The Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs determined the list of candidates for the Council of the Civil Aviation Agency
Dženan Kolic (president) and members Velibor Mrdak, Vesko Knezevic, Ivana Borović i Jefto Bojović, "Vijesti" learned from a source in the executive branch.
This proposal was passed yesterday by the Government Commission for personnel and administrative issues.
Kolić (Democratic Montenegro) was the president of the ACV Council during the mandate of the Government Dritan Abazović. At the end of September, this Government dismissed the Council under the leadership of Kolić because he chose ACV as director Vladislav Vlahović at the beginning of August last year, the Government, on the proposal of the then Minister of Capital Investments Ervin Ibrahimović removed from the position of member of the Council because it was discovered that he does not meet the legal requirements for that position.
Abazović's Government elects a new Council, which is replaced by a new Minister of Transport Filip Radulović at the end of November.
The whistle-blower (employee) from ACV handed over to the chief special prosecutor Vladimir Novović criminal complaint against Kolic, several unknown persons, members of the Council and employees of CAA for, as stated, abuse of official position during the election of the CAA director.
State prosecutor and SDT spokesperson Vukas Radonjic he officially confirmed to "Vijesta" in November that an investigation is underway in this regard.
"In September of this year, a whistleblower from a state administration body filed a criminal complaint against the president of the ACV Council, for several crimes against official duty, in which the investigation is ongoing," said Radonjić.
Yesterday, "Vijesti" asked Radulović's department whether the ministry had this case in mind in SDT when putting Kolić on the list of candidates for the new CAA Council and whether the ministry asked SDT for information regarding this case.
"The Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs will not interfere in the work of the Prosecutor's Office. After the epilogue of the investigation conducted by the SDT in connection with the competition for the selection of the director of the ACV, the ministry will only then decide on the mentioned case", was the answer from this government department.
Who ordered the check for Jušković?
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", the "For the Future of Montenegro" coalition, which received one seat in the Council according to the political agreement of the new government, was a candidate Nebojša Jušković but the proposal did not pass because a security assessment was allegedly required for it.
The Ministry of Transport did not specify who and why requested this assessment and whether an assessment was requested for the other candidates, as well as whether it is required by law for the candidates to undergo a security assessment when appointing the ACV Council.
To the question why Jušković was not proposed, the answer was that the Ministry of Transport proposed two candidates based on a public call to fill the ACV Council, while the remaining three came as proposals of political parties, and that another person was proposed in front of the "For the Future of Montenegro" list, and not Juskovic.
"From all the candidates who were initially shortlisted to fill the CAA Council, written statements were requested that the candidates are not employed or owners or co-owners, nor members of the management bodies of a legal entity that performs operations in the field of air transport", the answer was asked why the Ministry of Transport requested a written statement from Nebojša Jušković that he was not in a conflict of interest (which he sent) if he was not nominated as a member of the Council.
From the DNP, which received this seat in the "For the future of Montenegro" collation, "Vijesti" was officially told yesterday that it was true that their proposal for a member of the ACV was Nebojsa Juskovic.
"But we received information from the Government Commission that he did not pass the security checks and that we should propose another candidate, which we did," said the party whose president is Milan Knežević, but did not specify who requested the assessment, whether he received it and what she showed.
Regarding this case, "Vijesti" also contacted the National Security Agency (ANB), which did not answer who requested the security assessment for Jušković and whether it was requested for another person who is a member of the ACV Council.
DNP proposed instead of Jušković Vesko Knežević.
In Abazović's government, Jušković was a member of the Assembly of "Air Traffic Control of Serbia and Montenegro" (SMATSA) and president of the Board of Commissioners of the Municipality of Budva. He is employed as an independent consultant in the Cabinet of the Minister of Finance. He was ranked second in the summer competition for a new director, which has not yet been closed.
ACV: The law does not provide for a security assessment
The CAA officially told "Vijesta" that there is no act of the Agency that stipulates that a candidate for a member of the Council must pass a security assessment by the ANB.
"Paragraph 7 of Article 9 of the Law on Air Traffic stipulates the following - a citizen of Montenegro who has a university degree in traffic, technical, legal or economic fields and at least five years of work experience can be appointed president and member of the Council. Pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 9 of the Air Transport Act, the president and members of the Council are appointed by the Government. We do not know whether the assessment in question was requested for any candidate for Council member in the previous period"
"The Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs will not interfere in the work of the Prosecutor's Office. After the epilogue of the investigation conducted by the SDT in connection with the competition for the selection of the director of the ACV, the ministry will only then decide on the mentioned case", was the answer from this government department.
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