Nikolić: Citizens in panic, they don't know where Balijagić is; Mandić: It has been confirmed that he is in Serbia

Continuation of the second - special session of the second regular (autumn) session of the Assembly in 2024

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From the session, Photo: Assembly/Youtube
From the session, Photo: Assembly/Youtube
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Fugitive Alija Balijagić, suspected of the double murder of Milenko and Jovan Madžgalje in the village of Sokolac near Bijelo Polje, is in Serbia, as confirmed by the security services and the president of that country, said the Speaker of the Assembly Andrija Mandić.

He said this after the head of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), Andrija Nikolić, assessed that, in crisis situations like the current one with the fugitive Balijagić, it is unacceptable that there is no communication between institutions and citizens.

Mandić, at the beginning of today's session, congratulated the new American president, Donald Trump, on his victory.

"Your congratulation would be more understandable if it was preceded by an appeal to the prime minister, the coordinator of the security services, the minister of the interior to communicate more zealously with the citizens, because the citizens of Bijelo Polje and the north are in a great panic. There is no elementary information, nor a briefing by the security services of this country where the person is, whether he has been traced and whether the citizens are safe," said Nikolić.

He also asked why the decision to send Montenegrin soldiers to the European Union mission to train Ukrainian soldiers has been pending for two months. As he added, other decisions of the Government, which were later sent by the executive power, were in the procedure.

Mandić replied that there is no political crisis in Montenegro, and that Balijagić is in Serbia, which was confirmed by the security services and the president of that country.

The head of the parliament said that, according to the plan, two Montenegrin soldiers should go to the EU mission, and that they will be on the agenda.

"Thinking about how many Russian and Ukrainian soldiers die every day, I would not overestimate the help of little Montenegro," he said and added that the most important thing is that Trump, who promised to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, came to power.

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