The Podgorica Basic State Prosecutor's Office will not review the decision to arrest the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Petar Ivanovic (60) shall be held liable for a misdemeanor, unless the Court of Misdemeanors assesses that there is reasonable suspicion that he committed a criminal offense when he prevented the safe passage of a protected person - the Prime Minister. Milojko Spajić, and then insulted the police officer MR
This follows from the prosecution's response, submitted to Vijesti the day after the prosecutor on duty assessed that the former senior official of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) did not commit a criminal offense.
Ivanovic was arrested on the evening of October 15th for committing a misdemeanor under Article 11 of the Law on Public Order and Peace, to the detriment of two police officers whom he obstructed and belittled while performing his official duty.
Yesterday at noon, he was brought to the Minor Offences Court in Podgorica on suspicion that the day before, around 3:15 p.m., he had obstructed and belittled the Prime Minister's security police officers - MR i MK
He is accused of driving a Toyota and preventing the safe passage of escorted vehicles and crashing into their convoy, ignoring the sound and light signals, after which the police stopped him.
The judge of that court It is approved. She told Vijesti that, after hearing the defendant and the proposed witnesses - police officers, the hearing was postponed to January 15, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.:
"For the purpose of questioning another witness - an eyewitness to the event," said Bokan.
According to Vijesti, this is Ivanovic's co-driver.
“Give me back my company vehicle”
According to the Misdemeanor Court, two days ago, in Podgorica, Ivanovic prevented the safe passage of a protected person, and then insulted police officer MR who got out of his official car and approached the "Tooyta" driven by Ivanovic.
"He said to him: 'F*ck you motherfucker, I won't let go of you, I'm going to take your picture now,' after which, since he knew who the person was, the police officer returned to his official vehicle," it was explained.
The court states that the police officers then continued their movement, and when they turned onto Njegoševa Street, they noticed that Ivanovic was moving behind them.
"When he reached their vehicle, police officer M. R got out of the vehicle, approached the defendant PI's vehicle and asked to see the documents, which the defendant PI refused, saying: 'You bastards, I will give you the documents when you return the official vehicle you stole from me,' after which he left the scene at high speed," Vijesti was told.
The Police Directorate announced yesterday morning that while driving along the Sveti Petar Cetinjski Boulevard, Ivanovic cut off a column of escort vehicles and did not act according to the clearly displayed light and sound signals of official vehicles, thereby endangering the safe movement of the protected person and the escorting officials.
"PI refused to provide documents for inspection by police officers and on two occasions addressed a series of insulting and threatening words to police officers accompanying the Prime Minister. After collecting information from PI, officers of the Podgorica Security Department informed the state prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica about the incident, who stated that there were no elements of a criminal offense in the aforementioned incident. Police officers of the Podgorica Security Department, appreciating the existence of a violation, deprived PI of his liberty due to the violation committed under Article 11 of the Law on Public Order and Peace - obstruction and disrespect of an official," the Police Directorate said yesterday.
Yesterday, Vijesti sent a set of questions to the Podgorica Basic State Prosecutor's Office regarding the decision of the prosecutor on duty not to hold Ivanovic criminally liable for endangering the security of Prime Minister Spajić, who is a protected person.
They were asked, among other things, to answer - based on what facts and circumstances the Podgorica Public Prosecutor's Office assessed that Ivanovic's actions did not contain elements of a criminal offense, but also whether the prosecutor who decided in that case took into account that the incident occurred during the official escort of the Prime Minister of Montenegro, and that Ivanovic's behavior could have endangered the safety of the protected person and police officers.
"Regarding your question, we would like to inform you that the acting state prosecutor found that the actions of IP do not contain elements of a criminal offense for which prosecution is being undertaken ex officio.
"If the Minor Offences Court assesses that there is reasonable suspicion that a criminal offense was committed, it may submit the files to this prosecutor's office for re-evaluation," the prosecutor's office said.
They did not answer most of the questions, including the questions - Did the prosecutor review the camera footage before making the decision, was the prosecution informed of Ivanovic's motives and possible alcoholism at the time of the incident, and if so - did this affect the qualification of the crime?
“A gathering of nervous people”
The Europe Now Movement (PES), led by Prime Minister Spajić, announced yesterday that the DPS we see today is no longer even a shadow of the former ruling party, but a collection of nervous people who know that Montenegro has changed, but cannot yet accept it.
"In recent weeks, the activities of the Democratic Party of Socialists have taken on the contours of political hysteria. Namely, the formal head of the party publicly states that the laws of the state of Montenegro mean less than customs and traditions, thereby directly denying the domestic legal order, while the head of their parliamentary group speaks about personal enemies, with their deputies describing their colleagues in a vulgar manner in live broadcasts. At the same time, DPS luminaries such as Petar Ivanović, during breaks between two trials, cut across the path of the Prime Minister's motorcade and insulted his security," the PES statement reads.
Democratic Montenegro MP Duško Stijepović announced that "Ivanović did not show such frustration and illegal behavior even when he himself was arrested," but that his "nerves got the better of him" when Aleksandar Mijailović was arrested.
"Ivanović did not show such frustrations and illegal behavior even when he was arrested himself, but his 'nerves got the better of him' when Mijailović was arrested, enough for the smart guy! Maybe at that moment he felt guilty that neither Đukanović, Živković, nor the DPS said a bitter word when he and Simović were arrested, but they threw sticks and stones at Novović for arresting the 'businessman' who ordered it," said Stjepović.
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