Mirjana Popović, a member of the New Union of RTCG, stated in the Basic Court in Podgorica that she did not film a conversation with the president of the Council and television and the president of the Olympic Committee, Dušan Simonović, as well as that she did not publish part of that conversation on the "YouTube" website.
She emphasized, however, that she would like to find out who did it.
In July of last year, Simonović sued Popović and fired public service employee Radomir Pajović for unauthorized wiretapping and recording of conversations in the premises of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee, as well as for publishing parts of that conversation.
On that video, Simonović characterized the then General Director Branko Vojičić as a "classic fool", Director of General Affairs Miodrag Vučinić as "the biggest gangster", and Director of Television Radojka Rutović as a person who does not have the capacity for the job she performs.
Popović said in the courtroom that it was strange to her why they did not talk at Simonović's office or in the RTCG building, but in the COK premises.
"I am completely computer illiterate, I don't even know how to send an email, let alone record a conversation, and my upbringing doesn't allow me to do that either," said Popović.
She added that she did not see Pajović recording that conversation, nor any means of recording in the room, and that neither she nor Pajović had any interest or motive to record Simonović.
She also pointed out that the entire lawsuit is untrue in every word, except that they had such a conversation in the premises of COK
She also pointed out that every word of the lawsuit is untrue, except that they had such a conversation in the COK premises, and that only at the end of the meeting did they find out why Simonović invited them to the conversation in the first place, because they could not come to terms.
Lawyer Radovan Drinčić, representing the defendants, demanded that Simonović prove that the disputed conversation reached Nezavisna dnevnik "Vijesti", as well as that the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Mihailo Jovović be heard, because he believes that Simonović should have been on the dock, and not his protégés.
Pajović said at the previous hearing that he suspected that it was Simonović who recorded that meeting and abused him and Popović in order to express his views to the public.
The trial continues on October 18, when Simonović is scheduled to be heard.
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