Defense Minister Dragan Krapović is endangering the functioning of the system for whose progress and reform he is supposedly advocating. The army must not be anyone's party prey," said Dejan Vukšić, advisor to the President of Montenegro for security and defense.
He stated this in response to Krapović's allegations that the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, "tried to misuse the Council for Defense and Security in order to 'discipline' ministers" who "do not correspond to him politically".
"In relation to the inappropriate and, I would say dangerous for the country, reaction of the Minister of Defense Dragan Krapović, I remind him that according to Article 130 of the Constitution of Montenegro, it is prescribed that the Council for Defense and Security makes decisions on commanding the Army as well as decisions on taking appropriate measures, while Article 38 of the Law on the Army clearly defines that the Minister of Defense ensures the execution of decisions on the command of the Army," stated Vukšić in his response.
He adds that in this particular case "it was the Minister of Defense who interfered in the competence of the Council, not the other way around".
"The exclusive constitutional authority of the Council is to appoint the Chief of the General Staff and that in full capacity, and the minister limited his duties in Montenegro and forbade him to represent the Croatian People's Republic of Serbia abroad, which is contrary to the Decision of the Council for Defense and Security. In this way, Minister Krapović endangers the functioning of the system for which progress and reform is allegedly advocated. The army must not be anyone's party prey," concluded Vukšić.
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