Knežević's proposal to question Delić, Mandić, Boreta accepted, Nikolić will not sign the letter

The Inquiry Committee, by a majority vote, accepted the proposal of the Deputy Chairman of the Inquiry Committee for the Conduct of State Bodies in Political Murders and Attacks on Journalists and Intellectuals, including the Activities of the "Black Threes", Milan Knežević, that this body send a letter to the Ministry of Justice to obtain an opinion on whether MPs can question some detained persons who are linked to the murders and crimes that the committee is investigating.

Knežević mentioned Ivan Delić, Damir Mandić, Saša Boreta and Ljubo Bigović, in the context of the murder of Duško Jovanović, as well as other crimes.

He also said that these individuals should be questioned, because if they can contribute to solving the crime, that is very valuable.

"I don't think we are taking on the role of the prosecution, and we are also taking on no damage, because we will do a better job than the prosecution and the Montenegrin courts," said Knežević.

Social Democrat MP Boris Mugoša said that Knežević's proposal goes beyond the bounds of good taste.

"You are caricaturing political action. I don't know how we should question detained persons, that they are coming to parliament suspected of the most serious crimes, under police escort," Mugoša said.

Knežević responded that he did not know why the committee would not hear Ljubo Bigović, when in the context of the murder of Jovanović at UIKS, Dritan Abazović had already spoken to him about it, while he was prime minister.

"Maybe someone will kill me on the way home because I mentioned these names. But I think we have to use everything we can to get to the truth," Knežević said.

Committee Chairman Andrija Nikolić expected that the parliamentary majority would call for a hearing of Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović, who recently presented operational information in parliament that Ivan Delić had murdered Goran Žugić, then an advisor to the head of state, in 2000.

"I expected that you would propose a hearing of Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović to check whether there is material support for the so-called operational information he presented or whether the introduction of this information during the ministerial hour was intended to divert attention from the topic of the security situation in the country, or to put pressure on the prosecution. We know what operational information is, especially when it comes to the large number of families mentioned. This is a move that carries a high risk for both the minister and the security sector," Nikolić said.

He said:

"I will not sign that request, because bringing people from Spuže for questioning in the Parliament would be contrary to the law on parliamentary investigation, and in that case, we will reconsider our further participation in the Inquiry Committee. The Parliament is not the prosecution. It is not a question of courage, but a question of meaning, or rather, senselessness," said Nikolić.