Trial of former director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption Jelena Perović and her associate Nina Paović It is scheduled to begin on September 11th at the Podgorica High Court, as confirmed to "Vijesti" from that institution.
The Paović and Perović trial was postponed at the end of July with the explanation that there was a reasonable doubt about the judge's impartiality. Nikola Boricic which, as lawyer Paović claimed, Petar Martinovic, was previously a party to administrative proceedings before the ASK.
In the same way, the review of the indictment in the case against the two former employees of the Agency was postponed from December to April, and each time the reason was the disqualification of the judges.
First, in December, the lawyer Nikola Martinovic requested the judge's disqualification Zoran Radović because it had already previously decided on measures restricting the freedom of movement of the former director of ASK. The Court of Appeals approved the request for Radović's disqualification, and the case for reviewing the indictment was assigned to the pre-trial panel of judges Vesne Kovačević.
Kovačević recused herself from the proceedings because she participated in extending the supervision measures for the defendant Perović, and the judge Nenad Vujanović recused himself from the case because he worked with Perović at the Basic Court in Podgorica, they were colleagues and friends.
In February, the review of the indictment was postponed because Martinović requested the judge's disqualification. Nade Rabrenović.
In early April, a hearing for the review of the indictment was held, and the indictment was confirmed on April 22nd.
That case is now assigned to a judge. Simo Rašović, the High Court announced to "Vijesti".
In April, that institution confirmed the indictment of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) against them for the criminal offenses of abuse of official position and the extended criminal offense of forgery of an official document.
The SDT indictment states that there is a reasonable suspicion that Perović and Paović, over a period of several years, unlawfully used their official positions and caused damage to the state of Montenegro. According to the indictment, from August 21, 2020 to March 20, 2023, while serving as the director of ASK, Perović, by unlawfully abusing her position and exceeding her authority, issued decisions on the payment of increased salaries and variable parts of salaries for herself, although the Agency Council was competent for these authorities. She entered false data on the number of overtime hours in these decisions, thereby obtaining material gain in the total amount of 5.796,53 euros.
The indictment further specifies that in the period from November 22, 2021 to March 20, 2023, she also issued decisions on the payment of increased salaries for her assistants, among whom were the accused Paović and Boris Vukašinović, also entering false data on the number of overtime hours. Paović was thus paid 4.704 euros, and Vukašinović 5.109 euros. It is also alleged that from August 2020 to July 2023, Perović made temporary decisions on remuneration for the president and members of the Agency's Council, although the Parliament of Montenegro was competent for this. With these decisions, she obtained a benefit of 15.943,22 euros for the president of the Council, and a total of 26.578,48 euros for the members...
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