Public enterprises must function in accordance with the law and in the interests of citizens, and not as an instrument of party and political interests, the European Union Rožaje announced today.
"Regarding current events and suspicions of illegal actions in the LLC 'Water Supply and Sewerage' Rožaje, which are linked to the work of Mr. Mujević, we emphasize that this is not an isolated case or a personal excess of an individual, but a serious institutional problem in the way this public company is managed," the statement states.
According to them, it is unacceptable to try to reduce responsibility to one man, while at the same time ignoring the role of the board of directors, which had a legal obligation to monitor the legality of the company's work and protect the public interest.
"Instead, the board of directors, through its actions or inactions, gave legitimacy to the disputed decisions and practices," it said.
They pointed out that the lack of timely reaction from the competent audit institutions, which were obliged to notice and sanction irregularities in the operations of this public company, is particularly worrying.
"Such failures further undermine citizens' trust in the system of control and accountability. Public enterprises must function in accordance with the law and in the interests of citizens, and not as an instrument of party and political interests. Management and employment must be based on legal procedures, expertise and transparency. For all of the above, we demand: a full and independent investigation of all allegations; determination of individual and political responsibility; accountability of board members; accountability of institutions that tolerated or covered up irregularities," the European Union Rožaje statement reads.
They concluded that Rožaje deserves legal, responsible and transparent institutions that work in the service of citizens and the public interest.
The Police Directorate (UP) announced yesterday that the Rožaj police, on the order of the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje, filed a criminal complaint against the former director of "Water Supply and Sewerage" in that city, Senad Mujević (57), due to reasonable suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of abuse of official position.
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