ASK initiated proceedings against the prime minister and eight officials

The legal deadline by which deputies of the new convocation of the parliament were supposed to submit their resignations from their positions in the executive branch or return their parliamentary mandates expired on Monday.

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Photo: Government of Montenegro
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The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) initiated proceedings against Prime Minister Dritan Abazović and eight public officials on suspicion of having violated the provisions of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, which refer to restrictions on the exercise of public functions.

ASK told the MINA agency that they initiated proceedings against ministers Filip Adžić, Ana Novaković Đurović, Ervin Ibrahimović, Admir Adrović, Vladimir Joković, Dragoslav Šćekić, as well as the presidents of Tuzi and Kolašin municipalities - Nik Đeljošaj and Vladimir Martinović.

The legal deadline by which MPs of the new convocation should submit their resignations from their positions in the executive branch or return their parliamentary mandates expired on Monday.

On Tuesday, Abazović said in a letter to ASK director Jelena Perović that he is obliged to perform the functions of prime minister and coordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until the formation of a new government, until which time, he said, he will refrain from performing parliamentary functions, and they will not receive the earnings.

The president of the Board of Directors of Elektorprivreda Montenegro (EPCG), Milutin Đukanović, as well as the presidents of the municipalities of Herceg Novi, Nikšić, Mojkovac and Plav, Stevan Katić, Marko Kovačević, Vesko Delić and Nihad Canović, submitted their resignations from their parliamentary positions.

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