Terzić: I didn't know that Radoje Žugić was my godfather's uncle

Nikola Bošković is my best man at the wedding, but I don't know that his uncle is the governor of the Central Bank, Radoje Žugić, witness Aleksandar Terzić, director of the Directorate for Security, Investments and Maintenance at the Central Bank, said under oath yesterday, at the trial of the mobbing lawsuit against former vice-governor Irene. Radović v. Centralna banka and Žugić.

Radović's lawyer Bojan Vuković asked Terzić if he didn't work with Žugić in the PIO Fund until 2010, after which he moved with him to the CBCG, the witness said that he did but that he only had business ties with Žugić.

He was previously asked if his best man was married to Žugić's younger sister, to which he said that he did not know how many younger siblings Žugić had and that he should be given a specific name. After that, Vuković asks him if Nikola Bošković is his godfather, he says that he is, but that he does not know if that person is Žugić's cousin.

Irena Radović objected to this testimony, that Žugić's second cousin Ivan Bošković, Nikola's brother, is employed at the Central Bank as one of the directors of the IT sector, that Terzić knows him well and that they are part of the team that carried out mobbing against her at the request of Žugić .

It does not matter who is related to whom in the CBCG

Defenders of Žugić and the Central Bank, lawyer Miroslav Adžić, and legal advisor at the CBCG Tatjana Vujanović Vuksanović, daughter of former president Filip Vujanović, objected to the mention of family ties between officials and employees of the CBCG, stating that it has nothing to do with this case.

After that, Adžić announced a series of questions for the witness that "will be the same as the questions of the lawsuit." This was followed by the questions "do you know that Žugić's grandmother's aunt has grandchildren whose children work in the CBCG and are part of the group that mobbed Irena Radović". Judge Mladen Grdić objected to such questions and forbade the witness to answer them, but at Adžić's insistence, he allowed them to enter the record.

Radović sued CBCG and Žugić for mobbing, and one of the reasons is that they did not solve the humidity problem in her office, even though they knew that she was asthmatic and that it could endanger her health.

The longest part of Terzić's testimony was precisely about that problem. Radović also used this cabinet when she was an adviser to the governor before 2016, when, as Terzić said, a major reconstruction of that office was done at her request. He stated that on December 1, 2017, he received 12 photos by e-mail from the vice-governor, which show how water has entered under three windows in the office and that small stains have formed on the wall below. He also said that Governor Žugić told him on the same or the next day to immediately take measures to solve the problem.

Terzić stated that there was a red weather alert in Podgorica that day, and that due to the heavy rain, they had a similar problem in 16 other offices as well as at the Money Museum in Cetinje.

He said that his directorate has only two employees - him and the head of the investment and maintenance sector, Aleksandar Mijović.

The workers ended up working for free

Terzić stated that the cabinet of former vice-governor Irene Radović could not be repaired from moisture in December 2017 because there was no money for that purpose, as well as in January when public procurements cannot be announced. He stated that during that period they tried to contact the previous contractors for the reconstruction of that cabinet, the company Izomont, but they did not succeed until February, when they were told that they could not solve the problem.

"Colleague Mijović hired other contractors in mid-February, who solved that problem," said Terzić. When asked why there are no contracts and invoices for those works in the CBCG books, the witness said that the repair workers used materials from the CBCG and installed the same sheets under the windows, so they were not charged anything.

"It is not unusual for the companies we work with to do minor jobs for us for free," Terzić added.

Attorney Vuković asked why they didn't do those minor works in December but waited for February, Terzić stated that they were waiting for Izomont as well as the answer as to whether they could announce a public procurement.

Adžić: You are looking for data in order to use it in affairs

Radović and her lawyer requested to receive documentation on the incomes of other vice governors and officials of the CBCG, their allowances for official trips and other income that they received and receive from the CBCG.

Žugić's lawyer Adžić was against it.

"They want you to get documentation in order to make affairs that have nothing to do with this case," said Adžić.

The trial continues on October 9, when expert pulmonologists will be heard to determine whether the health of the vice-governor was at risk while she was working in a damp office, and a financial expert to find out whether other vice-governors were privileged in relation to her. .