The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) announced that it has not taken over the criminal prosecution in the cases of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) in Cetinje, and in the case of the tragedy in the Medovina settlement in August 2022, and the proceedings against the accused employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) Olivera Krivokapić for the continued criminal offense of abuse of official position and the criminal offense of negligent performance of duties, because "there is no legal basis and reason for this."
In the SDT's explanation, in response to allegations by certain media outlets, it is stated that they requested court documents for review and consideration, in order to make a decision on the criminal complaint filed by Olivera Krivokapić against state prosecutors at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Cetinje for the criminal offense of abuse of official position.
"Using the powers under the Criminal Procedure Code and the Law on the State Prosecutor's Office, or the Law on the Special State Prosecutor's Office, the SDT requested court files for inspection and consideration, in order to make a decision on the criminal report. After consideration and copying, the files were returned to the Basic Court in Cetinje," the SDT statement reads.
Many media outlets reported last week after the hearing at the Basic Court in Cetinje in the case against the defendant Olivera Krivokapić, that instead of the expected closing arguments, there was a procedural twist and outrage among the Cetinje families because "the Special District Court took over the case files on the Medovina case."
The representative of the injured parties' families and deputy attorney for Zdravko Đukanović, Ilija Lalić, told reporters at the time that the Special State Prosecutor's Office requested and took over the entire case files at a time when the proceedings were nearing their end.
"We were informed that the SDT requested the case on December 22, 2025, and that the court administration handed over the files three days later. Although the SDT was duly informed about today's main hearing and a request was sent to them to return the files to the court by the start of the hearing, this did not happen," said Lalić.
Olivera Krivokapić, former head of the Cetinje MUP branch, is charged with negligent performance of duty which, according to the prosecution, allowed Vuk Borilović to retain the weapon with which he committed the massacre in the Medovina settlement in August 2022, when he killed ten people, including two children.
The Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Cetinje bases the indictment on the fact that Krivokapić, as the manager of the branch, did not initiate administrative proceedings to confiscate the weapon from Borilović, even though he was convicted of violent behavior and the Ministry of Interior did not revoke his permit to possess weapons.
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