The assembly of shareholders of Prva banka, which was attended only by representatives of Ac Đukanović and related parties, elected a new board of directors on August 26, which includes four representatives of Đukanović and only one from Elektroprivreda, thus preventing the election of another candidate EPCG Nebojša Medojević whose candidacy is still formally assessed by the Central Bank.
Prva banka did not inform the public about the meeting held and the election of new management, nor did it publish that decision on its website on the page for shareholders, which was mandatory. The fact that there was a change was announced in the Official Gazette - advertisement part of September 17.
Two current members, president Milan Perović and Nataša Martinović, two new candidates from Đukanović - professor from UDG Maja Drakić Grgur and former minister of justice and DPS official Zoran Pažin, as well as one EPCG candidate Velizar Čolović, were elected to the board of directors.
EPCG, which has a quarter of shares in this bank, was entitled to two members of the board of directors. First, she suggested Čolović and Janko Milatović, former manager of HTP Onogošt and president of the Municipal Board of Nova in Nikšić. The CBCG approved Čolović and rejected Milatović, stating that his position as manager in the hotel does not meet the requirement of five years of experience in management positions in the economy. EPCG then proposed Medojević, but in the meantime the Bank's Assembly elected all five members, with Đukanović also taking one place as EPCG representative.
According to CBCG regulations, a candidate for the board of directors of a bank must have fulfilled one of three main conditions - at least three years of work in management positions in banking, four years in financial institutions or five years in the economy.
The chairman of the board of directors of EPCG, Milutin Đukanović, told "Vijesti" yesterday that such actions of Prva banka and CBCG are an obstruction in the work of the new government and EPCG as a shareholder, as well as that such actions will affect further business decisions of EPCG as the second largest shareholder and the largest depositor. in First Bank.
"The representative of EPCG in the board of directors of Prva banka, Velizar Čolović, did not attend the aforementioned meeting of shareholders. On the other hand, the CBCG has not yet provided us with official information regarding the candidacy of Nebojsa Medojević. It is indisputable that Mr. Medojević fulfills and deserves a place, not only in the membership of OD Prva banka, but with his knowledge and experience, he satisfies much more than the mentioned conditions of CBCG. As we previously announced on the basis of the above-mentioned facts, this case is nothing more than another in a series of obstructions in the work of the new government and an attempt to prevent the competent control mechanisms from disclosing the multi-decade malfeasance of the First Bank. Our company submitted all the necessary documentation for Medojević as a member of the OD, after which the CBCG requested additional documentation. Additional documentation was submitted with a detailed explanation, after which we had no feedback from that institution," said Đukanović.
When asked whether this action of Prva banka will affect future relations, Đukanović replied: "Certainly, all actions of Prva banka will be reflected in further business decisions of EPCG. As the owners of almost a quarter of the bank's capital, we will first of all take care of the interests of our company, and obviously individuals do not want the veil of secrecy to be removed from the operations of Prva banka and financial malfeasance for which there is more than reasonable suspicion to come to light."
The Central Bank told "Vijesti" that Prva banka informed them on September 3 about the change in the members of the Board of Directors.
"After the previously issued approvals of the Central Bank for the election of Velizar Čolović, Maja Drakić Grgur and Zoran Pažin, the board of directors of the bank was formed in accordance with Article 30 paragraph 3 of the Law on Banks, until the approval and decision for the election of a new member of the board of directors is issued. As already announced, the Central Bank will decide in accordance with the conditions and deadlines prescribed by law on the request of the bank to issue approval for the election of Nebojsa Medojević as a member of the board of directors, and after that, depending on the decision of the Central Bank, the bank will undertake further activities in accordance with the law and procedures. , they stated from the CBCG.
Prva banka did not answer the question of "Vijesti" about the meeting held, whether they expect a conflict in relations with EPCG and what conditions for candidacy (work in banking and economy) were fulfilled by the new board members Maja Drakić Grgur and Zoran Pažin.
CBCG assessed that Dragić Grgur and Zoran Pažin can run the bank
The election of two new members of the board of directors, Maja Drakić Grgur, a professor at the University of Donja Gorica, and former Minister of Justice Zoran Pažin, is also disputed, because their biographies do not contain information about years of work in banks, financial institutions or the economy.
EPCG stated that they do not know the details regarding the election of new board members of Prva banka.
The Central Bank replied to "Vijesta" that in the process of assessing the fulfillment of the requirements, based on the submitted documentation, they determined that Maja Dragić Grgur had acquired the necessary work experience in managerial positions in companies that are not from the financial sector, while Pažin "was found to have acquired necessary work experience in managerial positions in state bodies".
In the rulebook of the CBCG, when fulfilling these conditions, to which the CBCG is now referring, it is stated that "at least five years in managerial positions in state bodies and organizations and other holders of public authority, companies" is required.
In the official biography of Grgur Dragić on the UDG website, it is stated that she graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Podgorica in 2002, majoring in entrepreneurship, and that she was employed as an analyst at the Institute for Strategic Studies and Projections in 2001. Since 2007, he has been working at the Faculty of International Economics, Finance and Business.
This institute was founded as a non-governmental organization in 1998 by Veselin Vukotić, which has since become a company, and the position of analyst is not a management position.
Zoran Pažin is a lawyer, long-time judge, representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and Minister of Justice. Recently, he is Aco Đukanović's lawyer in the lawsuit against the former teacher of his family, Ana Pešukić, who is accused of stealing from his house a quantity of gold, jewelry, gold coins, gold wristwatches worth 331.500 euros.
The CBCG states that, taking into account their biographies and the information provided, it determined that these are "persons who have acquired knowledge that can be reasonably assumed to be knowledge that will meet the requirements for establishing and maintaining the risk management system to which the Bank is exposed in its business".
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