The Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) called on the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) to prosecute the President of the Assembly, Ivan Brajović, without delay.
"Brajović must be an example that the law is equal for everyone and that illegal enrichment will not be tolerated. MANS today called on the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) to prosecute the President of the Assembly, Ivan Brajović, without delay to the end, and that any further delay in this investigation is not in the interest citizens of Montenegro and contributes to the further erosion of trust in state institutions. The SDT has in its possession evidence that is necessary for the current President of the Assembly, Ivan Brajović, to be fully prosecuted on suspicion of having committed several serious crimes, and a transparent and efficient investigation, having in the form of Brajović's position, represents an indisputable public interest," said the director of the MANS Research Center, Dejan Milovac.
He says that in November of last year, the MANS research center submitted to the SDT the complete documentation that it had obtained while investigating the case of the sale of Brajović's land.
"As a reminder, the documentation showed that the President of the Assembly tried to justify the acquisition of as much as 150 euros through the sale of land at a price much higher than the real price, which he used to cover credit debts to banks. We believe that in the last half year the prosecution had more than enough time to collect additional evidence, in addition to those already submitted by MANS, not only because the prosecution organization has all the necessary mechanisms for this, but also because it is a very open and now well-documented attempt by Brajović to, with the help of the company to which he sold the land hides the acquisition of income, the source of which is still unknown to the Montenegrin public. However, the lack of evidence has not been the key reason for the Montenegrin prosecution's lack of results when it comes to the fight against illegal enrichment and related crimes, especially when it comes to Montenegrin public officials who, like Brajović, hold the highest positions in the country," Milovac said.
He announced that it is known that the processing of high-level corruption cases in Montenegro "does not depend only on the simple application of the Criminal Code and that "equality of all before the law" in many cases has not been the guiding principle in the work of the Montenegrin prosecutor's office."
"That is why it is particularly important that the further prosecution of Ivan Brajović be fully transparent and send a message that the law applies to everyone, including the President of the Parliament of Montenegro. The "Brajović" case is also another chance for the prosecution to send a message that Illegal enrichment of Montenegrin public officials will not be tolerated, and political or state functions must not have any influence on his work and the compliance of certain investigations," Milovac concluded.
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