Deputy Prime Ministers Aleksa Bečić and Momo Koprivica met with the coordinator of the State Department for the global fight against corruption, Richard Nefew.
Nefju pointed out that the fight against corruption never ends, and requires readiness for a decisive team response.
"Corruption is not only an economic problem, but also a problem of national security. We perceive Montenegro as a very close and credible partner. We are on the same path and for this reason we express our full readiness to help you in the difficult fight against corruption, because each of your success and our success," Nefju said.
In the conversation with Nefju, Bečić pointed out that today in Montenegro "we are witnessing functional institutions, an unblocked and dynamized European path, but also historical results in the fight against organized crime and corruption."
"It is my honor to witness, from the position of the coordinator of the intelligence and security sector authorities and the deputy prime minister for security, the extraordinary results that are the result of excellent cooperation, trust and a healthy institutional relationship between the security sector, SDT and other competent prosecution offices and our international partners, primarily Europol Continuously successfully implemented actions in the fight against organized crime and corruption are key steps in the field of healing Montenegrin institutions and building a society based on the rule of law," said Bečić.
According to him, great attention is paid to cleaning the security sector from the influence of crime, corruption and illicit influences.
"In the past months, we have witnessed a large number of prosecuted and arrested members of the security sector, but also the extremely dynamic work of the Internal Control Department of the MUP and the Commission for the Determination of Security Disturbances, with the aim of continuously conducting a kind of vetting within the security sector. the adoption of the new Rulebook on the control of property, income and lifestyle of police officers. Monitoring the lifestyle of both police officers and public officials is a very important mechanism in the fight against corruption referred to the European Commission for its opinion, to create assumptions that by amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption we improve the normative framework, strengthen mechanisms for the fight against corruption, but also make it impossible to cover up abuses, i.e. circumventing the law," said Bečić.
Koprivica pointed out that commitment to an uncompromising fight against corruption on a strategic, legislative and operational level is a priority of the 44th Government of Montenegro. He pointed to the determination of the Government to implement the recommendations of the European Commission in order to harmonize the legal solutions in the field of anti-corruption with European standards and fight as effectively as possible with all emerging forms of corruption and criminality.
"The national strategy for the fight against corruption, created as one of the results of this intention and one of the preconditions for obtaining IBAR, received the green light and gives us an incentive to continue improving judicial and anti-corruption laws," said Koprivica.
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