Laković called on DNP to reconsider their decision not to leave the government; DNP: If he worked in the police, he would not have passed the vetting

Europe Now Movement (PES) MP Miodrag Laković called on Democratic People's Party (DNP) leader Milan Knežević to "think again about leaving the government."

The DNP told Laković to continue working in the police so that he would "not pass vetting."

Laković spoke out on the X network after Kneževič said that he would ask his party's councilors to leave the government in Podgorica if a wastewater treatment plant is built in Botun, but he also stressed that he would not leave the government because of this.

"Maybe if the government thought about it again, I wouldn't rush," Laković wrote on the X network, where he shared Knežević's statement.

PES and DNP are the constituents of the government in the Capital and at the state level.

Responding to Laković, the DNP also told him that they would not argue with him until the Special State Prosecutor's Office completes the investigation against him.

"The Democratic People's Party will not debate Miodrag Laković's views until his hearing at the SDT following the MANS report is completed. We remind the public that the SDT formed a case after MANS officially filed a criminal complaint against Miodrag Laković, stating that while he was the head of the Anti-Drug Sector of the Police Directorate, he turned a blind eye to overseas cocaine smuggling for years. We will not debate with persons suspected of being part of organized criminal groups involved in drug trafficking and creating clans until the prosecution's investigation is completed. But what we know for sure is that if Mr. Laković were still in the police, he would not have passed the vetting process," reads the statement signed by DNP spokesperson Jovana Todorović.