Radulović: Instead of responding, Krapović insults and slanders

Lawyer Veselin Radulović said that it is absurd to attribute ulterior political motives to him just because he points out possible abuses and files criminal charges.

He said that the problem is not the questions and the person asking them, but that the problem is that Defense Minister Dragan Krapović "has no answers to them."

He responded to Krapović, who, in his capacity as the vice president of the Democrats, reacted to the news that Radulović had filed a criminal complaint with the Special State Prosecutor's Office against the party, Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović, and responsible persons in the Ministry of Interior and the Police Directorate for, as he claims, unlawfully denying employment to Ognjen Đurđić in the Police Directorate.

"The latest 'reaction' of Defense Minister Dragan Krapović once again confirms what has become obvious since the filing of the first criminal report. There are still no answers to the key facts, documents and legal issues that I raised with the report. Just as there are still no answers to the questions of the legality of the actions of the Ministry of Defense headed by Krapović. Instead of an answer, the public is once again hearing insults, qualifications and attempts to discredit me personally. I will not respond to that. A lawyer is not obliged to respond to insults and slander from an ill-mannered political official, but to do his job. And my job is to file criminal reports when there is reasonable suspicion that a criminal offense has been committed. I will continue to do that regardless of political functions, threats, insults, slander or attempts at discrediting," Radulović said.

He said that the basic issues for Minister Krapović remain exactly the same.

"Was the procurement of two patrol boats, worth around 120 million euros, carried out in accordance with the law? How did Minister Krapović avoid the application of Montenegrin laws by referring to the intergovernmental agreement between Montenegro and France, which only entered into force in April 2026, about a year and a half after the contract for the procurement of patrol boats was already concluded with a French company, not the state? Krapović cannot escape the answers to these questions with such 'reactions' because these are not political issues. These are issues of the legality of spending the money of Montenegrin citizens," the lawyer adds.

It is particularly interesting, he said, that Krapović is now calling on the prosecution to determine "who is telling the truth, and who is panickingly fabricating, inventing, and planting."

"I completely agree with that part. That's why I filed a criminal complaint against him. I expect the competent state authorities to verify every allegation, every document and every legal basis I pointed to. If the allegations in the report are incorrect, the simplest way to show that is to respond to them with documents. Until then, the questions that remain are not my private questions, but questions of public interest."

Radulović said that the public should assess for themselves "who is in a panic here": "The one who asks institutions to check documents and the legality of the procedure or the one who, instead of responding to those documents, responds every time with threats, insults and attempts to disqualify. It is especially absurd to attribute hidden political motives to me just because I point out possible abuses and file criminal charges. It is as if a lawyer first needs to determine who his actions will politically appeal to, and only then decide whether to report what he considers a criminal offense."

Radulović points out that Krapović did not respond to "any factual allegations and evidence" from the criminal complaint.

"It is particularly important that Minister Krapović 'reacted' to my criminal report regarding the implementation of 'vetting' in the police. Of course, he did not respond to any factual allegations and evidence from that criminal report. In any case, the questions about how 'vetting' is implemented in the police should be answered by those who manage that part of the security sector. And Minister Krapović, for starters, is obliged to provide the public with answers to the previously mentioned questions regarding the spending of 120 million euros in the department he manages."

He says he expects the competent authorities to determine who is telling the truth.

"Krapović will have the right to defend himself by remaining silent before them. But before that, it would be good for the public to answer the questions that have been asked of him for months. Because one cannot escape the facts with threats, insults, political slogans, or attempts to present the person asking the questions as a problem. The problem is not the questions, but the person asking them. The problem is that Minister Krapović does not have answers to them. That is a special problem for the minister," said the lawyer.