The son of the former President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanović, Danilo Vujanović, achieved the best result among the registered candidates, so from September 1, he will replace his job in the Basic Court with a job in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.
His appointment was approved by the Judicial Council at an electronic session on July 15.
Vujanović will replace Jovan Stanković in Strasbourg, whose employment ends on the last day of August.
This was told to "Vijesta" by the Judicial Council, and as confirmation that Danilo Vujanović achieved the best results, they forwarded a letter from the Registrar of the ECHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP) to the editorial office.
They also said that this year, four candidates were applied for the position of official from Montenegro at the ECtHR in Strasbourg, that Vujanović showed the best result, and that the selection of candidates is a "standard procedure and long established practice".
"After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted the Registrar's Letter regarding the continuation of the secondment program of national officials, the established practice implies the nomination of at least three candidates, of which the ECtHR selects one. The Judicial Council forwarded the letter to the Supreme Court of Montenegro for further proceedings", they told "Vijesta".
The Supreme Court then, as they add, informs the presidents of the courts about the invitation, who inform the interested employees about everything.
The right to apply for a job at the ECtHR in Strasbourg is available to everyone who is employed in the courts, has at least three years of work experience in the court, passed the bar exam, and excellent knowledge of English or French is a requirement.
"This year there were four applications, of which the three best were chosen and the candidates' biographies were sent directly to the Registrar of the ECHR," said the Judicial Council, adding that the candidates, in addition to Vujanović, were Jelena Radović Ivanišević, also from the Basic Court in Podgorica, and Tamara Bulajić, employed at the Administrative Court.
The candidates, as they add, then passed a written test in English (making a decision on accepting the petition before the ECtHR), and then an oral interview, also in English.
In addition to Vujanović, another candidate passed the test in English, after which an oral interview was conducted with them.
"After this procedure, the Registrar submits information to the MFA of Montenegro about which candidate they have chosen, along with a draft Memorandum of Understanding, to which the Judicial Council only gives its consent," said the Judicial Council.
As they added, consent to referral to the ECtHR has been given so far for judges Snežana Bulatović Armenko, Jelena Ružičić, Katarina Peković and Jovan Stanković, who will be replaced by Danilo Vujanović on September 1.
According to the property record of his father, the former president of Montenegro, Danilo receives 428 euros a month in the Basic Court. He was employed in that court in 2018. A year earlier, according to the report submitted by his father, Danilo was awarded 300 euros as the best student of the 3.240th year of the Law Faculty of the University of Montenegro. In the same year, from the Ministry of Education, as stated, he also received a scholarship for excellence, in the amount of 119 euros. Even then he worked, but it is not stated where, except that, probably on the basis of professional training, he was paid from the state budget and that he received 240, then about XNUMX euros.
In 2016, according to his father's records, Danilo was awarded 2.000 euros by the Faculty of Law, the Bar Association and the Atlas Group, also for achieving results during his studies. The Faculty of Law and the Bar Association awarded him with 500 euros each, and the Atlas Group with 1.000 euros.
His mother Svetlana Vujanović is a judge of the Supreme Court, sister Nina Vujanović, according to earlier reports, was employed in the cabinet of the former mayor of Podgorica Miomir Mugoša until 2013, and after that she also worked in the Central Bank of Montenegro. The eldest daughter of the former president, Tatjana Vujanović Stanković, still works in the CBCG today as a lawyer.
The Center for Investigative Journalism (CIN-CG) previously announced that it represents the CBCG in difficult disputes, and that former vice-governor Irena Radović is the legal representative of the CBCG in the dispute against the institution and Governor Radoj Žugić, due to alleged mobbing.
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