European Union: Who was using the fuel Popović?

The European Union announced that at the beginning of the month, "information about the problematic fuel consumption of Deputy Speaker of Parliament Zdenka Popović went completely unnoticed by the public."

"The parliamentary public relations department stated, coincidentally on that (non-working) day (January 2), that the fuel was not consumed by Popović, but, as they say, by 'a person who worked in the Parliament on the basis of a contract for services'. Despite this, a simple look at the information on the Parliament's vehicle fleet can determine that this vehicle does not belong to the aforementioned person, but to the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Zdenka Popović. Therefore, it is her responsibility," the European Union statement states.

They also add that the public has not received information about whether an appropriate report has been filed against the "unknown person".

"The unknown person whom the parliamentary service blames for the said abuse, as they announced, 'will no longer work in the highest legislative house'. However, they forgot to tell the public that they had filed an appropriate criminal complaint against the said person, in accordance with the law. Or, they simply transferred him from the Parliament to the payroll of the Post Office or CEDIS as a reward for this sacrifice," the Alliance's statement reads.

It is added that the vehicle in question "was seen daily on the route from Podgorica to the municipalities in which elections were held during that period."

"We invite citizens to remember the behavior, shouting and chaos that the Democrats, as the opposition at the time, created at the slightest irregularity in their work. Today, we are telling them that it is a public secret that during the aforementioned period there were some local elections in Montenegro, and that this vehicle was seen every day, sometimes several times, on the route from Podgorica to the municipalities where the elections were held. We also know on whose orders, and it is not 'a person who worked in Parliament on the basis of a contract for services'," the European Union statement reads.