VDT: The subject of parliamentary supervision can only be the work of the Government or state administration bodies

The prosecutor's office said that they had informed the parliamentary committee that their representatives would not be able to participate in the work of that body

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Photo: Luka Zeković
Photo: Luka Zeković
Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate.

The Supreme State Prosecutor's Office announced that the State Prosecutor will begin the hearings scheduled for June 20 and 21 in the case of a "coup d'état".

In connection with the invitation to the control hearing sent to prosecutor Milorad Marković by the Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defense, VDT said that they informed, taking into account legal restrictions, representatives of the State Prosecutor's Office will not be able to participate in the work of the Committee on the work of the State Prosecutor's Office in specific cases.

"Namely, according to the Law on Parliamentary Supervision in the Field of Security and Defense, the work of the State Prosecutor's Office in specific cases cannot be the subject of parliamentary supervision and control. We note that, according to the Law on State Administration, the subject of parliamentary supervision in the control hearing procedure can only be the work Government or State Administration bodies in the field of security and defense, whose responsible representatives are invited to a control hearing, but not the work of the State Prosecutor's Office, which is defined by the Constitution of Montenegro as a single and independent state body," the VDT statement reads.

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