Vladimir Martinović, the vice-president of Democratic Montenegro announced today that the Supreme State Prosecutor (VDT) Ivica Stanković and Special State Prosecutor (SDT) Milivoje Katnić at the beginning of their mandates, dramatically and with full right, pointed to the problem of inadequate conditions for the work of the State Prosecutor's Office, especially The Supreme State Prosecutor's Office and the Special State Prosecutor's Office, but as their mandates were coming to an end, they hardly mention the problem anymore, apparently waiting for the promised re-election.
He said that Democratic Montenegro is pleased with the information about the construction of facilities that serve to improve the conditions for the quality and professional performance of the work of Montenegrin authorities and institutions that perform tasks and responsibilities of interest to all citizens, however, as he stated, the question of priorities arises. in their construction. "The public had the opportunity to learn that the works on these buildings are significantly moved forward despite the fact that 20.000 euros have been provided for this investment in the Capital Budget for this year," Martinović pointed out.
He added that the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office, in its annual work report for 2014 submitted to the Assembly, dramatically indicated that the office space where they work is inadequate and that it seriously limits the effects of their work.
"With its Conclusion in mid-2015, i.e. a full five years ago, the Assembly of Montenegro strongly supported the need to solve as soon as possible the spatial and all other conditions for the optimal work of the State Prosecutor's Office. It is a scandalous fact that everything after the Assembly's Conclusion of five years ago, it was done to solve the problem of spatial conditions for the work of the State Prosecutor's Office contained in the statement from the Report of the State Prosecutor's Office for the year 2018, that the Minister of Justice Zoran Pažin formed a commission for the preparation of project tasks for the preparation of technical documentation for the construction of new facilities for the needs of the DT and the Ministry of justice, which during 2018 was actively working on the project assignment," said Martinović.
He said that the extent to which Pažin is dedicated to solving the issue of creating optimal conditions for the work of the State Prosecutor's Office, and especially the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office and the Special State Prosecutor's Office, is shown by the fact that in the Budget of Montenegro for 2019 no funds were provided for this purpose at all, while The budget for the current year 2020 foresees 150.000 euros, intended for the implementation of the competition for the urban-architectural solution and for the preparation of technical documentation for the construction of the building of the State Prosecutor's Office.
"This practically means that we are still years away from the moment when basic conditions will be provided for the work of the State Prosecutor's Office, a state body whose constitutional competence is to prosecute the perpetrators of criminal offenses. It is an even more scandalous fact that the first people of the State Prosecutor's Office, Ivica Stanković and Milivoje Katnić, at the beginning of their mandates, dramatically and with full right, pointed to the problem of inadequate conditions for the work of the State Prosecutor's Office, especially the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office and the Special State Prosecutor's Office, but as the end of their mandates came to an end, they almost no longer mentioned that problem, apparently waiting the promised re-election," said Martinović. He said that the aforementioned obviously ensures that "all wolves are fed, and all sheep are numbered". "On the one hand, the top of the regime will ensure that Stanković and Katnić continue to perform the same functions, and in the absence of optimal working conditions, they will have some kind of excuse for the public that they are not doing better. On the other hand, Milo Đukanović and Duško Marković give priority is to create optimal conditions for the work of the elite police unit, looking at it as their praetorian guard, and the poor work of the State Prosecutor's Office is their preferred option, because they are very well aware that the professional and impartial work of the State Prosecutor's Office would threaten the freedom and property of many individuals close to them , including themselves. With this state of affairs, it is not surprising that years ago, until these days, we received warnings and assessments from very important international addresses that there is "endemic corruption" in Montenegro, and that one of the key problems is Montenegro's lack of rule of law," concluded Martinović.
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