Abazović: The state suffered multimillion-dollar damages, Bošković is represented by a lawyer who got a favorable apartment from him

The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, said that he was glad that the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SST) initiated the "Stanovi" case.

"I don't know what they were waiting for until now. I filed a criminal complaint as Prime Minister regarding the "Flats" affair. I think that the state has suffered multimillion-dollar damages. I think that every child in elementary school could prove it. I have no doubt that the investigative authorities will get all the facts. I don't want to say anything more now," Abazović told reporters in Budva after the meeting of foreign ministers of countries participating in the cooperation process in Southeast Europe.

Commenting on the accusations of DPS deputy Predrag Bošković that he pulled the affair out of mothballs before the elections, Abazović said "what are you going to do, Montenegro is like that, he brought a lawyer who took an apartment".

"He is represented by a lawyer who took an apartment. What are you going to do and that is today's Montenegro. So, one of the two lawyers also got an apartment on favorable terms from Peđa Bošković. Such labeling has happened before. I just hope that we to have an epilogue, we want to return the money to the state budget. This is the first phase, we have an amendment to the criminal complaint. The second phase is related to the other people who took the apartments. This applies to the Commission, not to the beneficiaries, just to see how to compensate the state in a fair way. The responsibility goes to those who made the decisions," stressed Abazović and added that he is "here for everything he did illegally, and let them face the truth".

He believes that prosecutors will have their hands full.

"Let them give the final answer as to whether the procedures were violated, I have no doubt that they were. It would be a big thing to initiate a procedure to compensate for the damage. For me, it is very simple, no one could give a higher amount than what was foreseen. They they gave it, they gave it like in the market. Vesna Medenica asked for 30, they gave her 40. Imagine that. There are many users involved, it took several years, there were several phases in which apartments were shared. They didn't go to people who really needed them, who are vulnerable categories, but to ministers, judges who had large compensations," Abazović said.