The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) has launched a verification procedure to determine whether he is a public official Admir Šahmanović violated the provisions of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, which refer to the obligation to submit accurate and complete data in the report on income and assets.
This was officially answered by "Vijesti" from KAS, which initiated the procedure after "Vijesti" published information last month that the current state secretary in the Ministry of Capital Investments (MKI) did not report the income he earns as a member of the Supervisory Board in Control in the property register. of Serbia and Montenegro (SMATSA).
"The procedure, which the law prescribes to be of a confidential nature, is ongoing," said the KAS.
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Šahmanović is the Government Dritan Abazović proposed to represent Montenegro in the joint enterprise of the two countries for the provision of services in air navigation. The Assembly of SMATSA elects members of the Supervisory Board.
SMATSA provides flight control services in the airspace with a total area of 113.664 square kilometers, which includes the airspace of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro.
In accordance with the Law on Prevention of Corruption, the President of the Air Traffic Control Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, Žarko Koprivica, does not have the status of a public official, because Montenegro's share in the ownership of this company is 8%
Šahmanović, an official of the Bosniak Party, according to "Vijesti" unofficial information from a source close to SMATSA, his monthly income from that company exceeds 4.000 euros.
He and the president of the Assembly of SMATSA Žarko Koprivica (who is an adviser at the MKI) did not pay income tax for 2022 based on the compensation they receive there, which was officially confirmed by the Revenue and Customs Administration earlier to "News". The two did not answer the questions of "Vijesti" earlier.
ASK said that Koprivica does not have the status of a public official.
"In accordance with the Law on Prevention of Corruption, the President of the Air Traffic Control Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro SMATSA Žarko Koprivica does not have the status of a public official, because the share of Montenegro in the ownership of this company is 8%. Article 3 of the Law stipulates that any participation in a company in which the state or municipality, the Capital, or the Capital, has at least 33% of the capital is considered state ownership. We would like to point out that Admir Šahmanović has the status of a public official based on the position he performs in the Ministry of Interior, KAS pointed out.
State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense Krsto Perovic is the second member of Montenegro in the Assembly of SMATSA, but he had no legal obligation to pay this tax for 2022 because he was elected to this body in 2023 at the proposal of the Government of Dritan Abazović.
The third Montenegrin member of the SMATSA Assembly Nebojsa Juskovic he disclosed his income.
Last month, Jušković told "Vijesta" that for the period from June 23, 2022, when he was appointed as a member of the SMATSA Assembly, until December 31 of last year, he paid tax on his income within the deadline provided by law.
"According to the decision of the SMATSA Assembly of March 30, 3, in the amount of 2022 euros," Jušković said.
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