President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović rejected the proposal of Defense Minister Dragan Krapović to relieve Brigadier General Zoran Lazarević from the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro.
This is stated in Krapović's announcement, which was delivered by the Ministry of Defense.
Krapović also stated that the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Andrija Mandić and Prime Minister Milojko Spajić were in favor of replacing Lazarević.
Krapović also said that at the session he proposed the appointment of another officer to the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro.
The Minister of Defense also stated in the statement that the decision to dismiss Lazarevic is a consequence of his assessment that the Army of Montenegro needs a generational change and rejuvenation of the officer cadre, and the fact that Lazarevic has met the conditions for termination of service in the Army prescribed by the Law on the Army of Montenegro.
"It is an indisputable fact that Brigadier General Lazarevic, according to the approval of the then head of the Ministry of Defense, Filip Adžić, is still in service in the Army, and after meeting the conditions for termination of service prescribed by the Law on the Army of Montenegro, which stipulates that a professional military person's service in Army by fulfilling the conditions from Article 203 of this law. The stated article of the law in paragraph 1, indent 1 stipulates that "for officers and officers under contract, non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers under contract, the service in the Army lasts until they have completed 35 years of service in the effective period and they have reached 55 years of age ", while paragraph 3 of the same article stipulates that a person from paragraph 1 of this article can serve in the Army for a maximum of 40 years of insurance and reaching the age of 55. The same article, paragraph 4, stipulates that, except for paragraphs 1 and 3 of this article, when the needs of the service require it, the Minister may, on the proposal of the Chief of the General Staff, i.e. a leading person in the Ministry, extend the duration of service in the Army for a professional military person, up to two years at the most. At the mentioned session, in relation to my proposal, the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Andrija Mandić and the Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajić reacted positively and supported it, while the President of the State Jakov Milatović was against my proposal that Brigadier General Lazarević be relieved of his duties of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro", stated in Krapović's statement.
He adds that he believes that it was necessary to inform the public, because in the press release after the session of the Council for Security and Defense there was no information about his proposal or that it was rejected by Milatović.
"I appreciate that this is information that is certainly important for the general public and the citizens of Montenegro, and I am surprised that this information, in my opinion very important, was not included in the announcement of the Council after the session. Why it was not included in the announcement, I leave public and citizens to judge, however, I want the work of the Ministry of Defense, and me as the Minister of Defense of Montenegro, to be transparent to the general public because I appreciate that the public has the right to know , and the decisions of all politicians, because in the end, only the citizens can adequately evaluate our work, and I believe that they will certainly do so," concluded Krapović.
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