After the introductory praise of the one-year work of the Chamber of Notaries, in the speech of the Minister of Justice Duško Marković at the ceremony, a somewhat more unpleasant part followed.
"The notary is not only a business, it cannot be an exclusively good alternative for the household budget. The notary must start from the basic premise that he works in the interest of the state and citizens. Just as we objected to companies and individuals having their own notaries as a service, we will not allow that Notaries have their own companies and individuals," Marković warned the notaries.
Notaries in small communities live and work very poorly, so because of this slowed down activity, the Chamber of Notaries will set aside a special fund to help those colleagues.
"There is no absolute independence. I urge you to be careful and sensitive to criticism from the community and very considerate of the negative influences that exist," said Marković.
He reminded that in the one-year existence there was resistance and criticism against notaries.
"There were even assessments of the inexpediency of the notary, they saw it as a business barrier, they criticized the high notary fees, the inefficiency of notaries. When you add to that the crisis in the Chamber after its establishment, then I can safely say that I am satisfied with the results of the previous year" , said Marković.
Čepić: Even notaries have problems
President Tanja Čepić is also satisfied with the results.
"There are both positive and negative effects. I think the negative ones that were there at the beginning, such as prejudices and doubts due to the lack of information of the citizens, have been overcome. Now notaries and the public believe that the notary was introduced for the legal security of citizens in Montenegro." she said.
The most common criticisms of notaries were due to high notary prices, which were corrected by 20 to 50 percent in January, depending on the legal work.
"Notaries also have problems in the economic sense, because they have invested a lot. Notaries in small communities live and work very poorly, so because of this slowed down activity, the Chamber of Notaries will set aside a special fund to help those colleagues," said Čepić.
She said that there are no notaries in Žabljak, Šavnik and Plužine, and that they were working with the Ministry of Justice to train new staff to fill those positions.
"The question is how long this process will take," she said and reminded that Marković recently appointed notaries in Pljevlja, Bijelo Polje and Nikšić.
The head of the Bar Association, Zoran Begović, praised the cooperation with notaries, even though there were disputes between the two chambers over jurisdiction for months, which culminated in the lawyers' initiative for the constitutional review of the Law on Notaries.
Apparently, the hatchets were buried, so Begović also presented the notaries with an artistic painting.
The most common criticisms of notaries were directed at high notary prices, which were corrected in January by 20 to 50 percent, depending on the legal work.
Amendments to the Law on Pardons by the end of April
The Minister of Justice said that he expects that changes to the Law on Pardons, which would enable the President of the State to write a pardon on his own initiative without the request of the convicted person, will soon be determined and proposed to the Government.
"I believe that by the end of April we will complete the amendments to the law, which are part of the program activities of the Ministry of Justice for the second quarter of this year," said Marković.
"Vijesti" has learned from sources close to the Government that the Government decided to change the law due to the conviction of journalist Petar Komnenić, who is awaiting execution of a four-month prison sentence after he refused to pay a fine of three thousand euros for the criminal offense of defamation, which was deleted last year. from the Criminal Code.
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