In January, the salaries of members of the Parliament of Montenegro cost citizens around 120.000 euros.
This is shown by the data published on the website of the parliament.
About 113.000 euros have been set aside for the salaries of deputies who perform their duties professionally, sixty-two of them. The president of the Assembly, Andrija Mandić, "cost the most" to the citizens, for whose earnings 2.597,83 euros were set aside.
Apart from him, 2.000 other MPs earned more than 15 euros in January.
MP Jovan Subotić received EUR 2.474,17, Nikola Camaj from the Democratic Alliance of Albanians received EUR 2.372,74, MP Slaven Radunović from the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) received EUR 2.358,68, MP Boris Mugoša EUR 2.203,99, Milan Knežević from Demokratska People's Party and Miloš Konatar from the Civic Movement URA 2.133,69 euros each, Boris Bogdanović from the Democrats 2.123.14 euros, and his party colleague Zdenka Popović 2.119,61 euros.
The number of years of service also affects the salary of MPs.
Andrija Nikolić from the Democratic Party of Socialists earned 2.112,61 euros, independent member of parliament Jevrosima Pejović 2.091,51 euros, member of the Croatian Civic Initiative Adrijan Vuksanović 2.080,96 euros, vice-president of the Assembly and member of the Europe Now Movement (PES) Boris Pejović 2.075,80 euros, Bosniak Party deputy Amer Smailović 2.063,38 euros, Vasilije Čarapić from PES 2.056,36 euros, and independent deputy Radinka Ćinćur 2.015,83 euros.
In January, Milan Zečević (PES) and Bojana Pićan (NSD) had the lowest earnings, earning 1.579,94 euros each.
When it comes to MPs who exercise the right to a salary difference, around 7.000 euros have been set aside for the differences. MP Darko Dragović earned the most money on this basis - EUR 1.282,05, and Dragana Vučević the least, for which EUR 162,95 was allocated.
In addition to the current MPs, certain MPs from the previous convocation also received salaries in January after their term of office expired.
A little more than 50.000 euros were spent on these salaries, most of which went to the salary of the former speaker of the parliament, Danijela Đurović, who earned 2.121,95 euros.
1.579,94
euros, which are the smallest parliamentary salaries in January, received by Milan Zečević (PES) and Bojana Pićan (NSD)
The advisors of the Speaker of the Parliament Andrija Mandić (Velimir Đoković, Žana Praščević Milačić and Boban Stanišić) "cost" the citizens around 5.000 euros, Vice President Boris Pejović (Stevan Kandić and Danijela Marković) around 2.500 euros, and Vice President Zdenka Popović (Vladimir Bošković and Zarija Vujović) around 2.300 euros.
Among the advisors, the chief of staff of the President of the Assembly, Velimir Đoković, had the highest income, earning 2.063,97 euros.
When it comes to advisers from the previous convocation who exercised the right to salary compensation upon termination of office, nine of them received their salary in January, of which seven advisers to the former Speaker of the Parliament Danijela Đurović and two advisers to the former Vice President Branka Bošnjak.
A little more than 10.000 euros have been set aside for the compensation of Danijela Đurović's advisors, and around 2.300 euros for the compensation of Branka Bošnjak. In January, the advisor of the former head of the parliament, Veselin Bakić, received the highest remuneration.
Almost 7.000 euros for Klarić and his team
The General Secretary of the Assembly Aleksandar Klarić and his team "cost" the citizens almost 7.000 euros in January. According to data from the parliament's website, Klarić earned EUR 1.917,86 in January, and his assistant Vladimir Bulatović earned EUR 1.210,63.
When it comes to the deputy general secretaries, Lidija Grdinić received 1.918,98 euros, and Milena Vuković Sekulović received 1.909,64 euros.
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