Leković: Part of the Law on Internal Affairs will be harmonized after adoption

The part of the Law on Internal Affairs that relates to data protection, from the basic version, will be further harmonized through amendments after adoption, said Democratic MP Momčilo Leković.

He stated this in a response to Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) MP Andrija Nikolić, who called on the Government, following the position of the European Commission (EC), to withdraw the laws on internal affairs and the National Security Agency (ANB).

Nikolić also called on Prime Minister Milojko Spajić to dismiss Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović because he "misled MPs that the adoption of the Law on the Ministry of Internal Affairs was a condition for closing Chapter 24."

In his response, Leković stated that everything Šaranović said was true.

"The proposed amendments are the result of months of coordination with the relevant directorates of the European Commission. The part relating to data protection from the basic version of the law will be further harmonized in the coming period through amendments after adoption," said Leković.

He added that this is also confirmed by the Government's amendment number 12, which states that the provisions of that law will be harmonized with the provisions of the Law on Personal Data Protection within six months from the date of adoption of that Law, as stated in the statement of the Delegation of the European Union (EU).

Leković said that this was confirmed by the European Commission itself, clearly indicating two options "to harmonize provisions related to privacy protection before the adoption of the law or to adopt the law now and harmonize those provisions before the closure of accession negotiations."

"So, we are talking about the provisions of the proposed law, not the amendments. Everything else is a conscious manipulation or a barefaced lie by those who chose hardened suspected criminals as the two directors and five assistant directors of the police and the director of the ANB," Leković added.

He pointed out that without defeating the police cartel that, according to Leković, the DPS installed in the police, and without seriously strengthening the police, there will be no entry of Montenegro into the EU.

"Although these laws are not in themselves a formal condition for closing the chapter, they are necessary to fulfill the repeatedly repeated EU request to significantly increase the number of police officers at the borders. Without this, there will be no closure of Chapter 24," Leković stated.

As he said, that's exactly what Šaranović said.

"But you, Nikolić, couldn't even hear that because at that moment you were preoccupied with primitivism and turning off the microphones of other ministers in the hall," said Leković.

He pointed out that it is clear to everyone today that the attacks on the leaders of the security sector, Police Director Lazar Šćepanović, Šaranović, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Bečić and the head of the Special Police Department Šuković began the moment the arrests began, first of Aleksandar Mijajlović, and now of Aco Đukanović.

"And tell them, Ubović, Mijajlović and Aco Đukanović, that they can only dream of resigning, and that they should not waste money on campaigns that are falling apart," said Leković.

He told Nikolić that when people who had been untouchable for years started ending up in handcuffs, "panic began among you."

"And you, Nikolić, as a former announcer, obviously thought that turning off the microphone was enough to silence the truth. It's not. You can turn off the microphone in the assembly hall. But you can't make arrests. You can't break up the police cartel. You can't even stop Montenegro's path to the European Union. So feel free to continue whining. That's about the only thing you have left," said Leković.