If the Law on Freedom of Religion, i.e. the months-long protests that brought tens of thousands of people to the streets across Montenegrin cities, shook Đukanović, the scandals in which the ruling Montenegrin party got involved in almost 30 years of rule also played a role in the first defeat of the DPS in the parliamentary elections. , writes the portal Nova.rs.
They say that in the last few years alone, there have been at least five affairs.
From the "coup d'etat" in November 2016, the "directing" of which many openly doubt, to the shocking allegations about the lists of safe voters in Kotor, the DPS collected affairs at an unprecedented speed, writes Nova. Despite this, nothing seemed to have an effect on their ratings. Until August 30th.
Nova writes that it would be impossible to count the affairs in the last 30 years in one place. However, at least five recently published ones remained in the public's focus until the election.
The "Coup d'état" Affair: Attempted Kidnapping
Coup d'état, a case from 2016 in which it is stated that a group of Serbian extremists, a few international mercenaries, under the baton of two members of the Russian GRU, had the intention of provoking a civil war in Montenegro, arresting Prime Minister Đukanović and "hijacking" the parliamentary elections, to this day it remains one of the biggest affairs.
The government designated the opposition Democratic Front (DF) as the main actor, and the judicial authorities accused the leaders of this alliance of being part of a criminal organization that planned terrorism on the territory of Montenegro and Russia and tried to violently overthrow the government.
"The plan was to find people who are good marksmen and skilled in taking lives from a distance and to take the life of the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović," said Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnić on November 6, 2016. This procedure, open to the Montenegrin public , lasts.
Mugošin's "Carine": Damage of 15 million euros
The proceedings against the former mayor of Podgorica, Miomir Mugoša, accused of abuse of official position in the "Customs" case, are ongoing. Mugoša, who was at the head of the capital city for 15 years, is the only accused in this case, and is accused of damaging the budget by several million euros.
The former mayor of the capital of Montenegro is known for his attacks on journalists and for decades of use of the Podgorica budget, writes Nova.rs.
"Atlas" and "Envelope": "Treason" by Knežević
At the moment, the public's attention is focused on new affairs - "Atlas" and "Koverat". The first mentioned is related to the financial malfeasance that Duško Knežević, the director of "Atlas Bank", allegedly carried out in favor of DPS, who fled to London from the accusations. Knežević, the first real insider, responds with videos and documents incriminating the DPS and its leader Milo Đukanović. Waiting for the denouement.
The "Envelope" affair is also directly related to Knežević, who himself published a video showing him giving an envelope with money to Slavoljub Stijepović, a candidate for the mayor of Podgric. The envelope allegedly contains around 100.000 euros intended for the DPS campaign. The case has not been resolved.
The "List" Affair: Kotor DPS list
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) has access to data on citizens that are not available to other parties through the voter list, and based on the database that contains this data, it assesses whether citizens will vote for them in the elections. Ministers in the Government of Montenegro were also available to the municipal committees for the 2016 campaign, which can be explicitly seen in the minutes from the party session in Kotor, in which the current president of the municipality Željko Aprcović says that the then prime minister and head of the DPS told him this during the conversation - and the current president of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović.
"Vijesti" was convinced of the authenticity of the documents in several ways, among other things, by looking at the e-mail that was distributed to the members of the Municipal Board in Kotor, and the author of the created documents is the one who created and made changes to the extract from the voter database.
"Možura" power plant: Who are the "fans" for?
Finally, the last in a series of affairs, which occurred shortly before the elections. The Maltese police is cooperating with Europol in the investigation into the allegation that businessman Jorgen Fenek's company earned millions from the "Možura" wind farm project near Ulcinj. The trail of money allegedly leads to the very top of Montenegro.
It's a fennec, by the way. accused of murdering investigative journalist Dafna Caruana Galicia. It could hardly be more terrifying.
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