Manpower shortage is not an obligation, concern or problem to be solved by the police. What is our job, and where there must be no preferential treatment, is the consistent application of the law, and no one, not even the Montenegrin Association of Employers, can or should ask for privileges.
This is stated in the announcement of the Independent Police Union (NSP).
They responded to the allegations of several restaurateurs from the coast who addressed the "Vijesti" editorial office with complaints that the Border Police immediately imposes expulsion measures on their foreign workers from Montenegro for the slightest trifle, without leaving them the opportunity to correct the omission, as well as this civil service does not understand the problems they have with finding manpower.
The NSP also commented on the call of the Montenegrin Association of Employers (CUP) to Zoran Brđanin, director of the Police Administration, to find a model of adequate and appropriate reaction in cases of formal, not essential, omissions in cooperation with tourism workers.
"Until yesterday, we thought that nothing could surprise us, but an open and unconcealed invitation to the police to break the law for the sake of individual interests is even more than a surprise. It sounds incomprehensible that anyone would do it, especially not someone who deals with one of the most important, if not the most important economic branch in our country, tourism. Everything sounds even more strange if we know that the general secretary, that is, the first person, of the association that calls for the violation of the law is our former minister," the NSP statement said.
The general secretary of CUP is Raško Konjević.
"The lack of labor is not an obligation, a concern or a problem that should be solved by the police. What is our job and where there must not be privileges is the consistent application of the law, and no one, not even the Montenegrin Association of Employers, can or should ask for privileges. If we want good for this society and its citizens, there must be no 'looking through the fingers'. Every foreigner who comes to our country, whether he is a tourist or a worker, must comply with our laws and follow the prescribed procedures," the statement reads.
It is added that the "comic and sad threat of the employers" is that if the police dare to continue to enforce the law, they will turn to the Director of the Police Department to discipline them.
"A wretched attempt to put additional pressure and intimidate police officers who will remain just that, an attempt. Gentlemen, employers, first of all, we are not children to be intimidated by a teacher or a parent who will punish us because we are disobedient. Second, do you really think that director of the police administration to order his subordinates to act illegally in order to fulfill your wishes? to get," it was announced from the NSP.
The police organization told employers that "the greatest form of patriotism is to pay taxes and do business completely legally." They also stated that the business policy should be abandoned urgently "if you don't want to work for this salary, someone will".
"When you start giving workers higher (deserved) salaries and not the minimum 450 euros plus something 'hands-on', Montenegrin youth will no longer have to go to Croatia and other countries to work in theirs, but will stay with you and develop our tourism. if you give higher (deserved) salaries and not a little on your hands, but a little officially, then you will also pay higher taxes and contributions to the state, so your country will live better, and then you will be better off, instead of attacking and putting illegal pressure on the police for you it would be more useful to change the legislation in the field of residence and work permits for foreign citizens. Your colleagues in Croatia have succeeded, ask them.
In the NSP, they believe that the vast majority of employers operate in compliance with all state regulations, and that only a small number "out of their narrow, personal interests are trying to muddy the waters and seek undeserved benefits to which they have been accustomed for years."
"With all due respect and understanding of the problems faced by employers, we cannot and certainly will not allow them to solve them behind the backs of police officers. The address for them is the Government of Montenegro and not at all the Police Directorate or any of its officers. If they do not have the courage to face "We cannot help them directly with the government. The independent police union of Montenegro encourages all police officers to continue with professional and legal actions, regardless of who they are dealing with. The law must be the same for everyone," the statement concluded.
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