Member of the Democratic Front (DF) Dragan Bojović announced that he will send the draft amendments to the Law to the European Commission in order to get an opinion.
He appealed to all institutions to send their suggestions in writing so that the Working Group could consider them.
Nikola Bašanović from the Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG), speaking about what can be requested from banks, reminded that some data are banking secrets.
Marina Mićunović from the Council of Europe said that they have prepared an analysis on whistleblowers so that they have this in mind when they draft the law on whistleblowers.
Predrag Tanjević from the Police Administration said that the UP supports every measure and proposal that expands the competences of the KAS, it just needs to enable certain tools through by-laws, such as, for example, creating a register of public officials.
Democratic Montenegro MP Momo Koprivica said that the fight against corruption must be within the framework of the law.
When it comes to the provision on severance pay, he pointed to harmful practices in state-owned companies.
"We witnessed that the director of the IRF (Investment Development Fund) was at the same time the executive director and a member of the Board of Directors. He negotiated his own severance package with himself. I think this is a controversial phenomenon not only from a legal but also a moral point of view," he said. is Koprivica.
Lazar Grdinić from the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) said that a good direction was taken with the amendments to the Law and that the legal gaps from the previous period were more or less filled.
He believes that publishing more data will reduce the possibility for media speculation, etc.
He said that until now the work of ASK was done by journalists and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who discovered cases of illegal enrichment of officials.
He reminded that the former police officer Zoran Lazović and the former minister and now MP Petar Ivanović reported large incomes from agriculture that no one controlled because there were no adequate legal solutions.
"If there were adequate legal solutions, the public could question the legitimacy of these revenues," Grdinić said.
Goran Đurović from the Media Center said that if the MPs want the rejection of the work report to be a reason for dismissal, that is a political decision.
"But we have to know what the consequences are," he said.
He believes that it is unacceptable that ASK is on the agenda only three years after the change of government.
"This is one of the trapped institutions. It was trapped before the change of government and it is still like that today... That Agency, its director and the Council started doing something only when they felt that they might lose their functions. And what they are doing, they don't do well".
He said that the ASK is looking for anomalies among political party officials who are the opposite option to the DPS.
Commenting on the provision on severance pay, Đurović said that severance pay is not a corrupt act.
He reminded that the question has long been raised as to why there is no law on public enterprises and institutions.
"Nobody touches that, neither the 42nd nor the 43rd Government".
Đurović said that the full ASK Council is under the influence of the director and the DPS and that this problem cannot be solved just by replacing the members of the Council, but it must be solved systemically.
MP of the Movement for Change (PzP) Nikola Bajčetić pointed to the weak protection of whistleblowers.
He said that changes to the Whistleblower Act should be made in the coming period.
Minister without portfolio Zoran Miljanić said that Montenegro is looking for a new law on prevention of corruption because it is a very important area.
He reminded that the European Commission (EC) has criticized Montenegro for years for its weak fight against corruption.
He believes that the draft amendments to the law are positive and that they must act in accordance with the times so as not to "trot" after those who are involved in corruption.
He said that Montenegro has suffered enormous damages when it comes to directors' severance pay.
"We had an example where someone worked for a year and received a severance package of several hundred thousand. If we calculated those damages, we would arrive at a figure that could be used to build hospitals and schools," said Miljanić.
When it comes to the relatives of officials, he said that those who were the bearers of corruption in the previous period were not "brainless" so that they registered all that property on themselves and on the children who are part of the joint household.
He said that one official was called a neighbor by the citizens because "he had apartments in all the buildings".
He appealed to find tools and a model to solve this.
Neither the representatives of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) nor the opposition are present at the debate.
President of the Anti-corruption Committee, Dragan Bojović, said, responding to Kovač's remarks, that it is noticeable that the children of some officials have become millionaires.
He said that there were other such suggestions and that some suggestions came from KAS, the Central Bank, the Revenue Administration, NGOs...
He said that it is in everyone's interest to make the fight against corruption as effective and better as possible.
He indicated that KAS refuses any cooperation with the Board.
"No institution alone can fight corruption," he said.
The Minister of Justice, Marko Kovač, assessed today that the new legal solution on the fight against corruption brings significant improvements, but warned that the provisions relating to the children of public officials should be elaborated carefully.
He welcomed the decision to examine the assets of the children of officials, but warned that questions are being raised about the permissible intrusion of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) into someone's personal data just because his parent is a public official.
"This should be approached in detail and carefully worked out in accordance with the European directive on human rights".
He praised the introduction of new competences for KAS, especially in the field of concessions and public procurement, which are "congenial ground for the development of corruption" and said that in the field of fighting corruption, the cooperation of the Parliament, the Government and competent institutions is very important.
Organized by the Anti-corruption Committee, a round table is being held in the Assembly on the topic "Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Prevention of Corruption".
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