This year, the Parliament of Montenegro plans to purchase new vehicles worth 103.305 euros. This is shown by data from the Parliament's Public Procurement Plan for 2024.
While there were 11 unpaid vehicles in November, the data for December show that there were three fewer. Namely, the eight-year-old "Opel Astra" car, which was debt-free in November, was borrowed by a deputy of the Socialist People's Party (SNP). Sladjana Kaluđerović (deputy club SNP-CIVIS), the nine-year-old "Reno Fluens" was commissioned by the president of the Club of Deputies of the Democratic Union of Albanians and the Croatian Civic Initiative Adrian Vuksanovic. The eight-year-old "Opel Astra" was commissioned by the Cabinet of the President of the Parliament, but the information published by the Parliament of Montenegro does not say who its user is.
Also, in December, another person used the right to fuel without borrowing the vehicle. According to the information from the website of the Assembly, it is about the assistant general secretary, Vladimir Bulatović. In November, only the Deputy General Secretary exercised that right. Lidija Grdinić which used the same right in December.
According to the information provided to "Vijesta" from the Public Relations Department of the Assembly, two vehicles reserved for the two vice-presidents of the Assembly who have not yet been elected, one vehicle that the Assembly Service uses on exceptional occasions to transport a large number of people (up to eight) are still outstanding persons), one vehicle that is not in driving condition and for which the write-off procedure was initiated last December and four vehicles that are in an almost unusable condition and are awaiting detailed repair or write-off, depending on the findings of the inspection, when acquire the conditions, the Assembly stated.
The Rulebook on the conditions and manner of using official vehicles in the Assembly defines who has the right to permanent use of official vehicles, namely the vice-presidents of the Assembly, presidents of working bodies and other appointed persons.
On the other hand, as the Assembly points out, courier-drivers employed in the Assembly Service also use official vehicles, but they do not have the right to use them permanently, but return them after the end of the working day.
The Public Relations Department explains that the working hours of the Assembly Service are from 16:XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. on weekdays, but that if a working body session or a parliamentary session is held during the day, one part of the Service continues to work until the end of the session.
As they add, if there is a need to work before eight o'clock or after 16 p.m., the courier-driver receives a travel/work order from the superior prepared for that occasion, and that order is issued for each individual trip.
They point out that during 2023, not a single case was recorded that the official car was not returned after working hours.
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