Perović criticized the MPs: You all expressed reservations about my candidacy, you are against me

The candidate for judge of the Constitutional Court, Zdenka Perović, today criticized the MPs for making decisions about the candidates, reminding that she responded to an earlier advertisement and has been "in the process for two years".

"In a way, I already have your position, as a political party, you all expressed restraint in relation to my candidacy, and that means you are against me," said Perović, who was the deputy ombudsman at the session of the Constitutional Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro at whose daily consultative hearings of candidates for the election of judges of the Constitutional Court are in order.

In the process of electing judges of the Constitutional Court, she was already heard at the Constitutional Committee, which is why the deputies had few questions for her.

Perović said that she experienced "professional liquidation" in the institution of the Ombudsperson and lost her job even though she worked on the most difficult torture cases and is a member of the United Nations Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture.

"I was elected for a second term and that without the support of the state, based only on the results," said Perović.

The President of the Constitutional Committee Simonida Kordić (DF) said that it is not the time, nor the place, for the candidate to give lessons to the MPs about who they should elect and how they should decide.

Vladmir Martinović (Democrats) said that he does not mind observations about how decisions are made in the parliament and thinks that the criticisms are good, in order to work as well as possible.

"You said, however, one thing that stung my ears - that someone voted against you, which is not true. You responded to the first advertisement and we had about ten candidates and we did not vote for or against, but abstained , which means that no one got support and the advertisement was repeated. Then we invited all candidates to apply for the repeated advertisement...After that you applied for two advertisements. Why did you apply, if you think someone voted against you? ", asked Martinović.

He added that he will never allow anyone to tell him how to vote.

Perović clarified that she did not come to give lessons, but expressed her resignation, that with such work results, the members of the Board remain indifferent, but that she probably "does not understand politics".

Vesna Pavićević (DPS) asked Perović what he thought about the constitutional requirement "reputable lawyer" in the sense of whether he should have a bar exam, perform some judicial function...

Perović replied that not all candidates are "prominent lawyers" because if all those who spent 30 years in their careers were "prominent lawyers", then Montenegro would have prominent lawyers for export.

"What should make a difference between the candidates is what they did and achieved, not in their institutions because those evaluations are compromised. Rather, it is in a credible place by a credible evaluator, evaluated as positive," said Perović.

"Very little professional work devoted to the basic contract"

When asked by Luiđ Škrelje (DPS) what she thought about the Fundamental Agreement with the SPC, Perović replied that she had not dealt with it too much, but that she thought that the term "fundamental" does not exist in the law.

"There should be a definition somewhere for why that contract is called that. The contract is a bilateral act and there should be rights and obligations of both parties. As far as I have seen, there is a certain discrepancy between the obligations of one and the other," stated Perović.

She added that it is problematic for her that public powers are given by contract, and they can only be given by law.

"It is something that should concern both sides," Perović believes.

When it comes to the records of religious communities, this, he says, should be worked out better in order to match state and religious records so that there would be no problems in practice.

"Very little professional time and professional work was dedicated to that contract and the issue that needs to be resolved, that's why it caused so much controversy," said Perović.

In the end, she welcomed the work of the Women's Club of the Assembly and congratulated them on their results, with criticism that they did not respond to her address when she faced misogynistic attacks.

Pavićević said that she had not seen that address, but that she would look for it and look at it.