Judge Vesna Kovačević.

The Government of Montenegro thus responded to the court's letter requesting the submission of original documentation.

After that, the judge scheduled closing arguments in the court case against members of the Commission for Resolving Housing Issues of the Government of Montenegro from 16-2016, the accused Predrag Bošković and other defendants for April 2020.

In addition to Bošković, the indictment was also filed against Budimir Šegrt, Suad Numanović, Sanja Vlahović, Ivan Brajović, Dražen Miličković, Damir Šehović, Dragica Sekulić, Osman Nurković, Suzana Pribilović, Jelena Radonjić and Aleksandar Jovićević, due to the existence of reasonable suspicion that, in the period from 2016 to 2020, as members of the Housing Commission of the Government of Montenegro, they, as co-perpetrators, committed the extended criminal offense of abuse of official position, for which a prison sentence of two to 12 years is prescribed.

"The defendants are charged with having, contrary to the Decision on the method and criteria for resolving housing needs of officials, which prescribed that the resolution of housing needs be achieved according to the plan for resolving housing needs that contains the amount of funds for the allocation of loans for improving housing conditions, that a loan for improving housing conditions can be allocated in the amount of up to 15.000 euros, and that the amount of the loan is determined based on the scope of works assessed by the expert commission of the then Property Administration, without a plan for resolving housing needs and the assessment of the expert commission of the Administration, approved and allocated housing loans for improving housing conditions for 119 public officials and employees of state bodies and state administration bodies, in amounts between 17.500 and 40.000 euros, thus obtaining a benefit for them and causing damage to the budget of Montenegro, in the total amount of 2.604,740,59 euros," explained special prosecutor Vukas Radonjić earlier.