Bečić: The state has shown that it is stronger than the mafia

Justice for police inspector Slavoljub Šćekić has finally received its final epilogue, after two decades of obstruction and overturning of verdicts, announced Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Bečić, adding that the state has shown that it is stronger than the mafia.

The Supreme Court upheld the verdict of the Court of Appeal in the Šćekić murder case, which sentenced the defendants Saša Boreta, Ljubo Bigović, Ljubo Vujadinović and Milan Šćekić to 30 years in prison each, making it final.

Bečić said that today a message was sent that Montenegro will never again be a country in which the murderers of police inspectors believe that time can hide them from justice.

"After two decades of pain, obstruction, overturning of verdicts and attempts to exhaust the truth through endless processes, justice for Slavoljub Šćekić has finally received its final epilogue," said Bečić.

He stated that this is a victory of the state over fear, a victory of justice over the mafia, and a victory of honor over those who for years thought they were more powerful than the law.

"As Deputy Prime Minister for Security, I express my deep respect for the Šćekić family, who for 20 years carried the burden of pain, waiting and injustice, but never lost faith that the truth must prevail," Bečić emphasized.

This decision, he emphasized, must be a historic warning to all who thought that crime could be stronger than the state.

"It cannot. And it will not. Because a state that remains silent in the face of the murder of its best people ceases to be a state," Bečić said.

According to him, Montenegro is showing today that it will never remain silent again and that it is stronger than crime.

"May eternal glory be to Slavoljub Šćekić, with the expectation that our initiative to name the institution where police officers are trained after him will soon be formally finalized," said Bečić.