The Parliamentary Committee for Anti-Corruption will organize a thematic session regarding the scandal in which the management of the company "Barska plovidba" sold its old office building in Bar to a bidder who made a lower offer, the chairman of this committee confirmed to "Vijesti". Jefto Erakovic.
The Special State Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into this case after the company's director Boris Mihailović At the end of July, he signed a contract to sell the former 1.800 square meter office building to the company "Raoming Montenegro" for a starting price of 1,75 million euros, which is 200 thousand euros lower than the offer from the company "Admiral Holding".
After opening the bids and reviewing the documentation, the tender commission declared both bids correct, the only criterion being the higher offered price. However, twenty days later, Director Mihailović declared Admiral Holding's bid of 1,95 million invalid due to an alleged error in the notarial deed relating to one of his employees. On the same day, he signed a purchase agreement with Roaming Montenegro, which paid the purchase price on the same day and began the process of taking over the property.
After that, the SDT opens an investigation due to suspicions of corruption and orders the Special Police Team to take statements from participants in this controversial procedure and take over the documentation. Admiral holding has initiated court proceedings with the Commercial Court, requesting the introduction of a temporary measure prohibiting the registration of Raoming Montenegro on the disputed plot, and has also addressed the parliamentary committee for anti-corruption.
"I would like to inform you that we received a letter from the company 'Admiral Holding' on August 4, 2025 and that as the President of the Anti-Corruption Committee, I will undertake all activities to ensure that this is the occasion for a thematic session of the Committee and also insist on obtaining all the information that we, as members of the Committee, can legally obtain," said Eraković when asked by "Vijesti" about this case.
The company "Admiral Holding" through its attorney, lawyer Miloš Vukčević, sent a petition to the Committee stating that, based on the documentation, there is a potential abuse of official position by those responsible at "Barska plovidba".
As they stated, there is a suspicion that in connection with the implementation of the sale, "actions were taken that indicate a violation of the principles of legality, transparency and equal treatment of participants."
"Namely, 'Admiral Holding' submitted a formally and materially correct offer in the amount of 1.955.000,00 euros, which is 199,093,40 euros more than the offer of the second bidder 'Roaming Montenegro' from Nikšić, which offered 1.755.906,60 euros. The only criterion for selecting the most favorable offer, as defined in the advertisement, was the highest price offered. Despite this, the decision was made to sell the property to the bidder with a lower price, based on a subsequently constructed excuse about the alleged formal irregularity of 'Admiral Holding's' offer, which was not previously disputed by the Commission that considered the offers," writes lawyer Vukčević in the petition.
He states that this conduct raises serious concerns regarding possible corruptive influence, "especially considering that the Commission's Minutes explicitly confirm the correctness of all submitted bids, and that 'Barska plovidba', without justifiable reason, without explanation and contrary to the Commission's conclusion, chose an economically less favorable bidder."
The committee was then informed that the procedure for transferring ownership rights had already been initiated with the Real Estate Administration, although a court case had been initiated in the meantime, and a criminal complaint had also been filed, which Admiral Holding submitted to the Special State Prosecutor's Office.
"Therefore, in accordance with the powers arising from the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament and applicable laws, we call on you to initiate and carry out control actions ex officio, and to supervise the actions of the competent state bodies and the company in majority state ownership. Placing such actions within the broader framework of the fight against systemic corruption in state-owned enterprises is of key importance for maintaining public confidence in the legality of public procedures and protecting the rights of all market participants," the petition states.
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