MANS: Citizens have the right to know who was in charge of preventing Medenica's escape and who will bear the consequences

It is important that the issue of supervision of detainees is addressed systematically, but it is unacceptable that after Miloš Medenica's escape, none of the participants in yesterday's government meeting takes concrete responsibility, the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) announced.

They commented on yesterday's statement by Justice Minister Bojan Božović, who said that he did not believe that anyone should resign due to the current situation regarding the implementation of surveillance measures.

The meeting at the Government building was attended by Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, President of the Supreme Court Valentina Pavličić, Minister of Justice Bojan Božović, Minister of Internal Affairs Danilo Šaranović, and Director of the Police Administration Lazar Šćepanović.

"The institutions that today talk about 'system deficiencies' knew about these deficiencies before, they were silent about them, and the lack of timely reaction and supervision contributed to the fact that Medenica is not accessible to the competent authorities today," said MANS.

Instead of a dedicated fight against corruption, as they said, "we got the protection of the particular interests of the parties whose cadres run the security sector and the shifting of responsibility between institutions."

"The police have publicly urged that they 'must not' act towards those who violate the house arrest measure, the judiciary has not done enough to conclude the proceedings within a reasonable time, and the executive branch, with its passive attitude and lack of priorities, has become an accomplice - because even after years of warnings, it has not recognized the seriousness of the problem in time and provided solutions that it is now trying to announce only after the incident," MANS says.

They say that citizens have the right to clear answers: who was in charge of preventing this failure, what exactly went wrong, and who will bear the consequences.

"Without accountability by name and surname, announcements of 'working teams' and systemic solutions remain just post-mortem justifications — not a real fight against corruption and abuse," the NGO said.